Embed
First PR in 72h.
- Pod sizing & roadmap fit
- Codebase walkthrough
- Tooling & on-call access
- First PR open by day 5
▸ DELIVERABLEPod live + first PR shipped
§ SOL · 06For growth-stage CTOs who can't (or won't) hire fast enough
Capacity without
the hiring tax.
Elastic senior engineering pods that flex up and down with your roadmap. No 6-month hire cycles, no layoff exposure, no quality compromise. 72 hours from contract to first PR.
§ 01 — The ChallengeYour runway is burning
Your runway is burning
while your product isn't shipping.
Your roadmap needs 4 more engineers right now. Hiring will take 6 months — if you can find them, if they accept, if they ramp. Meanwhile your current team is on the brink and the board wants a Q3 launch. The hiring market is broken; you don't have to be.
- 01Senior engineering hires taking 3–6 months to close!
- 02Existing team approaching burnout!
- 03Roadmap dates slipping every quarter!
- 04Hiring market making fixed-cost commitments dangerous!
72h
is the median time from a signed contract to our first PR in your repo. Senior, embedded, integrated with your sprint cadence — without the 6-month hire cycle.
SOURCE · DREXUS RETAINER ANALYTICS, 2024
What a flex-pod looks like.
✓WEEK 1
Senior pod, 72h.
Sized to your roadmap. Walked through your codebase. Slack-integrated. First PR open in your repo by day 5.
✓QUARTERLY
Flex up or down.
30-day notice in either direction. Pods grow for peak quarters and shrink for steady-state without re-orging your team.
✓ALWAYS
100% senior.
No juniors, no offshoring, no rotation surprises. Same engineers across the engagement, same quality bar across the codebase.
§ 02 — Our Approach
From kickoff to handoff.
Run
Friday Receipts. Steady cadence.
- Sprint cadence integration
- Daily PR rhythm
- Friday Receipts published
- Quarterly retention review
▸ DELIVERABLEContinuous shipping + monthly readouts
Flex
Up or down. 30-day notice.
- Capacity review
- Pod re-sizing if needed
- Knowledge transfer if downsizing
- Retention plan updates
▸ DELIVERABLERight-sized pod for next quarter
EVERY · FRIDAY · 17:00 CET
Weekly Friday Receipts.
No status meetings. No vague Slack updates. One signed document, every Friday, with everything you need to know.
✓What we shipped this week
✓What's in progress (with %)
✓What's next + decisions needed
✓Honest blockers
✓PR links + metric impact
✓Live demo links
§ 03 — Proven Results
Word from the fast lane.
We grew from 12 to 28 engineers in a year — half of which were Drexus pods. We never missed a quarter and we never made a fixed-cost mistake.
When the market turned, we shrank our pod by half in 30 days. Try doing that with full-time hires.
+18%
Velocity Gain
72h
Hours to 1st PR
3.4×
Avg Pod Size
100%
Senior Engineers
§ 04 — FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Q.01
How is this different from a typical agency or staff aug?
Three differences: (1) we're 100% senior — no juniors, no offshoring; (2) we work in pods of 3–6 with shared on-call, not solo contractors; (3) we publish a Friday Receipt every week so you actually know what shipped. Most agencies fail on at least two of those.
Q.02
How quickly can you spin up a pod?
72 hours from a signed contract to first PR is our standard. We've done 24h in emergencies. Pods of 6+ may take 2 weeks to fully staff with the right specialists.
Q.03
What if we want to convert a pod engineer to a full-time hire?
Standard conversion fee at 12 months, lower at 24 months. About 15% of our pod engineers eventually convert — we don't fight it.
Q.04
Can your pod work in our sprint cadence?
Yes — we adopt your sprint length, code review, and deploy process. The Friday Receipt is the only addition we insist on. Your tools, your process, our engineers.
Q.05
What about IP, security, and access?
Standard contract includes IP assignment, NDA, and your security & access controls. We've passed enterprise security reviews at GS-tier clients; documentation available on request.
CAPACITY · WHEN · YOU · NEED · IT
Senior pod.
72h spin-up.
Tell us how many engineers, what stack, and what timeline. We'll come back in 24 hours with a pod proposal and a contract.
AVG RESPONSE 2H · BUSINESS HOURS · CET