Eastside Science Squad · est. whenever
Software consulting,
grown-up division.
We build, hire, refactor, and rescue. Mostly for startups. Occasionally for companies with a procurement portal. We bring the code; you bring the coffee.
01 / What we do
Four flavors of help.
We don't do everything. We do these well. Other agencies will promise you the moon. We'll promise you a working build pipeline.
Implementation
01You have a roadmap. You don't have the people. We ship the thing before your runway becomes a memoir.
- →Greenfield builds, kept boring on purpose
- →Backend, frontend, infra — pick your poison
- →Yes we do AI. No we will not put a chatbot in your CRUD app.
Hiring
02Loops that work. Rubrics that mean something. We help you stop hiring the candidate who's good at interviews and bad at engineering.
- →Loop design and rewrites
- →Calibrated interviewers, on loan
- →JD reviews that ditch the word 'rockstar'
Refactors
03Your codebase has feelings. Mostly resentment. We renegotiate.
- →Untangle the spaghetti without rewriting the kitchen
- →Migrations that don't ruin a quarter
- →Tests where they pay rent
Rescues
04Your code mostly works. Your dev org just needs a nudge to course correct before they sail off a cliff. We organize, prioritize, and (yes) prune until your team is shipping the things you actually said yes to.
- →Roadmap triage: what's real, what's vibes, what's quietly dead
- →Org audits, including the conversations no one wants to have
- →Priorities that survive past Tuesday standup
- →Honest readouts to your CEO and board
02 / How we work
Boring on purpose.
We pick the unsexy choice when it's the right one. Postgres. Boring deploys. Tests that catch things. Documentation a stranger could read at 2am.
We're suspicious of frameworks that promise to change everything, monorepos that need a phd to navigate, and any slide deck with the word "synergy" on it.
We tell you when we don't know. We tell you when you're wrong. We tell you when the simpler thing is the right thing. Then we ship.
03 / Questions you were going to email anyway
FAQ.
Are you actually a squad?
There's at least one of us. On a good day, more. The squad expands and contracts based on what your problem actually needs, not what we'd like to bill for.
Why 'Eastside Science Squad'?
It was the name of our high school gang. We had a long-running, incredibly nerdy turf war with the Fuzzy Bunny Swingset Boys. We won. Mostly by graduating. The name stuck.
What does 'science' mean here?
Hypothesis, experiment, measurement, shipping. Not lab coats. We treat your codebase like a system that can be reasoned about, not a haunted house.
Startup or enterprise?
We were built for startups — small teams, big stakes, no patience for ceremony. We've shipped inside Fortune 500s too. We can wear a blazer. We will not enjoy it.
Where are you based?
Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston clients get us in person, with love. Everyone else gets us on the video tool of your choice — Zoom, Meet, take your pick. Teams works too. If we must.
How much do you cost?
Less than your last bad hire. More than free. We scope, we quote, we don't surprise you.
Will you sign an NDA / MSA / SOC2 questionnaire / DPA?
Yes, yes, yes, and yes. We've been through the procurement gauntlet. We'll bring our own pen.
Do you do AI stuff?
We do useful AI stuff. We will tell you when AI is the answer and when you actually just need a SQL query and a Tuesday afternoon.
What if my codebase is embarrassing?
It is. Yours, theirs, ours. Show us anyway. We grade on a curve.
04 / The part where you email us
Let's see what
we're working with.
Tell us what you're building, what's on fire, or who you're trying to hire. We'll reply with either a plan, a polite redirect, or both. Usually within a day.
Based in Charleston, SC — in person and with love. Everyone else, same love, on the video tool of your choice. (Even Teams. We guess.)