Technical leadership pricing
Pricing for senior technical leverage
Engagements are scoped around clarity, implementation pressure, and the amount of technical leverage your team needs.
Diagnostic
One-time
EUR 15,000
- ●Architecture audit
- ●Performance review
- ●Risk map
- ●Prioritized roadmap
Retainer
Monthly
EUR 50,000
- ●Weekly architecture cadence
- ●Implementation support
- ●Performance oversight
- ●Direct technical access
Scale
Project-based
Custom
- ●Platform redesign
- ●Streaming hardening
- ●Data model refactors
- ●Reliability program
Advisory
Quarterly
Custom
- ●Executive technical review
- ●Roadmap pressure test
- ●Hiring/system guidance
- ●Incident postmortems
Availability
Two monthly retainer openings.
Best fit
Teams with complex systems, real traffic, and decisions that need senior ownership.
Cadence
Weekly architecture review, implementation support, and direct escalation paths.
Start
Begin with a diagnostic if the scope, risk, or ownership model is not yet clear.
Deploy and scale
Pre-configured engineering direction that scales with traffic and team pressure.
Maintain ownership
Your team keeps the code, architecture, and operational knowledge.
High reliability
Guidance for platforms with serious latency, media, data, or reliability constraints.
| Features | Diagnostic | Retainer | Scale | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture review | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| GraphQL/PostgreSQL performance | Included | Included | Included | Review only |
| Streaming infrastructure | - | Included | Included | Review only |
| Hands-on implementation | - | Included | Included | - |
| Weekly delivery cadence | - | Included | Optional | - |
| Incident/postmortem support | - | Included | Included | Included |
| Roadmap and leadership guidance | Included | Included | Included | Included |
Q&A
Common questions before starting
Can we start with a smaller audit?
Yes. The diagnostic engagement is designed to create clarity before committing to a larger retainer.
Do you work directly with engineers?
Yes. The work is most effective when it connects leadership decisions with implementation reality.
Can this cover frontend architecture too?
Yes, especially when the frontend depends on data modeling, streaming, performance, or design system decisions.