013–5 days
Expert Sprint
Assess & Blueprint
Clarify a technical challenge, review an existing system or define an architecture.
Engineering systems that run
From infrastructure to intelligence.
We operate cloud platforms, engineer the systems built on them, and create production AI and data solutions. Senior engineers. Focused engagements. Production outcomes.
What we do
One engineering partner. Three connected layers.
We operate the foundation, engineer the platform, and build the AI and data systems above it. Start at the layer where you need us.
How to work with us
Start small. Build what matters.
Bring us a focused technical challenge. We can solve it, build a production outcome, or take ongoing operational responsibility.
025–15 days
Engineering Sprint
Prove & Implement
Deliver a bounded technical implementation against agreed acceptance criteria.
03Agreed individually
Project-based
Build & Integrate
Deliver substantial applications and platforms through defined milestones and iterative engineering.
04Ongoing
Ongoing
Operate & Improve
Operate and improve supported environments under clearly agreed responsibilities.
Start with the problem
The kind of work we take on.
Focused engineering across infrastructure, platforms, data and AI.
AI & Data
Build an enterprise Copilot agent
Connect an agent to the tools and workflows your team already uses.
AI & DataEngineer an IoT data pipeline
Move device data through a reliable Microsoft Fabric pipeline.
Platform EngineeringStandardize an AKS fleet
Improve cluster consistency, automation and day-two operations.
Our approach
The ape factory Method
Senior engineers combine AI-assisted workflows, automation and reusable engineering patterns. AI accelerates the work; engineers remain accountable for the outcome.
- 01
Discover
Understand
- 02
Design
Define
- 03
Build
Engineer
- 04
Verify
Validate
- 05
Operate
Improve
Insights
Engineering knowledge from real systems.
Technical guidance, architecture decisions and perspectives from our engineering work.
ExplanationOpenstackOperations
OpenStack-on-K8s — From KinD Sandbox to Production K8s Operator Deployments
Deploy a cloud-native OpenStack control plane directly on Kubernetes using OpenStack K8s Operators and Rook-Ceph for storage in a local KinD sandbox.
ExplanationOpenstackOperations
Hands-On Runbook — 'Zero to Cloud' in Under 30 Minutes
Step-by-step terminal runbook to spin up a modern containerized OpenStack private cloud with OVN networking and Nova compute in under 30 minutes.
ExplanationOpenstackOperations
Architectural Decision Framework — Choosing Your 'Ops Velocity'
Compare Kolla-Ansible, OSISM, Canonical Sunbeam, and OpenStack K8s Operators. Understand why platform engineering is driving toward the Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM).
Technology
We work with the technologies modern platforms are built on.
Deep experience across cloud-native infrastructure, platform engineering, storage and open-source systems.
Platform
Kubernetes
Container orchestration for modern application platforms.
Platform
OpenShift
Enterprise Kubernetes platform for application delivery and operations.
Cloud
OpenStack
Open-source infrastructure for private and sovereign cloud platforms.
Storage
Ceph
Distributed software-defined storage for block, file and object workloads.
Storage
Rook
Kubernetes-native orchestration for distributed storage systems.