// Solutions

Three ways to put
our engineering
in your seat.

Pick the one that fits the work. We will tell you on the first call if you picked the wrong one — and which one would actually solve the problem.

// Platforms we run

Use our managed platforms directly.

Sprintsail is the IaC SDK we built for ourselves and opened up. Apache 2.0. Use it directly — your team adopts it like any other open-source tool. Pair with the managed Sprintsail Runtime when you want a Kubernetes target without operating Kubernetes.

Drydock is managed Cloud Foundry on Kubernetes. Free POC tier for evaluation. Production tier when you are ready to migrate workloads or stand up a new one.

Shortlist is the verified hiring platform. Free for candidates. Pay per match for employers. Verified senior engineers, talent-network-style, without the recruiter middle.

// Architecture engagements

Embed Orion engineers in your team.

Ark Solutions is the engagement model for the work between greenfield and steady state. Senior cloud architects design and build inside your environment. CDK-first, multi-account, with runbooks and a handoff plan.

Same engineer scopes, designs, builds, and operates the project to handoff. No partner-led pitch and junior-staffed delivery.

// Vertical AI builds

Two-week spikes.
Real working pipelines.

Quantum Labs is the engagement model for AI work. Every engagement starts as a two-week spike with defined success criteria. We graduate it to a build engagement, hand it off, or recommend killing it — with reasoning.

Bedrock + Claude by default. Evaluation harnesses included. Your data stays in your accounts.

// Which one fits

Picking the right engagement model.

You need
Use a platform
Ark engagement
Quantum Labs spike
A working CI/CD path for your team
Sprintsail
✓ Yes
✗ No
Cloud Foundry on Kubernetes
Drydock
✗ No
✗ No
Verified engineers to hire
Shortlist
✗ No
✗ No
AWS landing zone and IaC
✗ No
✓ Yes
✗ No
Multi-account guardrails
✗ No
✓ Yes
✗ No
Vertical AI pipeline (RAG, agents)
✗ No
✗ No
✓ Yes
Evaluation harness for an existing AI system
✗ No
✗ No
✓ Yes
Fractional cloud leadership
✗ No
✓ Yes
✗ No
// Dive deeper

Recent writing.

Not sure which one?

Send a paragraph about what you are trying to do. We will tell you which engagement fits — or that none of them do.