Monthly engineering retainer
A monthly engineering retainer for teams running production software who need senior capacity without a full-time hire. Fixes, small improvements, performance work, and architecture conversations, staffed by the engineers who shipped your system or audited it at kickoff. Month-to-month, bounded capacity, and a written summary of what shipped, with no hourly billing surprises.
- priorities in
- shipped out
- ring refills
Senior capacity, renewed monthly. No full-time hire.
WHEN YOU NEED THIS
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Bug fixes and production incident response
- Small improvements and feature additions
- Performance and cloud-cost reviews
- Quarterly architecture check-in
- A shared Slack channel with same-day response in business hours
- A monthly written summary of what shipped and why
- A runbook kept current as the system changes
- Priority scheduling over new-client work
- A kickoff code audit for systems we did not build
WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED
- Net-new product builds; those are scoped as their own engagement
- Unlimited hours; monthly capacity is bounded and agreed in writing
- 24/7 on-call; separately scoped if you genuinely need it
HOW WE DELIVER IT
What is live, what hurts, and what your queue looks like, reviewed together.
FAQ
Honest answers to the questions that show up most.
Month-to-month. Cancel with 30 days' notice.
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