Engineering Coaching & Uplift

Raise throughput, quality, and autonomy without a rewrite. We coach leads and devs on the practices that matter-code review discipline, CI/CD, testing, observability, and clear decision-making-so your team ships confidently.

  • Short cadence, real code-pairing and PRs, not lectures
  • Lightweight playbooks your team actually uses
  • Before/after metrics: cycle time, change failure, review lag

Typical timeline: 4–12 weeks • Tech-focused teams • US-friendly hours.

PROGRAM FORMATS

Choose the cadence that fits your team

Weekly Coaching

2–4 hrs/week. Real PRs, real pairing, focused improvements.

  • • PR reviews & review SLAs
  • • Test strategy on live work
  • • CI/CD & rollout hygiene

Workshop Sprint

1–2 days. Hands-on sessions + follow-up office hours.

  • • Team playbooks & templates
  • • Risk-based testing kata
  • • Observability quick start

Embed & Coach

We ship alongside your team and model the practices.

  • • Pairing and slice planning
  • • “PRs worth reading” examples
  • • ADRs & decision discipline

FOCUS AREAS

The levers that change outcomes

Code Review Discipline

  • • Small PRs, checklists, review SLAs
  • • Clear diff intent, fewer back-and-forths

Testing & CI/CD

  • • Risk-based tests, flake triage
  • • Fast pipelines, safe rollbacks

Observability

  • • Logs/metrics/traces that devs actually use
  • • SLOs & actionable alerts

Architecture & ADRs

  • • Lightweight decision records (ADRs)
  • • Boundaries & dependency sanity

DevEx & Flow

  • • Local env speed, docs, templates
  • • Reduce review/QA wait time

Release Hygiene

  • • Branching & tagging discipline
  • • Runbooks and “first-hour” checklists

PLAN

Baseline → Coach → Uplift → Institutionalize

  1. 01 • Baseline & Goals

    Measure current cycle time, PR size/latency, change failure. Align on 2–3 target outcomes.

  2. 02 • Choose Tracks

    Pick 2–3 focus areas that will move metrics fastest (e.g., reviews + CI + observability).

  3. 03 • Coach & Pair

    Weekly coaching with pairing on real work. Ship improvements while modeling practices.

  4. 04 • Institutionalize & Measure

    Templates, SOPs, and dashboards. Compare before/after; plan the next quarter.

DELIVERABLES

What your team takes away

Team playbooks

PR checklist, review SLAs, branching & release notes.

Templates & examples

“PRs worth reading,” ADRs, test scaffolds, runbooks.

CI/CD tune-ups

Faster pipelines, guardrails, rollout/rollback steps.

Observability quick-start

Useful logs, traces, and dashboards devs actually check.

Metrics & report

Before/after view of cycle, review lag, failure rate.

Recording & assets

Workshop decks and short screen-caps for onboarding.

FAQ

Common questions

Will this slow the team down?

No-coaching happens on real work. We ship small improvements while modeling practices.

Do you force new tools?

We start with your stack. If a tool change helps materially, we’ll provide options with trade-offs.

Can leads get separate coaching?

Yes. We often include a short lead track covering planning cadence, risk calls, and stakeholder comms.

How do we know it worked?

We baseline and re-measure key metrics and capture “working agreements” that stick after we leave.

Ready to level up how your team ships?

Short, focused coaching on real work to lift quality and speed-without a rewrite.