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We embed senior engineers into early-stage teams to ship investor-ready products fast, without sacrificing reliability.

Lower cost vs. comparable US hiring — 50–70% 70+ startups supported $116M+ raised by teams we helped ship 6–10 weeks to launch MVPs & demos

Differentiation

What sets us apart
from other firms

We bridge the gap between raw engineering power and strategic business value, deliverying at a pace that defines the industry standard.

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The Elite 1%

We hire the top 1% of engineers in the market through an extremely rigorous interview process, ones that have a proven track record at various unicorn startups in the US.

Full-Spectrum Mastery

We have a super-stack mission, our engineers are well-rounded and have a strong desire to learn all stacks of software development.

Engineering Excellence

We take coding craftsmanship very seriously, including code reviews, unit tests, design patterns, and performance. We care about them all.

Value First

We focus on delivering customer value, always. We know what needs to be done to deliver that value on time.

Velocity & Agility

We know how to turn complex software problems into manageable MVPs that can be delivered quickly and iteratively.

How we actually work

Engineering is a
holistic system

1. Discovery & Alignment

We start with a strategy session to deeply understand your startup — product vision, milestones, tech stack, and internal team structure. We also clarify what success looks like (e.g., “MVP in 60 days,” “Scale to 1M users,” or “Close the next round”).

Discovery & Alignment

2. Team Scoping & Matching

Within 48 hours, we define the right engineering pod for your needs — whether that's a full squad (frontend, frontend, QA, PM) or a single senior engineer to complement your in-house team. We only match you with engineers who've shipped in similar contexts — fintech, AI, logistics, healthcare, etc.

Team Scoping & Matching

3. Kickoff & Embedding

Once confirmed, we start within a week. Our engineers embed directly into your communication stack — Slack, stand-ups, Jira, Notion — and operate as full members of your engineering org. You retain full visibility and control, and we handle everything from hiring to performance management behind the scenes.

Kickoff & Embedding

4. Build, Iterate & Scale

We work in tight 2-week sprints with clear deliverables, demos, and retros. Spartan engineers take ownership — from architecture to scaling, to deployments. As your product evolves, we scale the team up or down depending on roadmap priorities.

Build, Iterate & Scale

5. Quality, Reliability & Continuous Improvement

We invest in long-term maintainability — automated testing, observability, CI/CD pipelines, and post-release monitoring. Our engineers aren't temporary contributors; they treat the codebase as if they'll work in it for years (because they often do).

Quality, Reliability & Continuous Improvement

our leader

We are engineers first

Chan Nguyen

Chan Nguyen

Founder & CEO

  • 17 years of experience from multiple advisory roles and a track record of tech innovation
  • 3 IPOs under his belt (Bird, ZipRecruiter and TrueCar)
Duc Duong

Duc Duong

Co-founder & CTO

  • 20 years of engineering experience, with deep expertise in software architecture and scaling engineering teams
Bao Nguyen

Bao Nguyen

Co-founder & CFO

  • Ex senior QA at Bird with 8 years of experience in software quality assurance and testing, ensuring the highest standards of software reliability and performance
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We’ll help turn it into a system you can prove, ship, and scale.

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