TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT & CODE REVIEW

A clear picture of what's under the hood — and a prioritized plan to fix what matters.

In 1–2 weeks, you'll know exactly where the risks are, how serious they are, and what to do about them.

0–2 wk
Duration
$0–20K
Investment
0–3
Your Team
Scorecard + Playbook
You'll Receive

WHAT THIS ENGAGEMENT IS

A hands-on audit by engineers who ship production code.

We do a hands-on audit of your codebase, infrastructure, and delivery pipeline. Not a checklist review — this is done by engineers who ship production code, so the findings are grounded in real-world experience.

You'll get a clear view of where the risks are, what's causing friction for your dev team, and a prioritized plan to address the debt that's actually slowing you down. The output is practical enough to drop straight into your next sprint planning session.

How We Work

How It Works

01

Codebase Walkthrough

Days 1–2

We get access to your repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure. Your lead engineer walks us through the architecture — how things are structured, what's well-understood, and where the dragons live.

Repository access (read-only)
CI/CD dashboard access
60–90 min walkthrough with lead engineer
02

Code Quality & Security Analysis

Days 3–5

We review the codebase for readability, complexity, test coverage, dependency health, and security flags. We're reading the code the way an experienced engineer would if they were evaluating whether to build on top of it.

Minimal — occasional questions
03

Infrastructure & DevOps Review

Days 6–8

We evaluate your cloud setup, hosting costs, deployment pipeline, monitoring, and incident response capabilities. Looking at resilience, cost efficiency, and scalability.

Cloud console access (read-only)
Existing infrastructure docs
04

Findings & Playbook Delivery

Days 9–10

We compile everything into a scorecard and a 90-day playbook, then walk your team through it. Every finding is prioritized by impact and risk, with effort estimates.

60 min presentation with technical leadership

What You Walk Away With

01
QUALITY

Codebase Scorecard

Ratings across readability, complexity, test coverage, dependency health, and security — with specific examples from your actual code. You'll use it for communicating technical health to stakeholders and setting improvement goals.

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02
INFRA

Infrastructure & DevOps Audit

Assessment of cloud costs, resilience posture, deployment pipeline maturity, and monitoring gaps. Includes recommendations with estimated savings or risk reduction. You'll use it for infrastructure budgeting and DevOps sprint planning.

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03
DEBT

Tech Debt Backlog

A prioritized list of fixes ranked by business impact and implementation risk. Each item includes effort estimates and dependencies. You'll use it for sprint planning — drop this into your backlog and start working through it.

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04
PLAYBOOK

90-Day Technical Playbook

A sequenced plan that turns findings into action — what to fix first, what can wait, and what to monitor. Includes owners and checkpoints. You'll use it for execution planning.

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WRONG FIT

This might not be for you if...

Your codebase was built recently by a team you trust and you just want a sanity check. You already know what's wrong and need people to fix it. You want a full architecture redesign, not just an assessment.

Better Starting Points

For a sanity check, a conversation might be all you need. For fixes, go straight to Development + Delivery. For redesign, Technical Roadmap Strategy is the better starting point.

RIGHT FIT

This is exactly right if...

You inherited a codebase and need an honest evaluation. You're planning a major feature or scale event. You're getting conflicting signals about tech debt. You need to hire or outsource and want to understand the current state first.

What Happens Next

We send over a brief engagement letter and schedule your kickoff within the week. Most assessments start within 5–7 business days.

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What Our Partners Say

“The technical assessment gave us the ammunition we needed to justify our infrastructure investment to the board. Every finding was prioritized and actionable.”

Engineering Leader
Growth-Stage Startup
LOGISTICS

Common Questions

01What access do you need?

Read-only access to code repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud console. We don't need write access to anything.

We'll send an access checklist before kickoff. Everything is read-only. We don't execute anything in your environment — this is a review engagement, not a pen test.

02How much of my team's time does this take?

About 3–4 hours total: an architecture walkthrough, availability for questions, and the final presentation.

This doesn't disrupt your team's normal work. The heaviest lift is the initial 60–90 minute walkthrough, then we work independently with occasional questions.

03Will you be running code in our environment?

No. We read code, review configurations, and analyze architecture. We don't execute anything.

This is a review engagement. We analyze your codebase, infrastructure configurations, and delivery pipeline through observation and analysis — never execution.

04What if you find something critical?

We flag it immediately. We don't wait for the final presentation to tell you about urgent issues.

If we discover a security vulnerability or critical risk during the review, we notify your team right away with a preliminary finding and recommended immediate action. Everything else goes in the final deliverable.

WHAT'S NEXT

Where This Leads

Findings are manageable?

Your Team Executes

Your team takes the playbook and executes. We're available for questions but you don't need another engagement.

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Significant work needed?

Development + Delivery

We scope a development engagement to address the highest-priority items from the playbook.

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Know exactly what's under the hood — before it becomes a crisis.

We'll send over a brief engagement letter and schedule your kickoff within the week. Most assessments start within 5–7 business days of signing.

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