404inc Architect with us

Let's scope what compounds.

We work with a small number of teams per year. The conversation starts here — tell us the shape of the platform, the constraints we're inheriting, and the timeline you're working against. We'll respond within one business day with a fit assessment.

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Tell us about the platform.

A few questions. Your answers update the engagement estimate to the right in real time.

Who are we building for?

The basics. Skip anything you'd rather discuss in person.

Pre-seed Seed Series A Growth Enterprise

What shape is the platform?

Pick what fits. Pick more than one if it's actually two problems.

Greenfield build Migration / rescue Scale advisory Embedded team Architecture audit
Distributed systems Data & analytics Edge compute Real-time AI-native Observability

How big is this?

Rough is fine. The estimate updates as you move.

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As soon as possible This quarter Next 6 months Flexible

Anything else we should know?

Constraints, regulatory surface, ghosts in the codebase, the org-chart politics. We've seen most of it.

From email to shipped.

The shape of every engagement. No surprises. No deck-driven scope creep.

/ 01
Fit Call
~ 45 min · within 1 business day

A conversation. We learn the platform, the constraints, the politics. You learn whether we're the right team for it.

/ 02
Architecture Sketch
~ 1 week · paid discovery

A one-page system sketch, a stack recommendation, and a build plan with milestones. This document drives the engagement.

/ 03
Build & Embed
2 — 18 months · iterative

A 404inc squad embeds with your team. Daily commits, weekly demos, observability from commit zero. Production from week one.

/ 04
Handover
2 — 4 weeks · structured

Documented runbooks, on-call rotation transition, architectural decision records. Your team owns the platform completely.