The Scylla Group · Embedded Platform Engineering

Your dedicated platform team
— without the headcount.

Senior engineers, embedded inside your stack. One named engineer, one monthly number, no SOW every time you need something done. We run the integrated systems mid-market B2B brands quietly depend on.

Start with a Platform Health Check → See retainer pricing →
Starts at
$2,500 / month
Engagement floor
$7,500 Health Check
Core stack
Umbraco · .NET · Integrations
Model
Retainer-first · SLA

Your platform is too important
for a generalist agency.
It's what we do — and only what we do.

01
Is your platform too important to leave to a generalist agency?
When the site goes down at 11pm before a trade show, you don't want a marketing agency on the phone. You want engineers who know your stack — because they've been running it.
02
Is your platform complex enough that a freelancer can't maintain it?
Umbraco, Dynamics or HubSpot, Stripe, GA4 — if a single freelancer can run your stack, we're not the right fit.
03
Is your platform too small to justify a dedicated internal team?
Hiring senior engineer + designer + PM + DevOps in-house: $750K+ fully loaded. A fraction of one hire gets you the embedded model instead.

Three tiers. One named engineer.
No SOW every time you need something.

Tier 01 · Care
Platform Care
$2,500–$4,000 / month

Keep the lights on, reliably.

Included
  • Named account engineer
  • Hosting & security patches
  • Minor fixes & content updates
  • Monthly health report
  • ~10 build hours / month

"Are you trying to maintain something?"

Tier 02 · Care + Growth
Care + Growth
$5,000–$9,000 / month

Running and building — not just maintaining.

Everything in Care, plus
  • ~30 build hours / month
  • Quarterly planning session
  • Dedicated project manager
  • Sprint work built in
  • Active roadmap ownership

"Are you trying to improve something on an ongoing basis?"

Tier 03 · Embedded
Embedded Team
$12,000–$20,000+ / month

The team your platform deserves — without the hiring.

Everything in Care + Growth, plus
  • ~80 build hours / month
  • Named team (engineer + PM)
  • Weekly cadence call
  • On-call SLA coverage
  • Multi-region or mission-critical

"Are you running something mission-critical?"

Need a fixed-scope, fixed-price piece of work first? Six productized sprints, $15K–$150K.

See sprint options →

We don't lead with logos.
We lead with what we actually run.

Multi-Region Proof

We run a global manufacturer's web presence across five regions — Umbraco, deeply integrated, multi-year.

Mission-Driven Retention

We're the digital team for a global humanitarian organization — donation infrastructure, ongoing enhancement, year over year.

Productized Sprint

We launched a manufacturer's APAC region in under 12 weeks against an existing platform.

Emerging Tech

We built an interactive 3D/AR product experience for a global trade show — live kiosk and WebAR.

We don't just build your website.
We connect it to your business.

Connecting Umbraco to Dynamics, HubSpot, Pardot, ERP/PIM, payment processors, and analytics stacks is what we do every week — not what we'd be willing to try. It's the capability most web agencies can't credibly claim.

See the integration sprint →
Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM
HubSpot CRM
Pardot / Marketing Cloud MAP
ERP & PIM Systems Ops
Stripe Pay
Salesforce CRM
GA4 & GTM Analytics
Agentic AI Workflows Emerging

Most engagements start here:
the Platform Health Check.

Two-Week Sprint
Know exactly what
your platform needs.

A senior engineer-led audit. The roadmap is yours either way.

$7,500–$12,500
2 weeks · Senior pod · Fixed-price
You walk away with
A written assessment, a prioritized roadmap, and fixed-price recommendations.
  • Written assessment — performance, security, accessibility, integrations
  • Prioritized roadmap — what to fix, improve, or leave alone
  • Fixed-price recommendations — for the work we'd do next, if you want us to
  • Aligned strategy — content, creative, and technical, in one document

No upsell pressure. Most of our long-term retainer clients started here.

Book a Health Check →
"

Lots of agencies can build websites. Very few can drive digital strategy and transformation.

Jim Smith North American Marketing Director, tesa SE

Four yeses and we should talk.

Q · 01
Are you running a complex digital platform — Umbraco, .NET, headless — you can't maintain alone?
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Q · 02
Is your platform too important for a generalist agency?
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Q · 03
Is your platform too small for a 10-person internal team?
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Q · 04
Ready for a retainer-first relationship — not another one-off SOW?
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Minimum engagement: the Platform Health Check at $7,500. Sub-$25K projects, branding-only work, paid media, and standalone content programs aren't what we do — we'll happily refer you to people who do them well.

Stop explaining your platform.
Start running it.

Two weeks. Fixed fee. A written roadmap of what to fix, improve, and leave alone. Yours either way.

Book a Health Check → Or, see retainer pricing →
From $7,500 · 2 weeks · Senior engineer-led