Expert help, your way

Whether you need a strategic partner, a hands-on builder, or both, Gradient Methods offers flexible engagements designed around your needs.

What we deliver

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Applied AI & Generative AI

End-to-end design and implementation of production AI systems. RAG pipelines, LLM orchestration, AI agent frameworks, fine-tuning, evaluation and observability, prompt engineering, and responsible deployment. We take AI from concept to production.

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Cloud Architecture & Engineering

Serverless and event-driven cloud design, cloud migrations, multi-cloud strategy, infrastructure-as-code, cost optimization, and security hardening across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Distributed Systems & Performance

High-availability architecture, consistency and consensus design, latency reduction, resilience and chaos engineering, and scaling strategies for mission-critical platforms in FinTech, crypto, and financial services.

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Fractional CTO & Tech Leadership

Embedded senior technical leadership for growing companies. Engineering strategy, architecture reviews, team building, hiring, technical due diligence, and building an engineering culture that ships.

Supporting capabilities

AI Strategy & Roadmapping

Assess your AI readiness, identify high-impact use cases, and build a pragmatic roadmap from experimentation to production.

Technical Due Diligence

Deep technical assessments for investors, acquirers, and boards. Architecture review, risk analysis, and team evaluation.

Developer Experience & DevOps

CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, observability, and platform engineering to accelerate your team's velocity.

Flexible pricing that fits

Every company is different. Choose the engagement model that works for your stage, budget, and goals.

Project-Based

Defined Scope

Ideal for specific initiatives with clear deliverables and timelines.

  • Scoped deliverables & milestones
  • Fixed or capped pricing
  • Architecture docs & handoff
  • Perfect for POCs & migrations
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Retainer

Ongoing Partnership

Embedded technical leadership with predictable monthly commitment.

  • Dedicated weekly hours
  • Predictable monthly cost
  • Strategic + hands-on mix
  • Best for fractional CTO roles
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Hourly

As-Needed

Flexible consulting for ad-hoc guidance, reviews, and troubleshooting.

  • No minimum commitment
  • Pay only for time used
  • Architecture & code reviews
  • Great for focused sessions
Book Hours

How we work together

1

Discovery

We discuss your goals, technical landscape, and constraints to understand the problem deeply.

2

Proposal

A clear scope, approach, timeline, and pricing tailored to your engagement model.

3

Execute

Hands-on work with regular check-ins. Architecture, code, and documentation. Real deliverables.

4

Handoff

Knowledge transfer, documentation, and support to ensure your team can run with it.

Let's scope your engagement

Tell us about your challenge and we'll recommend the right model and approach.

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