AI & Architecture Audit.
A senior engineering review of your system — architecture, AI risk, security, scalability, and delivery — before you commit real money to building on top of it. Fixed scope, fixed price, written findings you keep.
$3K–$7.5K1–2 weeks · fixed price
What we review.
Five areas, examined by engineers who build and operate production systems — not a checklist run by a junior analyst.
- 01
Architecture
How the system is actually put together: service boundaries, data flow, coupling, and the decisions that will get expensive as you grow. We map what exists, not what the diagram from two years ago says.
- 02
AI risks & guardrails
Where model output touches users or data, what happens when it is wrong, and whether there are evaluation, fallback, and human-review paths. If you have no AI yet, we assess readiness instead.
- 03
Security posture
Access controls, secrets handling, data exposure, and dependency risk — reviewed against what your product actually stores and who can reach it. Not a penetration test; an engineering-level security review.
- 04
Scalability
The bottlenecks that will surface at 10x your current load: database design, queue and job architecture, caching, and infrastructure cost trajectory.
- 05
Delivery process
How code gets from a branch to production: testing, CI/CD, observability, and rollback. The process gaps that turn small incidents into long outages.
What you receive.
Everything is written down and yours to keep — useful whether or not you ever speak to us again.
Written findings, ranked by risk
Every issue we find, in plain language, ordered by how likely it is to hurt you and how badly. No filler pages.
Current-state architecture diagram
A diagram of the system as it exists today — often the first accurate one a team has had in years.
Prioritized remediation plan
What to fix first, what can wait, and what is fine to leave alone — sequenced so each step de-risks the next.
Delivery estimate for fixes
A realistic effort and cost estimate for the remediation work, whether your team does it, we do, or someone else does.
How it works.
Four steps, one to two weeks end to end. Your team's time commitment is a few hours total.
- 01
Scoping call
45 minutesWe agree on what the audit covers, what worries you most, and what a useful outcome looks like. Fixed price confirmed before anything starts.
- 02
Access & review
Week 1You grant read access to the repository and walk us through the infrastructure. Senior engineers read the code, trace the data flows, and examine the deployment path.
- 03
Findings walkthrough
60–90 minutesA working session with your technical stakeholders. We walk through what we found, answer questions, and pressure-test our own conclusions against your context.
- 04
Written report
End of week 2The full report: findings ranked by risk, the architecture diagram, the remediation plan, and the delivery estimate. Yours to keep and act on with anyone.
Who this is for — and not for.
An audit is only worth the money if it changes a real decision. Here is how to tell.
Not the right fit if
- You do not have a product in production yet
- Your budget for this is under $3K
- You want a rubber stamp for a decision already made
- You need a formal compliance certification, not an engineering review
A strong fit if
- You have an existing product and real users
- You are about to invest in AI features or a scaling push and want confidence first
- You inherited a codebase and need an honest picture of its state
- You want findings you can act on with any team — including your own
The questions everyone asks.
Is my code confidential?
Yes. We sign an NDA as standard practice before any access is granted. Read access is scoped to what the audit needs, and access is revoked when the engagement ends.
Do you pitch us your own services after the audit?
The findings stand alone — the report is written so any competent team can act on it. If you want us to do the remediation work, that is a separate conversation, and entirely optional.
What access do you need?
Read access to the repository and an overview of your infrastructure — a walkthrough call or existing documentation is usually enough. We do not need production data or write access to anything.
Get an honest read on your system.
One scoping call to confirm fit and fix the price. If an audit is not the right instrument for your situation, we will say so on that call.