— Consulting & Strategy
Architecture that scales. Strategy that ships.
Senior engineers who have built at scale review your architecture, map your technical roadmap, and tell you exactly what to fix, what to defer, and why — in plain language.
- Senior-only
- Ex-FAANG & scale-up engineers
- 5–10 days
- Typical engagement length
- Actionable
- No slide decks — real output
— Advisory Services
Six ways we improve your technical position.
Technical Roadmap
We map every initiative, dependency, and risk on a rolling 12-month engineering roadmap — prioritised by business impact.
Architecture Review
Deep audit of your system architecture: scalability bottlenecks, single points of failure, coupling risks, and migration paths.
Tech Stack Audit
Review of your stack, dependencies, security posture, and technical debt — with a severity-graded findings report.
CTO Advisory (Fractional)
Ongoing weekly advisory from a senior engineer — attending your engineering meetings, reviewing decisions, coaching your leads.
Technical Due Diligence
Pre-acquisition or pre-investment code and architecture review — third-party, objective, and investor-ready.
Engineering Team Review
Assessment of team structure, seniority distribution, hiring gaps, and process maturity — with a concrete improvement plan.
— How It Works
From first call to final report in days.
Every engagement is time-boxed and outcome-focused. You know exactly what you will receive before work begins.
- Day 1
Intake & Scoping
90-min structured session mapping your current state, pain points, business context, and engagement objectives.
- Days 1–2
Access & Discovery
We review your codebase, architecture diagrams, infrastructure setup, and any existing documentation.
- Days 2–6
Deep Analysis
Senior engineer runs the full audit: findings catalogued, risks scored, patterns identified, and recommendations drafted.
- Day 7
Findings Walkthrough
Live session walking through every finding — not slides, but working documents you can act on immediately.
- Days 8–10
Final Report & Roadmap
Written deliverables: findings report, risk matrix, prioritised recommendations, and 12-month engineering roadmap.
No circuit breaker on payment service — cascading failure risk
Database connection pool uncapped — memory exhaustion under load
Monolith + 3 micro-services with inconsistent auth patterns
N+1 query pattern in product listing — no pagination at DB layer
+ 3 more findings
Full report delivered Day 7
— What You Receive
Documents you act on. Not ones you file away.
Every engagement produces tangible, working documents — not generic recommendations.
Findings Report
Severity-graded catalogue of every issue found, with context, impact, and recommended fix for each.
Risk Matrix
Prioritised list of technical risks mapped to business impact and effort to resolve — ready for board review.
Architecture Diagram
Current-state and recommended future-state system diagrams delivered as Mermaid source and PDF.
12-Month Technical Roadmap
Quarter-by-quarter engineering initiatives, prioritised by ROI and risk reduction for your specific context.
Stack & Dependency Audit
Full dependency tree, CVE scan results, licence risk assessment, and upgrade path recommendations.
Executive Summary
One-page non-technical summary suitable for board presentation, investor update, or leadership review.
Findings Walkthrough Recording
Full recording of the live review session — shareable with your team and referenced during implementation.
Delivered as a living Notion document + PDF
— Who This Is For
Built for leaders making technical decisions.
Technical Founders
"I don't have a CTO but I'm making architecture decisions I'm not confident in."
A senior engineer reviews every technical choice and trade-off — you get the oversight without the full-time hire.
Scale-up CTOs
"We've grown fast. Our architecture is a mess and I need a third party to tell me how bad it really is."
Objective audit with no internal politics — a ranked list of what to fix, what to defer, and in what order.
PE / VC Firms
"We're acquiring a company. We need a credible technical due diligence report in five days."
Investor-ready report covering code quality, architecture risk, team maturity, and hidden technical liabilities.
Engineering Leads
"I need to convince my board to invest in platform work. I need an external voice backing the case."
A documented findings report and roadmap that gives you the evidence to justify the engineering investment.
— Let's Start
Get a clear view of your technical position.
Book a 30-minute scoping call. We will define the engagement, the timeline, and the deliverables — before you commit to anything.