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Senior engineers · ex-Warner Bros. Discovery
$25M+in revenue generated for clients·
2–6 weeksaverage time from kickoff to production·
Billionsof data points processed across client systems·
$25M+in revenue generated for clients·
2–6 weeksaverage time from kickoff to production·
Billionsof data points processed across client systems·
$25M+in revenue generated for clients·
2–6 weeksaverage time from kickoff to production·
Billionsof data points processed across client systems·
$25M+in revenue generated for clients·
2–6 weeksaverage time from kickoff to production·
Billionsof data points processed across client systems·
Systems That Survive Diligence, Shipped in Weeks
Schedule a 20-Minute Scoping CallFor funded startups building toward a raise or acquisition, and enterprise and regulated teams whose builds must survive security review, audit, and examiner scrutiny.
01/Who we build for
Two kinds of teams we build for.
01
Funded startups (Seed to Series C)
Teams building the system that has to survive the next raise, the acquirer's technical DD, and the audit that follows. You need a partner who ships fast without hand-waving the scope — and stays through the handoff so the domain knowledge doesn't walk out with a departing vendor.
02
Enterprise and regulated teams
Division and team leads whose builds go through security review, examiner readiness, and controls fit. You need a vendor who works inside your SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, or GLBA framework, delivers the procurement packet with the build, and gives you a defensible estimate you can take to committee.
If your last build blew past estimate by 40–80% — and nobody flagged it before the invoice landed — we're probably for you.
02/The build offer
The Engagement
One engagement. Working software in weeks. Built to survive diligence and scale past 100x.
In a typical engagement, you get:
- First production release in 2–6 weeks — with a defensible estimate written down before code starts, not a guess.
- A custom web app, internal tool, or AI/automation system built inside the workflows already running your team.
- Architecture built for your next 100x and your acquirer's technical DD — no rewrites, no scoping surprises.
- CI/CD, monitoring, and runbooks so your team can deploy without us in the room.
- Controls-fit build — works inside your SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, or GLBA framework, with the procurement packet delivered as part of the build, not billed separately.
- Continuity by design: the same senior engineers stay from scoping through handoff. Your domain knowledge stays with your team.
Engagement spec
Retainer, time-and-material, or specific-deliverables — see /pricing for engagement models and rates. Mature clients run a standing retainer with specific-deliverables phases.
Single next step: a 20-minute scoping call. We map the work, the constraints, and whether we're the right team to ship it. If we're not, we tell you in the first five minutes and point you at someone who is.
Schedule a 20-Minute Scoping Call/ai
Need AI or automation specifically?
See AI Implementation — same engineers, two cadences. A 30-day pilot for enterprise and regulated teams (procurement packet + security-review-ready artifacts), or a 7-day sprint when the owner can decide the workflow in the room. AI compresses 15–30% of a regulated build, not the 50–70% you're being sold — the page shows why.
/marketplace
Don't need a custom build yet?
The Forge Marketplace is open, with Arcadia as the first listing — in private beta now. More items landing as they ship.
03/How it works
How It Works
01
Diagnose (1–2 Days)
We sit with your leaders and the operators feeling the friction. We map the workflow as it lives, not the SOP. We isolate the smallest project that kills the biggest cost — and name the risk we saw while looking.
02
Design & Scope (2–5 Days)
We define user flows, data model, technical approach, and how the build fits inside your controls — SOC 2, PCI, HIPAA, or GLBA — and your change-management gates. You leave with a defensible estimate written down, not a range.
03
Build & Ship (2–6 Weeks)
Senior engineers ship in short cycles. You see working software every week. Your first production release lands in weeks, not quarters — the same senior team from scoping stays through the ship.
04
Adopt & Hand Off (30–90 Days)
We train your team, tune based on real usage, and deliver the procurement packet — architecture diagram, data flow, third-party services list, rollback plan, runbooks. Standing retainer optional; the domain knowledge stays with your team either way.
build pipeline~/nineonesix
- 01diagnose1–2 days
- 02design & scope2–5 days
- 03build & ship2–6 weeks
- 04adopt & hand off30–90 days
- →production live
- $25M+
- in revenue generated for clients
- 2–6 weeks
- average time from kickoff to production
- Billions
- of data points processed across client systems
04/Deliverables
What You Get, Tangibly
By the end of an engagement, you have:
Production-Ready System
A working app or AI/automation system running inside your environment and your controls — not a demo, not a sandbox.
CI/CD Pipelines
Staging and production environments with automated deploys and audit-trail logging. Push to ship, roll back if you need to.
Observability
Logs, metrics, and alerts so your team — and your auditor — hears about problems before customers do.
Procurement Packet
Architecture diagram, data-flow diagram, third-party services list, security-questionnaire response, and rollback plan — delivered with the build, not billed separately.
60–90 Day Roadmap
A prioritized plan for the next quarter of product work, with defensible estimates you can hand to your next hire or take to the board.
Continuity by Design
Training, runbooks, and handoff so your team runs the system without us — and the domain knowledge stays with your team, not a departing vendor.
05/Add-ons · clients only
After launch: add-ons for clients only.
Once you've shipped with us, you can bolt on more of what worked:
Fractional CTO
Strategic technical leadership, investor-facing support, and hiring help at a fraction of a full-time hire.
Technical Operations
Hardened infra, faster deploys, cloud bills that don't make you wince.
Engineering Team Setup
We help you hire and onboard an A-team that can run the system we built.
These are upsells, not distractions. You ship something that makes money or saves pain first. Then, if you want more, we help you go faster with less risk.
Want to see the team, the credentials, and how we think about the work?
The build that has to survive diligence starts here.
One 20-minute scoping call. If we're not the right team, we tell you in the first five minutes and point you at someone who is.
Or email hello@nineonesixsystems.com or call (800) 701-0396.