These are example scopes, roles and milestones. Team composition, technical stack and availability depend on your project.
Product & application engineering
Build a customer-facing feature or take responsibility for a product module across its interface, services and integrations.
Example roles include full-stack and frontend engineers, Java or Python backend engineers, and a technical lead.
First milestone could be a release-ready workflow with tested APIs and acceptance criteria.
Data engineering & AI
Integrate source systems, build data pipelines, or develop AI-assisted tools around a defined task and data boundary.
Example roles include data, analytics and applied AI engineers, using tools such as Python and SQL.
First milestone could be a validated pipeline or an AI workflow evaluated on representative inputs with a route for human review.
Platform, quality & release
Improve how a product is built, tested, deployed and supported. Agree release authority and the team’s operating responsibilities up front.
Example roles include cloud, platform and DevOps engineers, and quality engineers focused on test automation.
First milestone could be a repeatable staging release with automated checks and a tested rollback.
Enterprise systems & integrations
Connect ERP records to finance, trade or operational workflows, with permissions and exception handling built into the process.
Example roles include integration engineers, business analysts and application engineers.
First milestone could be one live integration and a review workflow that routes exceptions to the right people.
Embedded software & sensing
Scope a specialist prototype around a device interface, a sensing workflow or a control task. Agree hardware, test conditions and specialist availability first.
Example roles include embedded, controls, perception and test engineers.
First milestone could be a bench test of one input-to-response path under agreed conditions.