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Need senior AWS capacity? Embed an engineer with your team.
Senior. AWS-experienced. US-based. Embedded with your team 1–3 days a week — flat monthly, month-to-month. Agree the engineering role, capacity, and start date with us.
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# the-problem
Move AWS work forward with the capacity you need.
Add a senior engineer for the part of your AWS roadmap that needs focused delivery. Agree on the work and capacity before the engagement begins.
# capacity-tiers
Pick a capacity. Flat monthly.
Billed flat monthly, month-to-month. No hourly billing, no recruiting fee.
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Architecture reviews, cloud-cost review, code review, and roadmap guidance within the agreed capacity.
Hands-on implementation and code review in your repository, focused on priorities agreed with your team.
Senior ownership of an agreed workstream, from architecture through implementation and release.
# how-we-compare
Compare the working arrangement.
Compare these arrangements for your roadmap. On small screens, scroll horizontally to read all columns.
| Criteria | Fractional AWS Engineer | Full-time employee | Independent specialist | External delivery team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Named engineer | ✓Meet the engineer proposed for your work | Interview for the permanent role | Meet the person assigned to delivery | Meet the actual delivery team |
| Relevant experience | ✓Review app, AWS, and production experience | Verify the experience your roadmap needs | Review work in the required specialty | Review comparable shipped products |
| Working relationship | ✓Your repo, your cloud account, agreed team cadence | Define role and onboarding responsibilities | Agree access, communication, and handoff | Agree access, overlap, and escalation |
| Capacity and cost | ✓Flat monthly capacity; agree the role and days | Budget salary, recruiting, and benefits | Confirm scope, availability, and rate model | Confirm scope, assigned team, and total price |
| Continuity and exit | ✓Month-to-month; agree notice and handoff in writing | Plan documentation and succession | Plan documentation and backup coverage | Confirm ownership, handoff, and support |
# how-it-works
Agree the role. Set the start date.
Free 30-min strategy call
Zoom or our Lehi office. We map your roadmap and find where you’re a senior engineer short.
Matched to a named engineer
A specific senior, AWS-experienced architect or engineer — not a bench. You meet them before you commit.
Agree on a start date
They join your standups, your tracker, and your code review. Work lands in your repo and your AWS account.
Review delivery each sprint
Flat monthly invoice. Adjust capacity or stop at the end of any cycle. The code was always yours.
# working-terms
Clear capacity. Clear working terms.
Month-to-month
No annual lock-in. Scale up, down, or stop at the end of any cycle.
No recruiting fee
No separate recruiting charge. The agreed monthly rate covers your engineering capacity.
Zero conversion fee
Hire your fractional engineer onto your payroll anytime — we don’t charge to release them.
US-based collaboration
Senior US engineers. Agree on working-hour overlap, meetings, and communication before work begins.
# next-step
Stop waiting on a hire.
Discuss an embedded engineering role.
A free 30-minute call to discuss your roadmap, the engineering role you need, and an appropriate monthly capacity. We confirm the match, price, and start date before you commit.
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