How we work
Experienced engineers, working with your team
We're not the kind of consultancy that drops a slide deck and leaves. We deliver working platform improvements in your repositories, collaborating closely with your engineers, then hand everything over so your team owns it.
Ways to engage
Pick the shape that fits the work
Time & materials
Defined phases of platform work, delivered by our engineers and billed for the time spent.
- Each phase agreed in a statement of work with clear deliverables
- Delivered using our own methods, in close collaboration with your engineers
- Progress reviewed against the agreed outcomes at the end of each phase
Best for: Work with a clear direction that's hard to scope precisely up front, such as delivering a roadmap of platform improvements.
Fixed scope
An agreed outcome, delivered for an agreed price.
- Scope, deliverables and price agreed up front
- Regular demos so there are no surprises
- Ends with a proper handover to your team
Best for: Well-defined projects such as a platform review, a migration phase or a new delivery pipeline.
Advisory
A monthly retainer for experienced advice whenever you need it.
- Architecture and design reviews
- Second opinions on tooling and vendor choices
- A direct line when something goes wrong
Best for: Teams that run their own platform but want a sounding board for architecture and big decisions.
The process
From first call to handover
01
Talk
A short call about your platform, your team and what's getting in the way. If we're not the right fit, we'll say so.
02
Understand
We get into your code, infrastructure and pipelines, and talk to the engineers who use them every day.
03
Build together
We deliver in small increments alongside your team, with working improvements early and often.
04
Hand over
Documentation, runbooks and pairing, so your team owns everything we've built.
Who you'll work with
A founder-led team, sized to the job
Every engagement is overseen by Alistair Hey, our founder, and delivered by the senior engineers best suited to the work. When a project needs more capacity or specialist experience, we draw on a small network of associates we've worked with and trust.
Whoever works on your project, you get the same standards, the same methods and the same quality of handover. No juniors learning on your platform.
- Senior engineers only
- Our work is done by experienced engineers and overseen by our founder. We don't staff projects with juniors learning on the job.
- In your repos from day one
- Everything we build is code, in your version control, reviewed by your engineers. Nothing important lives on our laptops.
- Built to hand over
- We pair with your team, write things down and leave runbooks behind. Success is you not needing us.