Unburden Your Roadmap
A part time staff level partner to handle the important technical work that never makes it to the top of the roadmap.
Why This Model Works
Most teams do not need a big consulting engagement or another slide deck. They need someone senior who can step in alongside the team, understand how things actually work, and quietly move critical work forward without blowing up delivery.
This is a practical partnership for your engineering organization. We look at the systems you already run, the work that is not getting done, and what needs to happen next to keep the product healthy.
- A staff level partner who can think, design, and ship with your team.
- Attention on important technical work that keeps getting pushed to later.
- A steady cadence for delivering value to your team and stack.
- Two month minimum to establish context, then month to month.
Who This Works For
You're a fit if
- You lead engineering, product, or technology and want a clear partner
- You have a team (or are building one) and want them focused on the right work
- You see important technical work slipping quarter after quarter
It's not for you if
- You want a full time manager or line level engineer
- You are looking for a one time architecture review and report
- You are not ready to change how work is prioritized or sequenced
What We Can Do In A Residency
Architecture and Platform
- Clarify current architecture and system boundaries
- Design or refine service boundaries, modules, or domains
- Plan migrations off fragile or legacy parts of the stack
Technical Debt and Refactors
- Identify and size the debt that actually matters
- Design refactors that are safe, incremental, and testable
- Support the team as they execute without blowing up delivery
AI and Data Systems
- Review existing AI integrations and failure points
- Design flows that are observable, debuggable, and practical
- Connect product use cases to realistic AI and data patterns
Compliance, Security, and Risk
- Map how PHI, PII, or other sensitive data moves through the system
- Tighten access, data handling, and auditability
- Prepare for security questionnaires and basic audits with clear answers
Process and Delivery
- Clean up how work is scoped, sequenced, and reviewed
- Make space for platform and architecture work alongside features
- Improve communication between product, engineering, and leadership
Cleanup and Ownership
- Reduce dependence on outside vendors for core understanding
- Build internal ownership of systems and key decisions
- Leave your team with clearer structures and references
What You Get
- A living technical roadmap that balances feature work and platform health
- Architecture notes, diagrams, and decision records your team can reference
- Refactor and migration plans that are broken into practical steps
- Clear documentation for key systems, flows, and contracts
- Runbooks or playbooks where they are missing today
ROI
More Stability and Predictability
The goal is a product and platform that your team can rely on in day to day work.
- Fewer surprises from brittle systems and hidden dependencies
- Clearer understanding of where risk actually lives in the stack
- Less last minute scrambling when something fails or a key customer asks hard questions
Less Drag From Technical Debt and Unmade Decisions
Important work stops living at the bottom of the backlog.
- Technical debt that matters is identified, scoped, and addressed
- Architecture decisions are made, documented, and followed
- Less time spent revisiting the same design questions every quarter
Better Use of Your Team's Time
Your engineers can focus on the work only they can do.
- Senior engineers spend less time context switching into process and fire drills
- New hires and vendors onboard faster into a clearer system
- You regain leadership time that was going toward chasing technical details
Compared to Other Options
| Option | Typical Outcome | How This Is Different |
|---|---|---|
| One time architecture review | Big document, little follow through | Ongoing support to actually execute and adjust |
| Agencies | Focus on shipping features they own | Focus on your core systems, team, and long term health |
| Full time senior hire | Expensive, hard to scope, long ramp | Senior support without long term headcount commitment |
| Asking engineers to own architecture | Context switching, slow progress, burnout | Dedicated attention on architecture and debt without derailing delivery |
Let's Work Together
If you have critical technical work that keeps getting pushed to later, we can get eyes on it, decide what matters most, and start moving it forward without blowing up your roadmap.
Schedule a call