How We Deliver
Senior strategy from Miami and Tel Aviv. Elite engineering from India. One operator on the hook for the outcome.
Most agencies hide their delivery model behind buzzwords. We don't. This page walks through exactly who builds your software, where they sit, how we vet them, what the operator on your account actually does, and what happens when something breaks. If you're going to trust us with your roadmap, you should know how the machine works first.
The Operator-Led Model
Every Eternitech engagement has one named operator on the hook — a senior technologist based in the US or Israel who owns your account end to end. Not an account manager. Not a sales handoff. The same person who scoped your project is the one architecting it, reviewing the code, escalating when blockers hit, and showing up on your weekly call.
That operator runs a vetted engineering team out of India. We've spent 20 years building this bench: ~150 specialists across React, Node, Python, Laravel, mobile, DevOps, and data. They're not a labor pool we rent from. They're engineers we know by name, have shipped with for years, and trust with our own SaaS products.
This is the same model GitLab, Automattic, and a long list of well-known companies use — senior leadership concentrated in expensive geographies, engineering distributed where the talent is deep. We just happen to be honest about it.
"I run my own SaaS portfolio on this same team. If they can build and operate 15 products with my money on the line, they can build yours."
— Roy, Founder, Eternitech
Where Your Team Actually Sits
Miami, FL (Strategy)
- Founder + senior operators
- Account ownership, architecture review, escalation
- Eastern Time overlap with US clients
- Where contracts, IP, and invoicing live (US LLC)
Tel Aviv, Israel (Strategy)
- Senior technical operators
- Architecture, security review, due-diligence work
- European morning + US East Coast late afternoon overlap
India (Engineering Delivery)
- ~150-specialist vetted engineering bench
- React, Node, Python, Laravel, Flutter, DevOps, data
- 8-10 hour overlap with US clients via scheduled standups
- Team leads who've been with us 5-10+ years
How We Vet Engineers (The 4-Stage Filter)
We turn down roughly 19 out of every 20 engineers we screen. Here's the filter.
1. Code sample + written take-home (week 1)
Real-world problem from one of our SaaS products. We're not looking for elegance — we're looking for production thinking: error handling, edge cases, deployment awareness.
2. Technical interview with a senior operator (week 2)
60-90 minutes. Architecture, trade-offs, "what would you have done differently" on the take-home. The operator is the one who'd be working with them.
3. Paid trial sprint (weeks 3-4)
We pay them to ship a small, real feature into a live codebase. We watch how they communicate when stuck, how they handle code review, and how they handle being wrong.
4. Reference + integrity check
We talk to two people they've actually worked with. We don't take LinkedIn endorsements seriously.
The First 30 Days
Operator scoping call
You talk to the operator who will own your account. Not a salesperson. We map the work, the stack, the constraints, and the success criteria.
Team proposal
We come back with specific engineers from the bench — names, experience, hourly rates, and the proposed team shape. You veto anyone you're not comfortable with.
Contracts + IP
US LLC contract, NDA, IP assignment. Clean and standard. No surprises.
Onboarding sprint
The team joins your Slack, your repo, your project tracker. They pair-program with anyone you already have. The operator runs the first standup with you on the call.
First production-shaped work ships
Not a "discovery phase". Real, mergeable code. We believe in shipping early so you can judge the work, not the slide deck.
First retrospective
Operator + you. What's working, what's not, what changes. This becomes a recurring monthly checkpoint for the life of the engagement.
What the Operator on Your Account Actually Does
This is the question that separates us from staffing agencies. Most "managed offshore" teams give you a project manager. We give you a senior technologist who would be your fractional CTO in any other context.
- Owns the architecture and is accountable for it
- Reviews material PRs personally — especially anything touching auth, data, billing, or infra
- Runs your weekly standup with the engineering team
- Translates between you (business goals) and the team (technical constraints)
- Sits in your stakeholder meetings when you need technical air cover
- Escalates blockers before you find out about them
- Manages bench changes — adding capacity, swapping out an engineer who isn't clicking, ramping down when the work shrinks
- Is the one person you call when something is on fire
What Happens When Things Go Wrong
We've been doing this for 20 years. Things go wrong. Here's the standard playbook.
If an engineer isn't working out
Tell your operator. We swap them within 5 business days, at our cost. No "performance improvement plan" theater. We don't bill you for the transition.
If a deadline is at risk
You hear about it from us before you hear about it from a missed deadline. The operator surfaces risk in the weekly call and gives you three options: cut scope, add capacity, or extend timeline. You decide. We don't smile and hope.
If the relationship isn't working
30-day termination clause on every contract. No long lock-ins, no exit fees, no holding your code hostage. We hand over a clean repo, documentation, and a transition plan. You can hire the engineers directly if you want — we'll waive the placement fee after 6 months of engagement.
Pricing — Roughly What You'll Pay
We post real ranges instead of "contact us for a quote", because comparison-shopping is rational and we'd rather you do it with real numbers.
| Engagement Type | Range | Commitment |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated Engineer (mid-senior) | $4,500–$8,500/mo per engineer | 3-month minimum |
| Dedicated Engineer (senior+architect) | $8,500–$14,000/mo per engineer | 3-month minimum |
| Project Build (fixed-scope MVP) | $30K–$120K | One-time, milestone-based |
| Project Build (production platform) | $120K–$500K+ | Milestone-based, 3-6 months |
| Technical Advisory / Fractional CTO | $4,000–$12,000/mo | Monthly retainer |
| Architecture / Due-Diligence Audit | $8,000–$25,000 | One-time, 2-4 weeks |
| White-Label Agency Bench | Custom | 3-month minimum |
Why We Built It This Way
I started Eternitech in 2005 with an in-house team in Israel. For the first decade, we operated like every other Israeli dev shop — small, expensive, senior, local. We did good work, but we hit a ceiling: we could only take on as much work as our payroll could absorb.
The pivot happened around 2014, when we started building our own SaaS products on the side. We needed cheap, fast, high-quality engineering — and we needed it elastic, because product priorities shift every week. So we started building the India bench. We vetted slowly, we paid above-market, and we kept the senior architecture work in Israel and (later) the US.
Today the model runs in both directions: we use the same bench for our own 15 SaaS products that we offer to clients. There's no two-tier system. When you hire us, you're hiring the same team that ships and operates production software with our money on the line — not a discount tier we keep for paying customers.
The honest version: this model exists because it's the only way to deliver senior engineering at a price point that doesn't burn a Series A runway. We're not pretending US-based salaries are competitive with India-based salaries. We're saying the management layer is where the value is, and the engineering layer is where the geography lets you stretch the math.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are the engineers actually based?
~150-specialist vetted bench in India, primarily Bangalore and Ahmedabad. Senior operators in Miami and Tel Aviv. Account ownership is always US or Israel.
Who owns the code?
You do. IP assignment is signed before any code is written. The US LLC handles all IP transfer.
What's the minimum engagement?
3 months for dedicated engineers. Project builds are milestone-based. Advisory is monthly retainer with 30-day notice.
Can I meet the engineers before signing?
Yes. We propose specific named engineers, you interview them, you veto anyone you don't want.
What time zones do they work in?
India hours, but with a 4-hour daily overlap with US East Coast (their late afternoon, your morning) and a fuller overlap with European clients. Critical incidents are 24/7 on-call.
How is this different from Toptal or Turing?
Toptal and Turing are talent marketplaces — you're matched with a freelancer and you manage them. We're an operator-led agency — a senior US/Israel operator owns the relationship, the architecture, and the outcome. You manage the operator, not the engineers.
How is this different from BairesDev or Andela?
BairesDev and Andela are large staff-augmentation firms. We're smaller, founder-led, and we run our own SaaS portfolio on the same bench. The operator on your account is a builder, not a sales-engineer.
What happens to my code if Eternitech disappears?
You hold the repos, the cloud accounts, the production access. We're a vendor, not a hostage-taker. 30-day termination, clean handover, documented runbooks. (For the record, we've been operating for 20 years; we're not going anywhere.)
Do you sign NDAs?
Yes. Mutual NDA before scoping conversations, standard.
Can I hire your engineers directly?
After 6 months of engagement, yes — with no placement fee. Before 6 months, there's a transition fee that's roughly 30% of one year's salary. Either way, we don't lock your team to us with non-compete clauses.
See How It Would Work for You
Book a 30-minute call with the operator who would own your account. Bring your stack, your roadmap, and your blockers. You'll leave with a written scoping summary, a proposed team shape, and a price range within 72 hours.