Strategic Engineering Consulting

What we solve

• Infrastructure modernization — Cloud migrations, Kubernetes deployments, CI/CD transformation
• Backend systems — Service reliability, data consistency, performance under load
• Technical leadership — Architecture decisions, team enablement, engineering standards
• Complex integrations — Multi-system coordination, API design, event-driven architectures

How we work

Day-rate contracts with clear deliverables. Documentation as a first-class output—your team maintains what we build. Multi-disciplinary capability across infrastructure, backend, and frontend eliminates coordination overhead.

We integrate with your team, provide hands-on implementation, and transfer knowledge throughout the engagement. No "consultant recommendations" that your team then needs to figure out how to implement.

Who this is for

Companies with complex, high-stakes problems blocking their roadmap. You need expertise that understands first principles—not someone who'll cargo-cult frameworks without understanding your constraints.

If your engineering team is stuck on architectural decisions, drowning in technical debt, or struggling with scale problems, strategic consulting provides the expertise to unblock progress.

Common engagement types

Infrastructure Modernization

• Kubernetes migrations from EC2 or on-premises
• Multi-account AWS architecture design and implementation
• CI/CD pipeline transformation (Jenkins/CircleCI to GitHub Actions)
• Infrastructure-as-code adoption (migrating to Terraform)

System Reliability Engineering

• Incident response and post-mortem analysis
• Observability implementation (metrics, logs, traces)
• Performance optimization under load
• Disaster recovery planning and testing

Technical Leadership

• Architecture decision records and technical strategy
• Engineering standards and best practices
• Team process improvements and tooling
• Code review culture and quality gates

Data Platform Engineering

• Data lake architecture and implementation
• ETL pipeline design and optimization
• Real-time data streaming systems
• Data governance and security compliance

Multi-disciplinary advantage

Most consultancies specialize narrowly—infrastructure OR backend OR frontend. We work across the full stack, eliminating the coordination overhead and finger-pointing that comes with multiple vendors.

• Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD
• Backend: Python, Node.js, REST APIs, databases, event-driven systems
• Frontend: React, TypeScript, static site generation
• Data: ETL pipelines, data lakes, streaming, analytics
• AI/ML: Model integration, RAG systems, custom AI applications

Deliverables

Every engagement produces tangible outputs that your team can maintain and extend. Documentation is not optional—it's a core deliverable alongside working code.

Technical Deliverables

• Working code deployed to production
• Infrastructure-as-code for all components
• Automated tests and CI/CD pipelines
• Monitoring dashboards and alerting

Documentation Deliverables

• Architecture decision records (ADRs)
• Operational runbooks and troubleshooting guides
• System diagrams and data flow documentation
• Team training materials and knowledge transfer

Engagement structure

Flexible day-rate consulting with minimum 2-week engagements. Can scale from part-time advisory (1-2 days/week) to full-time hands-on implementation (5 days/week) based on your needs.

• Initial discovery: Understand problem scope and constraints
• Proposal: Clear deliverables, timeline, and day-rate estimate
• Implementation: Hands-on work with regular progress updates
• Handover: Documentation review and team knowledge transfer

First principles thinking

We don't start with solutions—we start with understanding your constraints, requirements, and context. No cargo-cult engineering or "best practices" applied without thought.

Every architecture decision is justified based on your specific needs: scale requirements, team capabilities, budget constraints, and compliance obligations. Solutions that work for Google don't necessarily work for you.

Track record

Experience across government, motorsport, commercial SaaS, and industrial technology. Proven track record with regulated environments, high-availability systems, and mission-critical infrastructure.

See our work for specific project examples and outcomes.