Built to outlast.
Ways to work with us — build something new, modernize what you have, extend your team, or hand us the keys to production. One engineering standard behind all of them.
The ways in
Pick the shape that fits where you are. Each opens onto the same standard of engineering.
Product Development
Take an idea to a real product.
Who it's for
You have something to build and no team — or a team that is already full.
What we do
We take it from a rough idea to a launched system: discovery, architecture, design, build, release. One senior team, shipping continuously, with you in the room.
What you get
A launched product with the pipelines, tests, and documentation to grow on — and the team that built it, still on call.
Proof
Alley Analytix — sensor hardware, real-time motion processing, and coaching dashboards, built end to end. Read the story
Enterprise Transformation
Replace what you have outgrown.
Who it's for
You are running something critical that is getting expensive, fragile, or impossible to hire for — or the “system” is still paper, phone calls, and spreadsheets the business has outgrown.
What we do
We map how the work actually happens today, then move it across piece by piece. Sometimes that means replacing legacy systems; sometimes it means building your first real one. Nothing switches off until its replacement has proven itself.
What you get
New platform live. Old ways retired. Business uninterrupted.
Proof
FAROGL — an oil and gas operation taken from manual workflows to one governed ERP, in phases people actually adopted. Read the story
Engineering Augmentation
Add senior engineers to your team.
Who it's for
You know exactly what to build. You need more senior hands building it.
What we do
We place experienced engineers inside your team — your process, your tooling, your rituals. Named people, not rotating resources.
What you get
Delivery speed you can measure, from engineers you would have hired yourself.
Managed Systems
We run what we build.
Who it's for
You have systems in production and nobody whose actual job is keeping them healthy.
What we do
Monitoring, patching, incident response — and the unglamorous roadmap of keeping software current, so it never becomes next year’s legacy problem.
What you get
Uptime you stop thinking about.
Proof
Counterfoil — a platform Ternary builds and runs. Read the story
How the work is structured
Shapes of engagement. Every solution runs on one — or moves between them as the work changes.
Frame™
Fixed scope · timeline · priceFor work with a clear finish line.
Launches, migrations, proofs of concept.
Flow™
Dedicated team · continuousFor products that keep evolving.
Long-term product development, continuous delivery.
Orchestra™
Senior capacity · on demandFor teams that need depth without the headcount.
Filling skill gaps, scaling delivery.
Side by side. Honest answers.
No winner. The right column is the one that matches your situation.
| Product Development | Enterprise Transformation | Engineering Augmentation | Managed Systems | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best when | You are building something new | A critical system is aging out — or still runs on paper | Your roadmap outruns your team | Your systems need an owner |
| Typical duration | 3–9 months | 12+ months | Rolling, quarterly | Ongoing |
| Team shape | One senior pod | Coordinated workstreams | Embedded engineers | Dedicated ops coverage |
| Roadmap owner | Shared | Shared | You | We propose, you approve |
| What we hand over | A launched product + docs | A retired legacy + a live platform | Merged code, every week | Reports, uptime, a healthy system |
| Engagement model | Frame or Flow | Flow or Orchestra | Orchestra | Flow |
Still not sure which one you need?
Neither are most people at this stage — that's our job, not yours. Tell us the problem, and we'll tell you the shape.
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