How embedded engineering partnerships work
We pick up a defined slice of your roadmap
Not 'general engineering capacity.' A specific slice — a service, a product surface, an internal platform, an integration backlog — that's stuck behind hiring and that your team would own if they had the bandwidth. We agree the slice in writing before the engagement starts, and revisit it monthly.
We work inside your tools, your standards, your team
Same standup, same repo, same code review process, same on-call rotation if it makes sense. Your design system, your deployment pipeline, your engineering culture. The pod is a temporary extension of your team — not a parallel project on the side that has to be re-integrated later.
We leave when the work is done — and the team can run it
Every embedded engagement has a written exit plan from day one. What the in-house team owns, what documentation transfers, what the rollover looks like. Most pods run two-to-four quarters. We're not in the business of becoming permanently load-bearing on your roadmap.
We pick up a defined slice of your roadmap
Not 'general engineering capacity.' A specific slice — a service, a product surface, an internal platform, an integration backlog — that's stuck behind hiring and that your team would own if they had the bandwidth. We agree the slice in writing before the engagement starts, and revisit it monthly.
We work inside your tools, your standards, your team
Same standup, same repo, same code review process, same on-call rotation if it makes sense. Your design system, your deployment pipeline, your engineering culture. The pod is a temporary extension of your team — not a parallel project on the side that has to be re-integrated later.
We leave when the work is done — and the team can run it
Every embedded engagement has a written exit plan from day one. What the in-house team owns, what documentation transfers, what the rollover looks like. Most pods run two-to-four quarters. We're not in the business of becoming permanently load-bearing on your roadmap.
How an embedded pod with us is different from an agency
Senior-only, not staff augmentation
Every engineer in the pod is senior — the same people you'd interview for a head-count hire.
No junior layer billed at senior rates. No bench rotation. The same faces from kickoff to hand-over.
Senior-only, not staff augmentation
Monthly billing, weekly scoping
Pods bill on a monthly retainer for a defined team shape, with the upcoming week's scope captured in writing every Monday.
You see what the team is working on, what it'll cost, and what's slipping — on a single page you can forward to finance. No T&M, no scope surprises.
Monthly billing, weekly scoping
We aim to make ourselves replaceable
The pod's job is to clear the slice of the roadmap that hiring couldn't reach — not to become permanent.
We write hand-over documentation as we go, train your team on what we've built, and lobby actively for shutting the pod down once it's no longer earning its keep.
We aim to make ourselves replaceable
One team, one contract, one accountable lead
No subcontractors.
No 'delivery partner' chain. One engagement lead, one contract, one number you call when something is wrong. The size of the pod (two-to-six) is deliberately small so the lead is hands-on, not managing managers.
One team, one contract, one accountable lead
Senior-only, not staff augmentation
Every engineer in the pod is senior — the same people you'd interview for a head-count hire.
No junior layer billed at senior rates. No bench rotation. The same faces from kickoff to hand-over.
Senior-only, not staff augmentation
Monthly billing, weekly scoping
Pods bill on a monthly retainer for a defined team shape, with the upcoming week's scope captured in writing every Monday.
You see what the team is working on, what it'll cost, and what's slipping — on a single page you can forward to finance. No T&M, no scope surprises.
Monthly billing, weekly scoping
We aim to make ourselves replaceable
The pod's job is to clear the slice of the roadmap that hiring couldn't reach — not to become permanent.
We write hand-over documentation as we go, train your team on what we've built, and lobby actively for shutting the pod down once it's no longer earning its keep.
We aim to make ourselves replaceable
One team, one contract, one accountable lead
No subcontractors.
No 'delivery partner' chain. One engagement lead, one contract, one number you call when something is wrong. The size of the pod (two-to-six) is deliberately small so the lead is hands-on, not managing managers.
One team, one contract, one accountable lead
The shape of a partnership
Questions a Head of Engineering usually asks
Tell us about the slice of the roadmap that's stuck.
Not the whole product strategy — the specific slice you'd own in-house if you had the bandwidth. The integration backlog, the new product surface, the internal platform. We'll leave you with a one-page memo on the team shape and timeline we'd propose.