Questions we get asked before every engagement.

Mid-sized enterprises and growing technology companies, mostly in financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, logistics and professional services. We work with organisations that have real systems in production and real constraints — not primarily with early-stage startups looking for a first build.

With a short discovery phase — typically one to three weeks — where we assess the current state and produce a costed, sequenced plan. You own that plan whether or not you continue with us. We would rather scope honestly upfront than discover the real problem in month four.

Fixed-scope pricing where requirements are genuinely well defined, and time-and-materials with a capped budget where discovery is part of the work. We will tell you which one your project actually is rather than fitting it to whichever model suits us.

Most delivery phases run 8–16 weeks and produce something usable at the end. Larger programmes are sequenced into phases of that size rather than run as a single multi-year effort, so you can reprioritise or stop between phases.

Frequently, and it is often the better model. Embedded delivery alongside your engineers transfers capability while the work ships. We also run fully independent delivery where that fits better.

Primarily TypeScript, Python, Java and .NET; React and Next.js on the front end; AWS, Azure and GCP for infrastructure; Snowflake, Databricks and PostgreSQL for data; and OpenAI, Anthropic and open models for AI. Where you have an established stack, we work within it.

You do. All work product, source code and documentation produced during an engagement belongs to the client, and that is written into the agreement rather than left implied.

NDAs as standard, least-privilege access to only the systems required, and security designed into architecture rather than reviewed at the end. For regulated environments we work within your data residency and audit requirements from the first design session.

Yes — through managed services with a defined SLA, or a lighter retainer for advisory and occasional work. We also hand over properly so you are not dependent on us: documentation, architecture decision records and team enablement are part of delivery, not an upsell.

Yes. We place vetted engineers, architects and specialists on contract, contract-to-hire or direct placement — screened by people who have held the role rather than matched on résumé keywords.

We are a US firm based in the Maryland & Washington DC metro. We deliver remotely for clients worldwide, run engagements on the client's timezone, and meet in person for discovery, workshops and key milestones — routinely so for clients in Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia.

Discovery engagements can usually begin within one to two weeks. Larger delivery phases depend on team availability, and we will give you a real date rather than an optimistic one.