Fix the system, not add more people. Pay only when throughput doubles.
Common CI/CD pipeline bottlenecks
Releases batched to once a week
Engineers waiting on each other to merge
One engagement fixes all three. You pay only when throughput improves.
Engineering Velocity Assessment
5 questions. 60 seconds. See where you stand.
Question 1 of 50%
How long does your average CI build take?
You Only Pay When It Works
Pay as you go. Stop anytime.
Freebaseline metrics and bottleneck report. 2 days.
No cost. No commitment.
Each milestone is a decision point. Complete Discovery? Great — decide if you want to continue. No commitment until you're ready.
2 daysFreeStart Here
Free Assessment
Baseline metrics, bottleneck report, actionable recommendations
✓
✓
2-4 weeks$30K
Discovery + Baseline
Measure current state, identify bottlenecks
1
1
2-4 weeks$50K
Quick Wins
30% faster CI, quick workflow fixes
2
2
2-4 months$50K
1.5x Throughput
50% more releases, system changes
3
3
2-4 months$50K
2x Throughput
Double baseline, sustained improvement
4
4
DevOps hire: $180K/year + 6-month ramp. This: Pay per milestone, results in weeks.
What's Included
Start small, grow smart
1
Discovery includes:
- Baseline metrics (changes/day, CI time, deploy frequency)
- Bottleneck mapping
- Quick-win identification
- Prioritized roadmap
2-4
Later milestones add:
- CI/CD pipeline optimization
- Workflow redesign
- Test parallelization
- Deploy automation
The Discovery phase gives you data on exactly where time is lost. No guesswork. If it works, we build from there.
Embedded With Your Team.
Not Another Consultant.
We work inside your systems, not around them.
Work alongside your engineers
Not watching from the sidelines — in the trenches with your team.
Knowledge transfer built-in
Every optimization explained. Your team understands the why.
Team owns the changes
All improvements go into your repo. Nothing proprietary.
Hand off when done
We exit when the system runs itself. No ongoing dependency.
Your team learns the system. You keep the improvements forever.
Real Results. Real Teams.
Case Study: 20x Throughput
From 3 to 65 changes per day
3 → 65
Changes per day
20x
Throughput improvement
Same team
No additional headcount
40
Engineers
A 40-person engineering team was stuck at 3 changes per day. CI took 20+ minutes, releases were batched weekly, and engineers spent more time waiting than coding. Over two years: 3 → 6 → 20 → 65 changes/day. Same team, same tools.
Watch the full talkCase Study: Jane App
2.4x faster builds, 55% cost reduction
2.4x
Faster builds
25%
Throughput increase
55%
CI cost reduction
250+
Developers served
Jane's engineering teams experienced slow and unreliable pipelines. Build success rate was 40%, requiring manual retries. After optimization: 2.4x faster builds, 25% more throughput, and CI costs cut in half — serving 250+ developers across 35 teams.
Read the full case study"Last year, the most impactful project we did for Engineering at Jane was this. One week's effort, one month's lead time. Low-cost implementation, highest impact."
Common Questions
You walk away with baseline metrics, a bottleneck map, and a prioritized roadmap. Many teams use Discovery to secure budget or validate their assumptions. There's no penalty for pausing — you've already gotten data and direction.
No. We're a force multiplier. We work alongside your DevOps and platform engineers, not around them. Everything we do gets handed off to your team when we're done.
Quick wins in 2-4 weeks. 1.5x throughput in 2-4 months. 2x throughput in 2-4 months after that. Exact timing depends on your current state and complexity.
You pay only when the outcome is delivered. Each milestone has clear success criteria. No outcome, no payment. You can stop at any checkpoint with no penalty.
Most teams optimize locally — faster tests, better caching. We fix system-level workflow issues: merge queues, branch strategies, deployment gates. The bottleneck usually isn't where you think.