Architect Retainer · Embedded Engineering Leadership

No senior engineer in the room when the big technical decisions get made?

A monthly retainer that gives you architecture reviews, code reviews and hands-on development, with a fixed number of hours each month.

Monthly, with a one-month minimum

Is this for you?

A good fit if you are

  • Startups without senior technical leadership
  • Founders whose developers need architecture and code-review oversight
  • Teams that need steady senior capacity rather than a one-off project

Not the right fit for

  • A single, well-defined piece of work — the Fix / Build Sprint fits better
  • Companies looking for a full-time hire on payroll

What you get

  • Fixed monthly hours

    A set block of senior time each month, agreed up front.

  • Architecture reviews

    Design decisions, data models and infrastructure choices reviewed before they are built.

  • Code reviews

    Pull-request reviews for your developers or contractors.

  • Hands-on development

    The team writes production code where it is needed most.

How it works

  1. Week 1

    Onboard

    We learn the product, codebase and roadmap.

  2. Monthly

    Plan

    Agree the month’s priorities and how the hours are used.

  3. Ongoing

    Review and build

    Architecture reviews, code reviews and development.

  4. Month end

    Report

    A short summary of what was done and what comes next.

Timeline: Monthly, with a one-month minimum

Price

Fixed fee, quoted on a free 20-minute call

  • Fixed monthly hours
  • Architecture and code reviews
  • Hands-on development by the team

Production scale, not prototypes

Our Technical Lead, Deepak Kumar Jha, led engineering on LiveHindustan.com at HT Media as it scaled to 60M+ monthly users. Every review and sprint is led by him, not handed to a junior team.

Read the LiveHindustan case study

Frequently asked questions

How many hours are included?

It depends on the tier we agree on the call; the hours are fixed per month and written into the agreement.

Can you work with our existing developers?

Yes. Most retainers are exactly that: reviewing and guiding an existing team while taking on the hardest pieces ourselves.

Can we pause or stop?

Yes, with notice at the end of a monthly cycle.

Do you help with hiring?

We can review candidates’ technical work and help write role descriptions as part of the monthly hours.

What time zones do you cover?

We are remote-first with working-hour overlap for US, UK, EU and UAE time zones.

Get senior engineering judgement every month

Talk to us about your team, your roadmap and the decisions coming up.

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