Institutional Delivery · Senior Technical Ownership

Engagement Models for Serious Systems

Founder-led production engineering for operators who need software built properly: architecture, implementation, deployment, security, and long-term maintainability under direct technical ownership. AI-assisted delivery compresses execution without compromising quality. Minimum investment ranges are tailored to architectural scope, delivery milestones, and reserved capacity under strict institutional confidentiality. Delivery timing is confirmed after scope review.

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Founder-led production engineering

You are engaging senior architectural judgment, rigorous systems engineering, and accountable delivery with zero junior handoffs.

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AI as leverage, not the offer

AI-assisted execution compresses development cycles, but it never replaces deep systems architecture, invariant modeling, or defensive engineering.

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Scope & SLAs govern engagement

Every engagement is scoped with technical clarity. Commercial terms are structured around explicit milestones, deliverables, and SLAs under NDA.

Core Engineering Modules · Selective Scope Fit

Architectural Delivery Modules

Engagements are accepted selectively when requirements are rigorous, the technical challenge is real, and the project benefits from direct senior systems ownership.

Systems Engineering

Systems Architecture Sprint

Engagement Structure

Tailored Architecture Sprint

Delivery timeline confirmed upon technical discovery and dependency audit.

  • Complete architectural audit
  • Concurrency and memory backpressure analysis
  • Performance profiling and bottleneck isolation
  • Durable remediation roadmap
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Systems Engineering

Core Systems Engineering

Engagement Structure

Retainer / Custom SLA

Delivery timeline confirmed upon technical discovery and dependency audit.

  • Direct senior engineering implementation
  • Distributed protocol & backend implementation
  • Deterministic test harness delivery
  • Zero junior handoffs — founder-led delivery
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Frontier AI Systems & GPU Performance

Frontier GPU Performance Sprint

Engagement Structure

$75,000 – $150,000 (Flat 2-Week Sprint)

Delivery timeline confirmed upon technical discovery and dependency audit.

  • Full KV cache and GPU memory bandwidth audit
  • Custom Triton / CUDA kernel fusion & profiling
  • Production pull request merged into vLLM/SGLang/Triton
  • Guaranteed 25%+ latency reduction or 2x throughput expansion
  • Founder-led SWAT execution — zero junior handoffs
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Frontier AI Systems & GPU Performance

Principal Architecture Retainer

Engagement Structure

$35,000 – $65,000 / month

Delivery timeline confirmed upon technical discovery and dependency audit.

  • Continuous compiler & kernel invariant authoring
  • Dedicated low-level inference release gatekeeping
  • Direct founder advisory to CTO / Head of AI Infrastructure
  • Priority emergency SLA for production cluster regressions
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Agentic Systems

Custom Agent Deployment

Engagement Structure

Bespoke Implementation

Delivery timeline confirmed upon technical discovery and dependency audit.

  • Custom orchestration stack (OpenClaw/Hermes/LangChain)
  • 10-15 authenticated API/tool connectors
  • Human-in-the-loop review interface
  • Production observability & logging
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Automation Architecture

Workflow Automation Pipeline

Engagement Structure

Milestone-Based Scope

Delivery timeline confirmed upon technical discovery and dependency audit.

  • Full operational pipeline mapping
  • Event-driven queue & integration setup
  • Automated exception handling & alerting
  • Operational documentation & training
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Product Engineering

MVP to Production Platform

Engagement Structure

Full-Lifecycle Build

Delivery timeline confirmed upon technical discovery and dependency audit.

  • Complete frontend & backend architecture
  • Database design & auth / RBAC integration
  • Stripe / payment & API integrations
  • CI/CD pipeline & production deployment
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Technical Strategy

Technical Strategy & Audit Sprint

Engagement Structure

Executive Advisory

Delivery timeline confirmed upon technical discovery and dependency audit.

  • Complete architectural & codebase audit
  • Security & scalability risk matrix
  • Sequenced technical roadmap
  • Executive briefing & Q&A session
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Agentic Systems & Ribbsaeter Agents

Private Agent Infrastructure

Engagement Structure

Private Deployment

Delivery timeline confirmed upon technical discovery and dependency audit.

  • Private agent stack configuration
  • Model API routing & memory layer
  • Tool integration & approval defaults
  • Operational handover & documentation
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Engagement models · Four structures

Engagement models

Every project gets a structure that fits the real operating need: fixed budgets for defined scopes, time-and-materials for evolving products, weekly retainers for steady momentum, or a dedicated team for long-term ownership. Delivery timing depends on availability and final project scope.

Specialized Practice · Frontier AI Systems & GPU Performance

GPU Cluster & KV Cache Performance Sprint

A 2-week, founder-led surgical SWAT intervention on your GPU inference stack. We audit KV cache allocation, fuse custom handwritten Triton/CUDA kernels, eliminate Python GIL stalls, and merge production PRs directly into vLLM, SGLang, or custom engines.

✓ 30%–60% VRAM reduction✓ 2x–3x throughput expansion
Fixed Sprint Investment
$75k – $150k
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Fixed Budget

Best for MVPs

A clear scope and total cost agreed upon upfront. Ideal when requirements are well-defined and you want reserved senior ownership around a focused build.

  • Predefined scope & deliverables
  • Commercial terms defined upfront
  • Milestone-based payments
  • Great for MVPs & small projects

Time & Materials

Most Flexible

Pay for the actual time and resources spent. Best when the product is evolving and you need reserved senior ownership across discovery, build, and iteration.

  • Flexible scope & priorities
  • Monthly invoicing by hours
  • Agile sprint workflow
  • Ideal for evolving products

Weekly Budget

Steady Pace

A recurring weekly engagement with reserved senior ownership. Keeps momentum high without the overhead of full-time hires.

  • Predictable weekly spend
  • Reserved team capacity
  • Priority task queue
  • Scales up or down weekly

Dedicated Team

Enterprise

A full team embedded in your workflow, managed by us but working as an extension of your company. Best for long-term production ownership.

  • Full-time specialists assigned
  • Direct communication channels
  • Long-term collaboration
  • Scalable team size on demand

Not sure which model fits? A 30-minute discovery call with a senior engineer will clarify scope, availability, risk, and the right engagement shape.

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White-label retainers

Agency benches are quoted privately.

For agencies and consultants, capacity can be structured as a private white-label engineering partner with dedicated per-project builds, monthly engineering bench, or specialist escalation retainers.

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Frequently asked questions

How are consulting and engineering engagements scoped?

Commercial terms are produced following an initial technical discovery session under mutual NDA. Every engagement is bound to explicit deliverables, architectural invariants, and milestone reviews.

Do you offer fixed-milestone engagements?

Yes — for well-defined architectural builds, discovery sprints, and security/invariant audits. For evolving platforms or continuous production ownership, we operate under dedicated weekly or monthly retainers.

What is included in an engineering engagement?

Architectural specifications, production implementation in Rust/C++/TypeScript/Go, deterministic automated test harnesses, CI/CD airlock verification, and comprehensive handover documentation with post-launch SLA coverage.

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