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CI/CD, observability, and on-call that doesn't page you at 2am.
Hiring a DevOps or platform engineer? Senior platform engineers command $260K+ base and most early-stage teams don't have enough infra surface area yet to justify a full-time hire. We build the foundation instead — CI/CD, observability, secrets management, on-call — on a flat-price engagement, then hand you a runbook.
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How fast can you start?
Most engagements begin within seven days of the first call. There's no recruiter pipeline, no notice period, no relocation timeline.
Which cloud provider?
We work across AWS, GCP, and Vercel — the recommendation depends on your stack and team size, not a default we push regardless of fit.
Is this a full-time replacement?
No — we're a senior engineer on a flat-price engagement. For most pre-seed and seed-stage products, that ships more than a salaried hire would in the same window. When you outgrow it, we hand off cleanly to the team you hire.
Is this a full platform team replacement?
No — it's the foundation a platform team would build in month one, done right the first time. For early-stage teams that's usually enough for a year or more before dedicated headcount makes sense.
Who owns the code?
You do, from commit one. Repo in your GitHub, infra in your cloud account. When you do hire someone, they onboard onto your code, not ours.
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