For funded startups
DevOps for startups.Without the in-house hire.
Funded startups burn the runway on the wrong things. Infrastructure should not be one of them. We act as the senior engineering hand on cloud, Kubernetes, and CI/CD - on retainer, without an in-house head of infra to hire.
Funding-stage fit
Where this work pays off
Seed
Single-server, fast iteration
Series A
Real users, real uptime
Series B
Multi-region, audits start
Series C
Full DevOps team transition
Where it usually hurts
The startups-specific failure modes
You hired engineers to ship product. Half their week is going to AWS instead.
We pick up the AWS account, ship the IaC, run the on-call rotation. Your engineers get their week back.
Investors asked about your runway and your AWS bill in the same call.
Fixed-price audit. Right-sizing, RIs, architectural fixes. Typical outcome: 20-40% off the AWS bill without performance loss.
You need senior infrastructure judgement before Series B, not a junior body.
Direct access to engineers with 20+ years in Linux production and 10+ on AWS. No account managers in the middle.
Your last platform engineer left and took the tribal knowledge.
Documented runbooks, written-down architecture, and one operator continuity plan. Knowledge transfer is part of the deliverable.
Where the work lives
Infra cost curve as you scale
The infra spend goes from a rounding error to a real line item somewhere between Series A and B. That is when getting it right starts paying off the fastest.
Seed
$50-200/mo
MVP
$200-800/mo
Series A
$800-3K/mo
Series B
$3K-15K/mo
Series C
$15K+/mo
The shaded zone (Series A - B) is where most teams hire us. Earlier is welcome; we just tell you when AWS is overkill.
What we usually run
The services startups engagements lean on
Each engagement is one of our real services with a focus tuned to startups needs.
DevOps as a Service
Fractional senior engineering on retainer. The default engagement for startups without a head of infra.
Open serviceAWS Cloud Management
IAM, networking, secrets, and cost discipline on the cloud most funded startups land on first.
Open serviceKubernetes Management
When you outgrow Heroku or Render, EKS or self-managed K8s without theatrical infra.
Open serviceCloud Cost Optimization
Fixed-price AWS audit. Most startups find 20-40% of their bill is recoverable.
Open serviceFAQ
Common startups questions
We are pre-seed - is this overkill?
Probably yes. If you run a single small app on Heroku and burn under $200/mo on infra, you are fine for now. Talk to us when AWS shows up on the invoice list or when you have customers asking about uptime in writing.
Can you work alongside our existing engineers?
That is the typical mode. We own the infra layer (cloud, K8s, CI/CD, secrets, on-call). Your engineers own the application. Handover and weekly sync, not gatekeeping.
Are you cheaper than hiring a DevOps engineer?
Yes for the first 12-18 months because there is no salary, no equity, no on-boarding cost, and no risk of the wrong hire. Past that point a full-time hire usually wins; we tell you when we think you have reached that point.
What about US time-zone coverage?
We are EU-based and serve EU + US clients. Working overlap with US business hours is part of the standard model. We are not a 24/7 NOC.
Other industries we cover
Sound like your situation?
Discovery call is 30 minutes, free, no preparation required. We will tell you straight whether we are the right fit.