Velocity Pod Plus
Full Engineering Throughput.
3–5 epics per sprint + ongoing infrastructure work.
actually get
Scale-stage. You'd otherwise hire a Staff+ engineer for €180k+/yr loaded cost, but you need throughput now — not in six months of recruiting + onboarding. Plus Pod ships 3–5 epics per sprint plus ongoing infrastructure ownership: CI/CD, observability, performance tuning, quarterly architectural reviews. Optional weekly architect office hours for the rest of your team.
3-sprint minimum at €36,000 buys 6 weeks of senior engineering throughput at a fraction of the loaded cost of a full-time hire, with no ramp time.
Hard limits
- Epics per sprint3–5
- Sprint cadence2 weeks fixed
- Architect time1.5 FTE equivalent
- Ongoing infra workIncluded (CI/CD, observability, perf tuning)
- Minimum commitment3 sprints (6 weeks)
In every Velocity Pod Plus
- Everything in Pod Standard
- 3–5 epics per sprint (vs 2–3)
- Ongoing infrastructure work (CI/CD, observability, performance tuning)
- Quarterly architectural review
- Optional weekly architect office hours
Explicit exclusions
- Single-sprint engagements (3-sprint min)
- On-call / 24x7 (custom add-on, ~€2,000/mo extra)
Opinionated by default
One default stack for 80% of builds. Same stack shipped wintura.ai. Same stack the architect knows cold and has a runbook for at 3 a.m. When you swap pieces, the timeline goes up — the scoping call surfaces the swap before work starts.
Operational rhythm
Not a process for show — the scaffolding that keeps a fixed-price engagement on track when life happens. Same rhythm across every Lift, Sprint, and Pod.
Daily commits
Every weekday, to a branch you can pull and run locally.
End-of-day async videos
3–5 min Loom summarizing decisions and blockers — review on your schedule.
Friday demo on Zoom
30 min walkthrough of what shipped that week — questions answered live.
Slack-first, decisions in 24h
Our workspace and yours linked. Questions get answered in a day, both directions.
Concrete deliverables
No slide deck. No "phase 2 proposal." The list below is what hits your repo, your inbox, and your stack on the last day of the engagement.
Most agencies say "fixed price" and reserve the right to add a change order the moment the brief shifts. Soatech doesn't.
The way fixed price stays honest is by being unreasonable about scope. The scoping doc lists every flow, every screen, every integration. If something isn't on that list, it isn't in this engagement. If you discover during the build that you need it, the current scope ships as planned, and v1.1 begins after handoff — at the next tier's price, or as a follow-on Feature Sprint.
This sounds rigid. In practice founders consistently report it's the most valuable thing about the process — the discipline of saying "v1.1" thirty times across six weeks is what keeps the timeline honest.
Series A+ companies with active roadmaps + infrastructure complexity. Teams who'd otherwise hire a Staff+ engineer.
Pre-Series A teams (Standard is the right fit). Teams needing dedicated full-time architect (consider hiring).
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Skip the sales reps. Book the Architect directly.
30 minutes. Scope your project with a senior architect — the same studio that shipped wintura.ai. Your assigned architect is confirmed after scope sign-off.
30-min Blueprint scoping call
Direct line to the Architect. No SDR. No nurture sequence. Confirmed within 24 hours.
- CET available · async time-zone friendly
- Calendar invite + Google Meet auto-sent
- Blueprint fee converts to Sprint One
- 30 minutes · free