Senior Bench, for agencies
You can call on senior engineers when you need them, working under your brand.
Plenty of agencies have fewer senior developers than they used to, and more work being built with AI. Senior Bench lets you buy architecture, infrastructure, security and code review by the hour, without adding a salary.
What you can use it for
Use it for the work that needs a senior person for a few hours at a time.
Architecture
We can give a second opinion on a design before you quote for it, or plan the part of the build that nobody on your team has done before.
Infrastructure and hosting
We can help with cloud set-up, hosting choices and deployment pipelines (the automated steps that put new code live), and work out what it will all cost your client each month.
Security
We can review anything that handles logins, payments or personal data, and help you answer a client's security questionnaire, which we know is nobody's favourite job!
Code review
One of us can read AI-assisted or junior-written code before it goes to the client, and leave notes your team can learn from.
How it works
You pay for hours in advance, so there is no retainer to justify.
- You buy a block of hours up front, and use them across any client and any kind of work over twelve months.
- We work under your brand by default. That means your name, your tools, and your calls if you would like us there. We will sign your NDA, and we never approach your clients.
- You deal with named people. The same senior engineers work with you each time, so they get to know how you work.
- Every hour is recorded. We log time against the client and the task, so you can bill it on.
We quote block sizes and rates to suit the amount of work you expect, so please tell us roughly what you think you will need.
Also useful to agencies
We can also help your own team and your clients directly.
If your team builds with AI, a Safe Build Environment catches the usual mistakes before anything reaches review. If a client already has something live, a Production Readiness Review will tell them within five days whether it is ready, and we can carry it out under your name if you would prefer.
Who you'll talk to
- Chris
Technical Director and founder
Chris covers architecture, infrastructure and code review, and brings in trusted specialists when a job needs security testing. You will deal with the same person each time.
Production Readiness Review
In five days, we will tell you whether it is ready to go live.
The price is fixed before we start, from £1,500. You will receive a short report with a red, amber and green summary, and the ten fixes that matter most, in the order we would tackle them.