Case Study
Lead Staff Software Engineer.
Embedded in 14 Days.
How a Connecticut-based food supply chain intelligence company unlocked engineering capacity without a 4-month hiring cycle. This is a completed engagement.
14
Days to embed
12
Month engagement
8+
Years experience
Staff
Lead level embedded
The Client
A Connecticut-based company building the world's first food defense system for the US poultry industry, combining hardware, software, and data science to monitor tens of millions of broiler chickens. Their platform reduces food poisoning risk and improves profitability for major US food producers. Backed by over $11M in funding.
The Problem
Their engineering roadmap was bigger than their team could ship. Senior capacity was the bottleneck.
- Hiring a Staff-level engineer through normal channels in the US Northeast: 3–6 months minimum
- Heavy compensation footprint for a full-time US hire
- Every week of delay = features not shipped
The Solution
- Brief to embedded engineer in 14 days
- Lead Staff Software Engineer embedded
- 12-month engagement
- Fully remote. Three hours of live overlap with US Eastern, two with Central
- Trial-based start. No long-term commitment.
The Result
Production engineering capacity unlocked inside two weeks
Senior-level ownership from day one. No ramp tax. No coaching overhead.
Roadmap velocity protected without the 4-month hiring cycle or headcount approval process