Work with me
I work with engineering leaders whose teams are adopting AI coding tools or building on language models, and who want that to go well. Every engagement starts the same way: as consultancy. We talk about what you're trying to do, I look at how your team and systems actually work, and I tell you what I'd change and in what order. Only then do we decide whether there's more I can do for you.
Start with a consultation
The first engagement is short and fixed in scope. I spend time with you and your team: how work gets planned, how AI tools are being used or not, how changes get reviewed, where the output gets reworked, and what ends up on main. You get a written view of where you are, what's worth doing first, and what it would take. If that's all you need, it's a complete piece of work.
Usually one to two weeks.
Where it can lead
Most of my longer work has started from a consultation. Depending on what it finds, it can lead to:
Lead AI engineering
Hands-on work building LLM features into .NET, Java and React systems, including legacy and regulated ones, alongside your engineers rather than instead of them.
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A team standard
Most teams have one or two people who get good results from AI tools and a lot of people who don't. I take what works for those people and turn it into something the whole team uses: shared instructions in the repo, a plan before any code is written, and review gates that catch the usual mistakes. I set it up in your repositories and hand it over with notes your team can maintain.
Usually two to four weeks.
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Evals for a feature built on an LLM
If you're shipping a feature that depends on a model, you need a way to tell whether a change to the prompt or the model made it better or worse. I build an eval set from real cases, agree with you how each case is judged, and get it running so your team can use it on every change.
Usually two to three weeks.
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How I work
I work through my own company, Solve with Software. I can work remotely or on site wherever you are, and we agree the split for each engagement. Fees are agreed per engagement once I know what's needed, and my consultancy work is outside IR35.
Start the conversation
Tell me about your team and what you're trying to do, and I'll reply within two working days.
You can also email me at hello@marcallington.com, or first if you'd like to know more.
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