Service Overview
Good architecture is what lets a product keep shipping features quickly a year in, not just at launch. We work with your engineering team to design system structures, define clear component boundaries, and document the decisions so future development stays consistent and maintainable.
How We Work
Understand
Audit components, data flows and what slows delivery down.
Design
Boundaries, scaling plan and tech choices with explicit trade-offs.
Document
Key decisions recorded as ADRs, with diagrams engineers can use.
Enable
A team workshop so the architecture is owned after we step back.
What's Included
Current-State Architecture Audit
Review of your existing system structure, dependencies, and pain points before any redesign work starts (skipped for greenfield engagements).
Component & Boundary Design
Service/module boundaries, data flow, and integration points defined before a line of code is written.
Scalability & Load Planning
Architectures designed for your actual expected growth in users, data volume, and feature complexity - not hypothetical scale.
Technology & Framework Selection
Pragmatic recommendations on frameworks, infrastructure, and tooling based on your team's constraints.
Architecture Decision Records
Documented rationale for key decisions, so future development stays consistent instead of drifting.
Risk & Trade-off Analysis
Explicit call-out of the trade-offs and risks in the proposed design, not just a diagram.
Team Enablement Workshop
A walkthrough session so your engineering team can build directly against the architecture, not just read about it.
The Challenge
Poor early architecture decisions compound over time into expensive rewrites. We help teams get the foundational structure right, whether starting a new system or replatforming an existing one.
Transparent, Per-Application
Pricing
Pick the tier that matches your application's complexity
Small
Single system or service, greenfield design
- Not included:Current-state architecture audit
- Component & boundary design
- Scalability & load planning
- Technology & framework selection
- Architecture decision records
- Risk & trade-off analysis
- Not included:Team enablement workshop
Standard
Multi-service architecture review or platform-wide redesign
- Current-state architecture audit
- Component & boundary design
- Scalability & load planning
- Technology & framework selection
- Architecture decision records
- Risk & trade-off analysis
- Not included:Team enablement workshop
Complex
Enterprise-scale replatforming or multi-team architecture program
- Current-state architecture audit
- Component & boundary design
- Scalability & load planning
- Technology & framework selection
- Architecture decision records
- Risk & trade-off analysis
- Team enablement workshop
Support
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers to what teams ask before we start working together.
Do you review existing architecture or only design new systems?
Both - we regularly audit existing architectures and recommend concrete, prioritized changes.
How do you handle scalability planning?
We design for your actual expected load, not hypothetical scale, and document the points where the system will need to evolve.
What do we receive at the end of an engagement?
Clear architecture documentation and diagrams your team can build against, not just a one-off presentation.
What does it cost?
Pricing depends on system scope and whether we're auditing an existing architecture or designing greenfield, in three tiers - see the Pricing section below for exact figures.