WE CODE FIRE
Principal and senior engineers who embed with your team and ship what matters.
26 years of building what others couldn't, fixing what others broke, and shipping what actually matters. AI/ML, full-stack, infrastructure — we've seen the problem you're about to hit, and we know how to solve it.
Aviation & Aerospace
Major Aerospace OEM
On-device machine learning, computer vision systems, and recommendation engines for a major aerospace manufacturer. Production ML at the edge where reliability isn't optional — the kind of work that separates real ML engineering from demo-day prototypes.
"Andrew and the Mystic Coders team consistently delivered high-quality work and became an essential part of our engineering organization."
— Mike Morper, Veritone Read Veritone case study
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PROBLEMS WE SOLVE
We've seen the problem you're about to hit.
"We have an ML initiative and nobody senior enough to lead it."
You can't hire fast enough and you can't afford to learn by failing in production. We bring 8 years of production AI/ML — computer vision, NLP, pipelines, edge deployment — and we're shipping code in your repo within days.
AI/ML Engineering"We're shipping but we need senior firepower — yesterday."
Your team is good but stretched. You need principal-level engineers who can drop into your codebase, your standups, your Slack — and be productive in days, not months. We embed until the work is done and leave your team better than we found it.
Embedded Team Extension"Our vibecoded app just got hacked."
You shipped fast with AI-generated code. Now something's broken — or about to be. We audit the architecture, security, and maintainability of your codebase and give you a prioritized plan to fix it. 26 years of knowing where the bodies are buried.
Get a Vibe Check"We need a technical co-pilot who's been through this before."
Architecture going sideways. Team scaling faster than your processes. Vendors pitching AI solutions you can't evaluate. You don't need another full-time exec — you need 26 years of pattern recognition, available when the decisions matter.
Fractional CTOMORE WORK
Proof, not promises.
Social Media / AdTech
Twitter (Goldtracer)
Petabyte-scale ETL pipelines and ML-driven campaign optimization. 10% improvement in campaign performance at Twitter scale.
AI / Media Technology
Veritone
Worked with the marketing team to revamp their website and build a platform that could be managed and edited by multiple teams across hubs around the US.
HOW WE WORK
We embed. We ship. No handoffs.
We don't throw deliverables over a wall. Our engineers join your standups, your Slack, your codebase. We're on the team until the work is done — and we leave your team better than we found it.
Understand
We dig into your codebase, your architecture, your constraints. No generic discovery phases — we get specific fast.
Embed
Our engineers join your team. Same tools, same rituals, same accountability. Indistinguishable from your own people.
Ship
Production code, not slide decks. We measure success by what's running, not what was presented.
Ready to build something that matters?
Tell us what you're working on. We'll tell you honestly if we're the right fit.
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