A senior, cross-domain engineer who just gets it done
Across your business, product and code. No tickets to write, no one to manage. They talk to the people who own the problem, prototype with AI in days and ship every week. Start with a paid 3-day pilot: keep the work, or hand it back for a full refund.
If This Sounds Familiar
An engineer who can do all of this is rare. The usual answer is a bigger team, and more handoffs.
What We Mean by an FDE
Talks to the people who own the problem, with no one in the middle. Prototypes and defines the product, and brings ideas for using AI in it.
A senior engineer with hands-on experience across backend, frontend, mobile and infrastructure.
More output with AI, same quality. Builds enterprise-grade, secure software that passes compliance.
Skilled across domains, and backed by specialists on our team whenever a consult is needed.
How It Works
Three days to see the work. Then as long as it helps.
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Check we’re a fit
A short call on the kind of product you’re building, and whether you need someone for the long term. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so.
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A 3-day pilot
We agree on one problem. The engineer delivers a working result in three days. Keep the work, or hand it back for a full refund.
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Every week after that
The engineer talks to the business, prototypes, advises on what to build and ships.
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Leave any time
Code, accounts and documents are yours, and any team can take them over.
What the Pilot Looks Like
We only run a few pilots at a time.
To make sure our engineer can really contribute to your business.
One engineer on one problem you pick. Starts within a week, and the three days are used within one week.
Fixed price, one time. Fully refunded if you don’t keep the work. Until it’s paid for, the work stays ours.
Case Studies
Field case management
Works without signal and never loses a record.
A county youth-services team as design partner and first client, its staff working in homes, schools and cars
Community and course platform
7 weeks from decision to live app
A course calendar run on phone calls, web forms and bank statements
Who Does the Work
Senior engineers who’ve worked to one written method for over a decade. The engineer from your pilot stays on the work.
10+ of our engineers hold Claude certifications. Brival is Certified in the Claude Partner Network.
Your Product Stays Yours
- We sign an NDA before any access.
- You control our access and can revoke it at any time.
- Our AI tools run only with your approval, under terms that exclude training on your code.
- We carry professional liability and cyber insurance.
- Once paid for, the code, accounts and documents we build or change are yours.
Questions Buyers Actually Ask
How is this different from team augmentation?
Team augmentation is a whole team (developers, QA and a PM) inside your process. An FDE is one senior engineer who owns the outcome: decides with you what to build, and ships it.
What if the pilot doesn’t work for us?
Hand the work back for a full refund. Until it’s paid for, the work stays ours.
Our project is already stuck with another team. Is this for us?
Project Rescue is built for that.
Can the engineer help with security questionnaires and due diligence?
Yes. They answer the technical questions and build what the reviewers ask for.
Three days. Then decide.
Tell us the problem. We’ll scope the pilot on a short call.
Notes on Building High-Quality Software
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