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C · Monthly product engineer
For lean teams with a live product

A senior product engineer in your corner, for the backlog that keeps slipping.

The offer
$1,000
a month, for 10 focused hours

Fixes, integrations, feature work, and internal tools. We prioritise together and keep progress visible.

Tell us what needs shipping →
Plan a monthExample queue · tap to add or remove
01 · What goes in the hours

Let’s work on what’s waiting.

The work that sits in a queue because nobody has the hours to shape it properly.

01Scope unclear requests

Founder notes and customer asks, turned into a feature that can ship.

Product
02Ship full-stack changes

Production-quality frontend and backend work your team can maintain.

Engineering
03Integrate APIs and internal tools

Services, automations, dashboards, and the ops tools your product needs.

Systems
04Fix slow paths and stubborn bugs

The issues open for weeks, traced across the stack and documented.

Unblocking
05Sanity-check big decisions

Architecture, stack, and code review before an expensive choice spreads.

Review
06Set up AI-assisted workflows

Practical Cursor, Claude, and Codex setups applied to your real queue.

Enablement
07Write the missing context

Specs, technical notes, and release notes, so the work stays useful.

Docs
02 · How it moves

Small loop. Visible progress.

01 / ClarifyFind the real job

A short kickoff turns context and constraints into a ranked queue.

02 / ScopeCut it to size

The smallest valuable version, and what done means.

03 / BuildWork in the product

Design and code in one loop. Docs follow the code.

04 / ShipClose the loop

The change, the reasoning behind it, and the next decision.

03 · Best fit

For backlog work that needs judgment, not just hands.

Your hours go to Andy or Michael, who’ve each spent 9+ years across product, design, and code. Context builds month to month instead of leaving with the contractor.

  • You have a live product and too many high-value loose ends.
  • Requests arrive faster than your team can shape them.
  • An integration or stubborn flow keeps falling off the sprint.
  • You’re making architecture calls with nobody to sanity-check them.
  • You value async progress and expect technical ownership.
Built fast with AI?
Get the product ready first.

The AI MVP Cleanup Sprint fixes the flows, code, and launch gaps before ongoing support starts.

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04 · Ask about availability

Tell us what needs shipping.

Send the backlog, the half-formed idea, or the integration that keeps slipping. We’ll tell you what we’d take on first.

AndyMichael
Read and answered by Andy or Michael. Not a sales team.
01You send a few lines and a link.02We reply with how we’d approach it.03If it fits, we book a call and scope it together.
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