Elevate Your Engineering Team

Our Mission

Our mission is to empower individuals and teams to consistently improve and grow.

We enable developers with guidance, reviews and support, for system development and deployment, with consideration for functionality, reliability and scalablity.

We provide mentorship to Individual Contributors, and Managers, to build high-performing, cohesive teams, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

Engineering for startups that are starting out, or that are scaling up, or anyone looking to set up or improve engineering practices.

Contact Us Today!
soumen@smplfd.in

What We Offer

Technical Participation

Leverage our deep industry expertise to participate in solving complex engineering challenges alongside your teams. We can assist in addressing your engineering problems across multiple teams; encouraging upfront design, building incrementally for frequent releases and early integration.

Engineering Practices

Setup and incrementally improve engineering practices. Identify and empower individuals to own their practices.

Hiring Process, Interviewer Training

Efficient Hiring requires a lightweight process. From well written Job Descriptions, resource planning within teams, clear understanding of each role at each skill level, to trained interviewers who can provide a positive candidate experience and provide the right feedback for the best hiring decisions.

Mentoring - Engineering Leadership

Provide guidance for managers new to the team, or individuals new to management; Mentor senior Individual Contributors on their journey as Role Models.

Mentoring - Individual Contributors

Provide guidance for managers new to the team, or individuals new to management; Mentor senior Individual Contributors on their journey as Role Models.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training

Create inclusive engineering teams that foster innovation, with high performance, and reliable deliveries.

What Do You Get Out Of It?

For StartUps

• Vitalize your engineering strategy

  Review your strategy, engineering approach and planning.

• Accelerate Product Development

  Plan to integrate early and release often, for early stakeholder feedback.

• Build a world class engineering team

  Cultivate a positive engineering culture, with feedback and mentorship for engineers.

• Interview & Debrief Training & Support

  Provide skills and guidance on interview practices for efficient hiring.

For Companies Scaling Up

• Enhance engineering efficiency and productivity.

  As your organization grows, your engineers still need to get features out the door as quickly as possible. To grow effectively, some investments in light weight processes will improve your overall efficiency.

• Improve Product Quality and Time-To-Market

  Ad hoc software development suffers as scale increases. Lightweight changes in operational processes can impove quality without sacrificing time to market.

• Innovation and Continuous Improvement

  Training for engineering teams to foster innnovation. Create a culture where people managers encourage, support and recognize continuous development.

Who Am I?

I have over 25 years of experience working in software development, as an engineer, then in management and leadership roles. I have management leadership experience at Google and Amazon, as well as at startups and mid- size companies. I firmly believe in delivering incremental business value while improving engineering processes. (See my resume for more details).

Engineering for startups that are starting out, or that are scaling up, or anyone looking to set up or improve engineering practices.

Contact Us Today!
soumen@smplfd.in