For Small & Medium Businesses
AI coding tools let your team move fast — but without senior oversight, every sprint adds invisible debt. Features get built on shaky foundations. The codebase grows in ways nobody fully understands. Then one day it's unmaintainable. A senior engineer on retainer keeps it clean, solid, and under control from day one.
I've seen what happens when AI‑assisted development runs without professional oversight. The codebase becomes a liability. Getting control early costs a fraction of the cleanup later.
Every significant change reviewed by a senior engineer — not just "does it work," but "will it hold up."
Major decisions made with someone who thinks in systems, not just features.
Your team has a senior engineer to ask — so they stop guessing and start building right.
A clear picture of where your project stands — for you, not just your engineers.
Built for small and medium businesses with an AI project actively in development — teams using AI coding tools, contractors, or in-house developers, but without a senior engineer keeping professional control over architecture and code quality. Primarily working with clients in the US, Canada, and Australia.
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The first month starts with a thorough review of your existing codebase. I map the architecture, identify the highest-risk areas, and establish a quality baseline. This becomes the foundation for everything that follows.
Every week, new code gets reviewed before it merges. Your team has a senior engineer available for questions, architecture decisions, and technical guidance — asynchronously, without blocking your workflow.
At the end of every month you receive a written technical report — what improved, what still needs attention, and what to focus on next. We follow it up with a 60-minute briefing call to walk through findings and answer your questions.
A 30-minute call to understand your project, team, and goals. Tell me what you're building, what stack you're on, and what's worrying you. No preparation required — just a conversation.
Book a Discovery CallIf we're a good fit, I'll outline exactly how the engagement works for your specific team and project. No generic packages — the scope is scoped to you. If I'm not the right fit, I'll tell you honestly.
We sign a mutual NDA and a short monthly services agreement. You share repository access and invite me to Slack or your team's communication channel. Payment via Stripe, bank transfer, or Wise.
Month 1 starts with the onboarding audit. I review your codebase, document the architecture, and deliver the first findings report. From that point your team has a senior engineer in their corner every week.
It means a senior engineer is actively involved in the quality of every change that goes into your product. In practice: I review code before it merges, weigh in on architectural decisions, answer your team's technical questions, and give you a monthly written picture of where things stand. Your developers still build — I make sure what they build is solid and stays maintainable.
The engagement is scoped to outcomes, not hours. Typically this runs 15–25 hours per month depending on your team's velocity and the volume of code being reviewed. The goal is full coverage of your meaningful code changes — not to bill hours. If your team is shipping a lot, I scale with it.
Yes — this setup is specifically designed for distributed teams. Reviews happen asynchronously via GitHub or GitLab. Q&A runs over Slack or email. The monthly briefing is a video call. You don't need your contractors and me in the same timezone or even the same tools — I adapt to your workflow.
Not at all. The onboarding audit in Month 1 maps exactly what you're working with — including the debt. The goal isn't to stop everything and do a big rewrite. It's to stop the bleeding, establish control going forward, and chip away at the worst debt systematically over time. Most companies are in exactly this position when they start.
Cancel anytime with 30 days notice. There's no long-term contract — just a monthly services agreement that renews automatically until you stop it. If your project winds down, you scale down. No penalty, no awkward conversation.
A senior engineer full-time costs $150,000–$250,000 per year in salary, benefits, and recruiting. This retainer is $48,000 per year — and you get the oversight function without the overhead of employment. It's the right fit if you need quality control and technical leadership but don't yet have enough engineering work to justify a full-time hire.
Every month without professional oversight is another month of invisible debt. The sooner you put a senior engineer in control, the less it costs to fix.
NDA before code access · Written report every month · 60-min briefing call included · Cancel anytime