Services & Partnerships

Build, scale, and sustain digital products with a calm delivery partner.

We embed cross-functional pods that own outcomes from discovery to operations. Every sprint delivers clarity, working software, and a measurable step toward your roadmap.

  • Outcome-aligned product roadmaps guided by measurable KPIs.
  • Cross-functional pods covering strategy, design, engineering, and ops.
  • Lifecycle care with observability, maintenance, and optimisation baked in.
120+

Platforms launched across SaaS, ISP, and SMB.

4.8/5

Average stakeholder confidence after each sprint.

< 24h

Critical support response time from our engineers.

Canopus Lab delivery team collaborating
Fractional CTO Support

Strategy, delivery, and optimisation aligned to your KPIs.

Core capabilities

One team across strategy, design, engineering, and ops.

Select the capabilities you need or engage a complete pod that threads them together. Either way, the focus stays on outcomes, not billable tasks.

Product Strategy & Leadership

Align the work to the outcomes that matter with fractional product leadership embedded in your rituals.

  • Product discovery, service blueprints, and measurable roadmaps.
  • North-star metrics, OKRs, and prioritisation frameworks.
  • Technical architecture and platform selection guidance.

Experience & Design Systems

Shipped experiences that feel on-brand, accessible, and ready for engineering handoff from day one.

  • User research, UX flows, wireframes, and rapid validation.
  • Component libraries, design tokens, and handoff documentation.
  • Motion, storytelling, and marketing asset production.

Full-Stack Engineering

Modern web and mobile builds delivered by engineers who own the deployment and performance story.

  • TypeScript, React, Next.js, and React Native product delivery.
  • API design, integrations, and secure data pipelines.
  • Automated testing, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.

Lifecycle Care & Growth

Keep momentum high post-launch with a team that monitors, learns, and evolves alongside your customers.

  • Performance tuning, observability, and incident response.
  • Experimentation, analytics, and conversion optimisation.
  • Support desk, backlog grooming, and change management.

Ways to work together

Engagement models sized for your stage and ambition.

Every model includes delivery leadership, outcome tracking, and shared rituals that make progress visible to your stakeholders.

Launch Pods

Cross-disciplinary squads that ship production-ready releases in 6–12 week arcs.

  • Perfect for new products or major initiatives.
  • Weekly demos, roadmap visibility, and managed scope.
  • Add-on specialists for data, growth, or security spikes.

Scale Retainers

Embedded partnership that keeps an existing platform sharp without losing speed.

  • Roadmap co-ownership with your internal leaders.
  • Rolling capacity that adapts to quarterly priorities.
  • Shared backlog, rituals, and documentation space.

Dedicated Care Desk

A calm queue for support, maintenance, and enhancements with guaranteed response SLAs.

  • Proactive monitoring and incident playbooks.
  • Lifecycle audits and performance reviews each month.
  • Transparent reporting on tickets, effort, and outcomes.

Delivery rhythm

Calm, measurable releases from the first sprint.

Our operating system combines product strategy, UX, engineering, and ops so that every increment ships ready for users.

01

Shape

Workshop the opportunity, define success metrics, and agree on the release cadence and governance.

02

Build

Designers, engineers, and QA ship in weekly increments with demos, documentation, and clear action items.

03

Launch

Coordinate runbooks, change windows, and training so stakeholders experience a calm, predictable release.

04

Evolve

Monitor telemetry, analyse behaviour, and queue experiments that keep the product relevant and resilient.

Partnership principles

Designed for clarity, governance, and trust.

We build long-term relationships with founders, ISP operators, and SMB leaders who need a partner that thinks beyond code.

Embedded partnership

Lead engineers and strategists join your stand-ups, planning sessions, and leadership rituals for full transparency.

Documentation-first handover

Every release ships with architecture notes, runbooks, and playbooks so your team always understands the why and how.

Outcome accountability

We measure progress against agreed KPIs and share dashboards that make success visible to every stakeholder.

Toolkit

The stack we lean on to ship fast and safely.

From design systems to deployment pipelines, we shape the toolset around your context while keeping best practices close.

Product & Design

  • Product discovery
  • Design sprints
  • UX research
  • Design systems
  • Accessibility
  • Storytelling

Web & Mobile Engineering

  • Next.js
  • React & React Native
  • Node.js & TypeScript
  • GraphQL & REST
  • Laravel & PHP
  • Headless CMS

Platform & Reliability

  • AWS & Vercel
  • Docker & Kubernetes
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Infrastructure as code
  • Observability
  • Security reviews

Next milestone

Let's scope the outcomes that matter most.

Share your objectives, timelines, and constraints. We'll map the first sprints, surface risks, and show you how a Canopus pod keeps delivery calm.

What you get

  • Outcome-led proposal with phased budget clarity.
  • Suggested squad composition and operating cadence.
  • Risk, dependency, and governance recommendations.

Average onboarding

  • Week 1: Shape discovery & success metrics.
  • Week 2: Sprint 0 with design and engineering tracks.
  • Week 3: First increment released to staging.