SVC-04 · Architecture & Technical Leadership
Technical judgement for teams shipping hard systems.
Architecture reviews, written decisions, delivery leadership and hands-on mentoring — from an engineer who still writes production code, not a slide-deck architect.
Capabilities
Decisions written down. Delivery kept honest.
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Architecture review
A structured read of an existing or proposed system against load, failure modes, data flow, operability and cost — with findings, not opinions.
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Decision records & design docs
ADRs, RFCs and runbooks your team can read in six months. If a decision isn't in a document, it didn't really happen.
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Technical roadmaps
Sequencing migrations, platform work and paydown of technical debt so each step is shippable and measurable on its own.
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Tech lead cover
Interim technical leadership for a team or workstream: standups, reviews, unblocking, delivery cadence — for a defined window.
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Hands-on mentoring
Pairing, code review and design sessions that leave senior engineers on your team, not a dependency on ours.
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Vendor & build-vs-buy input
Independent technical assessment of platforms, managed services and model providers against your actual workload.
Working principles
Boring is a feature.
Most production systems fail for boring reasons. Architecture work here starts with what the system does under load and failure today — measured — and reaches for novelty only when it earns its place.
Leadership engagements are bounded: a written scope, a weekly status note, and an explicit handoff so ownership stays with your team. Where the system in question is an AI workflow, the AI Systems Audit is the fixed-scope version of this review.
Need a second senior opinion before the next big decision?
Bring the design, the constraints and the numbers you have.