CORDA is a hybrid consulting and engineering company. Different clients start at different points. Choose the service that fits your situation.
Technology strategy, architecture reviews, technical audits, modernization planning, cloud strategy, build-vs-buy analysis, vendor evaluation, technical due diligence, hiring strategy, cost optimization, engineering process assessment. We provide expert recommendations independent of whether CORDA ultimately builds the solution.
Our recommendations have value whether you execute with us, with another partner, or internally. This independence strengthens our credibility and makes us a trusted technical advisor, not a vendor trying to manufacture engineering work.
Before you spend serious money building something, you need to know you are building the right thing. Discovery is a fixed-price, time-boxed engagement — usually two to three weeks — that produces a written scope, a technical architecture plan, a build-vs-buy analysis, and a phased roadmap with real cost estimates. You can take those deliverables and build with us, or take them to any team you choose.
Most of our ongoing client relationships started here. It is the right way to begin, and we designed it so you leave with something useful regardless of what comes next.
Custom software, platforms, integrations, or modernization projects. You define what needs to be built; we take full responsibility for delivery. Not developers for hire — we own the architecture, the code quality, and the production result.
We ship working software used by real users, not prototypes, pilots, or proofs-of-concept. Every engagement comes with full documentation, knowledge transfer, and support for a successful handoff.
Recruiting a senior engineer takes three to six months on a good day. You post the role, screen candidates, run interviews, make an offer, wait out a notice period, and then spend another month onboarding before they are actually productive. Meanwhile the work is not getting done.
This track is the alternative. A CORDA engineer embeds directly into your existing team on a monthly retainer. They attend your standups, work in your codebase, review PRs alongside your people, and contribute to architecture decisions. They are functionally indistinguishable from a hire — without the recruiting timeline, the equity cost, or the long-term headcount commitment.
When the engagement ends, the knowledge stays with your team. We document what was built, hand off cleanly, and leave your engineers in a stronger position than before we arrived.
CORDA Embedded Engineering is not the same as hiring a contractor. Here is how we differ:
Most companies know AI should be part of their operation. Few know exactly where, or how to get there without wasting six months building something nobody uses. We map the highest-leverage opportunities in your specific workflow, then build systems that your team actually adopts. Every engagement ends with working, deployed software — not a prototype, not a slide deck, not a proof-of-concept that requires three more phases to become useful.
We work across LLM-based workflows, document processing, internal tools, customer-facing automation, and data pipelines. We are not tied to any vendor stack. We pick what fits the problem.
30 minutes. We will tell you honestly which engagement makes sense for where you are right now.