Long-Term Frontend Advisory
Ongoing frontend partnership
You get ongoing access to someone who thinks about frontend architecture for a living, without hiring full-time.
The Problem
I've seen this pattern a few times now. A team is doing good work, but there's no one consistently looking at the bigger frontend picture. The cracks are small at first, and then one day everything feels heavy.
Big frontend calls keep landing on people who aren't ready for them
There's nobody on the team with enough mileage to weigh those tradeoffs at scale. I've seen teams pick a state management library based on a blog post, then spend six months migrating off it
Technical debt quietly piles up between projects
Nobody is consistently watching for structural problems or deciding what to fix first
Tool and vendor evaluations feel like guesswork
The team picks frameworks and libraries without someone who's seen how those choices play out over two or three years
The design system launched, and then adoption just... stopped
There's no one keeping it alive, refining it, or holding the team accountable to actually use it. At MapVX we built governance into the review process and adoption went from spotty to standard within two months
A one-off sprint or a weekend hackathon won't fix this. These problems need someone paying attention week after week. That's what advisory is.
What's Included
Everything I do month to month, laid out so you know exactly what your team gets.
Monthly Architecture Reviews
We sit down, look at what your team shipped recently, what's coming next, and where things feel shaky. I bring the perspective of someone who's not buried in your day-to-day, which makes certain patterns way easier to spot.
Decision Support
Your team hits a fork in the road: architecture call, new tool, tricky tradeoff. They message me, I get back within 24-48 hours on business days. Faster than hiring, cheaper than guessing wrong.
Team Office Hours
Your engineers get direct time with me to talk through approaches, ask questions, think out loud. People learn fastest when they can bounce ideas off someone who's already made the mistake they're about to make.
Quarterly Roadmap Input
Every quarter we zoom out: what should you prioritize, what can wait, what should you stop doing entirely. I've watched teams burn months on things that should've been cut in Q1.
What Changes Over Time
- + Architecture calls start accounting for what happens in 6 months, not just this sprint
- + Technical debt gets handled before it becomes everyone's excuse for missing deadlines
- + Junior and mid-level engineers start making calls that used to require a senior in the room
- + Quality stays consistent without someone reviewing every pull request like a gatekeeper
- + Tool and framework choices are driven by business needs, not conference hype
The first few months are quick wins and alignment. After that, you start seeing the compound effect. The team self-corrects, debates get more productive, and decisions stick. Month four looks nothing like month one.
Who This Is For
Good fit
- + Growing teams, maybe 5 to 20 engineers, where nobody is fully owning the frontend architecture
- + CTOs who know their product but want a senior frontend perspective without committing to a full-time hire
- + Organizations that are getting ready to scale and need someone to help the team self-orient before things get complicated
- + Teams that already did a consulting engagement with me and want to keep that momentum going
Not the right fit
- - Teams that need someone writing code day to day, that's consulting, not advisory
- - Organizations hoping a monthly call will magically fix years of accumulated problems
- - Companies that aren't willing to actually follow through on recommendations over time
- - Early-stage startups still figuring out what the product even is, you need speed right now, not structure
Investment
Based on team size and depth of involvement
Minimum: 6-month minimum commitment
Includes: All deliverables, async support, and scheduled sessions
A full-time senior frontend hire runs $150k-$250k/year before benefits and management overhead. Advisory gives you that perspective without the headcount. I'm here to multiply what your team already does well.
"Edgar is a very enthusiastic developer with a proactive attitude and eagerness to learn new technologies. He was able to work within the team to achieve amazing websites..."
Start with a conversation
Tell me about your team, what you're building, and where things feel stuck. If advisory is the right fit, we'll figure out a structure that actually works for how your team operates.
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