Startup Engineering
Your product may already be live. The bigger question is whether the technology behind it is reliable, maintainable, secure, integrated correctly, and ready for the next stage of growth.
Independent perspectiveDefined scopePractical next steps
Start with the engineering question that matters most to your product.
For founders and technology teams.
For existing products and the next stage of growth.
Build on stronger foundations
Ideal e Designs' Startup Engineering services help founders and technology teams identify critical engineering risks, strengthen existing products, improve production infrastructure, and make better technical decisions.
Whether you're preparing to scale, dealing with recurring technical issues, inheriting an outsourced codebase, or simply want an independent engineering perspective, we help you understand what needs attention and what to do next.
Six focused engagements
Choose an independent review or a scoped engineering engagement around the area that needs attention.
Get an independent assessment of your codebase, architecture and technical debt, with a prioritised roadmap for what to fix next.
From £999GBP
5–7 working daysdelivery windowInside this package
Strengthen the APIs, webhooks and third-party workflows your product depends on, with failure handling, recovery and operational visibility.
From £2,000GBP
2–6 weeksdelivery windowInside this package
Establish repeatable deployments, separate environments, monitoring, backups and recovery foundations for your production application.
From £2,500GBP
2–5 weeksdelivery windowInside this package
Identify and address important application security weaknesses with risk-ranked findings and practical engineering improvements.
From £2,500GBP
2–5 weeksdelivery windowInside this package
Find the real performance bottlenecks, establish baseline metrics and implement proportionate improvements for your next stage of growth.
From £3,000GBP
3–6 weeksdelivery windowInside this package
Give founders an independent senior-level view of technology, engineering and priorities, with a recommended 30/60/90-day roadmap.
From £1,500GBP
5–10 working daysdelivery windowInside this package
Scope, pricing & timing
| Package | Engagement | Starting price | Typical delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code Quality & Architecture Review | Independent review & recommendations | From £999 | 5–7 working days |
| API & Integration Reliability Engineering | Assessment & scoped implementation | From £2,000 | 2–6 weeks |
| Cloud & DevOps Production Setup | Assessment & scoped implementation | From £2,500 | 2–5 weeks |
| Product Security Hardening | Assessment & scoped implementation | From £2,500 | 2–5 weeks |
| Performance & Scale Engineering | Assessment & scoped implementation | From £3,000 | 3–6 weeks |
| Independent CTO & Engineering Review | Independent review & recommendations | From £1,500 | 5–10 working days |
Prices are indicative GBP project ranges. Final scope, deliverables, acceptance criteria and price are agreed before work starts. Timelines assume defined scope, available technical access and compatible third-party integrations. Vendor, infrastructure, regulatory and licensing costs are excluded.
Who Startup Engineering is for
Startup Engineering is designed primarily for companies that already have technology in place. You may be a good fit if:
From discovery to clear priorities
We understand your product, current technology stack, business priorities, known problems, and desired outcome.
Define the systems, repositories, access, review areas or implementation work, deliverables and acceptance criteria for your engagement.
Assess the agreed product areas, document evidence and carry out any engineering improvements included in scope, with regular progress reviews.
Walk through findings and completed work, confirm next priorities and hand over the agreed documentation and recommendations.
Start with your product
Tell us about your product, the issues you’re seeing and the next stage you’re preparing for. We’ll help identify the right review or engineering scope.