Senior AI engineering.
Project-scoped.
No retainer required.
Three focused engagements for startups and SaaS teams that need to move fast on AI without hiring a full-time team yet. You get 20+ years of product leadership and hands-on AI engineering — scoped to what you actually need.
A structured assessment of your current stack, team capabilities, and product roadmap — mapped against where LLM and AI integrations would create real leverage. Ends with a prioritized, executable roadmap, not a slide deck.
- Current-state technical assessment
- AI opportunity map by product area
- Risk and governance inventory
- Prioritized 90-day integration roadmap
- Vendor / model selection guidance
Turn a fuzzy AI feature idea into a complete technical specification your engineering team can execute against. Includes user stories, acceptance criteria, architecture notes, and LLM design decisions — written by someone who has shipped both the PM deliverable and the code.
- Full PRD with user stories + acceptance criteria
- Architecture and data flow documentation
- LLM prompt strategy and model selection notes
- Risk register and edge case inventory
- Sprint-ready epics and task breakdown
Hands-on implementation of an LLM-powered internal workflow or automation — ingestion, scoring, generation, or routing. Built with your stack, with production-grade patterns: async-first, migration-driven, human-in-the-loop where it matters.
- Scoped workflow implementation (Python / FastAPI)
- LLM integration with prompt engineering
- Error handling and guardrails
- Documentation and handoff materials
- One iteration cycle post-delivery
We talk for 30 minutes. I ask about your stack, your team, your problem, and what you've already tried. No pitch, no proposal — just figuring out whether there's a fit.
If there's a match, I send a fixed-scope proposal within 48 hours. Clear deliverables, clear timeline, clear price. No hourly billing ambiguity.
I work the engagement. You get progress updates at agreed checkpoints, artifacts delivered on schedule, and a handoff that actually transfers knowledge to your team.
You need AI in your product but don't have a senior AI engineer yet. You want someone who can think through the architecture and also write the code.
Your product roadmap now includes AI features. You need technical specs and implementation help without a long hiring process.
You know what needs to be built but don't have cycles for it. You need a senior IC who can execute independently with minimal hand-holding.
Agencies, content farms, crypto / blockchain projects, defense contractors, or anyone who wants AI for the sake of saying they have AI.
Let's figure out if there's a fit.
Send a short note about what you're building and what's blocking you. If it's in my wheelhouse, I'll reply with availability and next steps within 24 hours.