Q: What is included in the price?

Named engineers (their time, not their team’s time), weekly demos, written deliverables, a runbook on completion.

Question 1

How small an engagement will you take?

Accepted Answer

We do not take engagements under $20k. Small budgets force corners we will not cut.

Question 2

Will you take an engagement under NDA?

Accepted Answer

Yes — 43 of our 47 completed engagements are under NDA. We respect it.

Question 3

Do you sign customer paper or do you have your own MSA?

Accepted Answer

We have our own MSA. We will review yours but expect a markup pass.

Question 4

Can you start in two weeks?

Accepted Answer

Usually no. We cap at 8 concurrent engagements firm-wide; queue is typically 4-6 weeks.

Question 5

Do you work with companies of all sizes?

Accepted Answer

No. We focus on Series A through Series C SaaS and AI companies.

Question 6

How do you handle conflicts of interest?

Accepted Answer

We will not engage with two direct competitors at the same time. If a conflict surfaces mid-engagement, we disclose immediately.

Question 7

Why is your pricing on the site?

Accepted Answer

Pricing is information. If our floor is wrong for your budget, both of us deserve to know early.

Question 8

Do you do hourly billing?

Accepted Answer

No. Hourly billing aligns incentives backwards. Fixed-price sprints and monthly retainers only.

Question 9

What is included in the price?

Accepted Answer

Named engineers (their time, not their team&#8217;s time), weekly demos, written deliverables, a runbook on completion.

Question 10

Do you do equity-for-work deals?

Accepted Answer

No.

Question 11

What happens if the engagement runs over?

Accepted Answer

On fixed-price work, we eat the overage if it is our scoping error.

Question 12

Will you read our code before sending a proposal?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We do not propose work we have not read the context for.

Question 13

How often do we hear from you during an engagement?

Accepted Answer

Weekly demo. Daily Slack presence. Async by default; sync when needed.

Question 14

Will you write code or just write recommendations?

Accepted Answer

We write code. The deliverable is shipped software, not a PDF.

Question 15

Do you do production deployments?

Accepted Answer

Yes, with your team&#8217;s sign-off on every change. We do not push to prod alone.

Question 16

What if something breaks in production after you leave?

Accepted Answer

For 30 days post-handoff, we own incidents we caused. After 30 days, you can re-engage us by the hour or under retainer.

Question 17

What do you NOT do?

Accepted Answer

We do not do greenfield product engineering, mobile apps, frontend work, design, or recruitment.

Question 18

Have you ever blown an engagement?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We have a written postmortem for each. We will share them if you ask.

Question 19

How many engineers do you actually have?

Accepted Answer

Six. Zero juniors. Zero SDRs. Zero account managers.

Question 20

Will the engineer on the proposal be the engineer on my project?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Named engineers; no bait-and-switch.

Question 21

Why do you publish how small your firm is?

Accepted Answer

Because most firms hide it. Six engineers means 8 concurrent engagements maximum, which is a feature, not a bug.

Question 22

Do you have testimonials?

Accepted Answer

We have engineer quotes inside case studies — the actual operator who worked on the project. We do not have CEO testimonials.

Question 23

Are you hiring right now?

Accepted Answer

Check the careers page. We hire roughly one engineer a year.

Question 24

Will you hire junior engineers?

Accepted Answer

No. Our minimum is six years of real production experience.

Question 25

Can I apply if you have zero open roles?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We keep a thoughtful pipeline. Send a paragraph.

Question 26

What is your hiring process like?

Accepted Answer

A 90-minute take-home reading existing infra; a 90-minute live discussion; a paid trial week.

Question 27

Do you sponsor work visas?

Accepted Answer

For the Lahore office, no. Remote contractor arrangements are case-by-case.

Question 28

What timezones do you cover?

Accepted Answer

Lahore (UTC+5) and Lisbon (UTC+0/+1). Effective overlap with EU and East Coast US business hours.

Question 29

Will you sign customer DPAs?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We are GDPR-compliant by default.

Question 30

What about SOC 2 / ISO 27001?

Accepted Answer

We carry SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001 is in progress, target completion 2026 Q3.

Question 31

Where is your data stored?

Accepted Answer

Customer code never leaves customer infrastructure. We work within your environment, not on copies.