Investigative Engineering.
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Spike Squad are experts in early-stage engineering. We provide proof of concepts, stellar analysis and expert co-pilots to unlock your engineering challenges faster and more comprehensively.
Investigative Engineering powers you forward
Our Spike Squads come as a package, meaning you don’t have to worry about wasting time, energy and budget on establishing ways-of-working, skillset boundaries, team chemistry and the like. You get a well-oiled machine from minute one of your engagement with us, maximising your outcomes and bang for your buck.
- Maintain and accelerate velocity
- Allow your team to deliver their knowns and partner with us to put meat on the bones of the unknowns. Empower them to reach higher goals more quickly, sprint after sprint.
- Get Proof of Concepts
- PoCs are vital to uncover hidden blockers and put technologies to the test. Our engineers can bring your wildest dreams to life with concepts to drive your business forward.
- Embrace Uncertainty
- At Spike Squad, we acknowledge that we don't always have all the answers. We do, however, excel at using collaboration, innovation and continuous learning to find them.
- Better-informed tech decisions
- Move your CTO/CPO decisions from gut-feel to real deal. Spike squad can fill the gaps in your tech decision-making processes to move your big bets to assured successes.
- Unleash Innovation
- Join forces with us to chase bigger and better innovations for your organisation. Our dynamic team thrives on being 'let loose' to deliver creative solutions that push boundaries.
- Motivate and iterate
- Open your engineers' eyes to new realms of tech that motivates them. Iterate your relationship with us to match the way you deliver and grow.
We love getting stuck into all sorts of engineering challenges. Discover new features for your Products and Services, reimagine your monolithic app into scalable and lightweight micro-services or align your projects with Government Digital Service (GDS) standards. Our engineers are full-stackers and are equally adept at crafting engaging user-interfaces as they are designing and building APIs.
Our purpose
Spike Squad was born from three things.
A love for fresh, challenging engineering problems
A recognition of the value of inter-personal chemistry and understanding within an effective team.
A desire to drive better and quicker outcomes by introducing Investigative Engineering earlier in software lifecycles.
For those unacquainted with engineering terminology, a Spike is a time-boxed activity dedicated to research, exploration and shared understanding. A Squad is a small team of cross-functional software professionals committed to delivering great outcomes.
A Spike moves a business dream closer to an engineering reality, and a Squad represents the importance of shared identity, collaborative spirit and motivation. We feel that Spike Squad perfectly describes who we are, what we’re good at and how we can help you – plus it sounds a bit goofy so you’ll always remember us!
Simple, transparent pricing
Our packages are designed to provide the flexibility you need to make Investigative Engineering work for you. Whether you need a snappy, objective, trusted opinion or a long-term delivery partner to assist you through multiple iterations, we can help.
We deploy as squads of three (a tech lead, an engineering lead and an investigations lead). Where your objectives demand it, you can bolster your Spike Squad with complementary skill-sets from our satellite scheme.
Unify
Whether you're a multi-national CTO or a start-up founder, the tech decisions you make define the future of your business. Our Unify package employs Investigative Engineering for the purposes of:
Decision assurance - objective, snappy and neutral evidence-based opinions and expertise that unify your teams on the path to success.- Discovering winning concepts - bringing tech expertise to business problems e.g. 'How can we use AI to support our business?'.
- Interrogating early stage ideas - industry-agnostic expert tech perspectives to test your hypotheses for viability and potential architecture.
Unlock
Traditional Discovery is a great way to understand potential solutions to your business problems. Our Unlock package puts multipliers on the effectiveness of a Discovery process by:
- Getting ahead of risks - tech aspects of a solution often throw up the most blockers, so we address them at source
- Building 'real' prototypes - we don't just want to show you something shiny and fresh when the real value is in unlocking genuine routes to live deployment.
- Dreaming appropriately - unrestricted but realistic ideas and architectures from the coalface of technological innovation.
Unleash
Unconstrained, self-organising engineering squads deliver optimum business and tech outcomes. Our Unleash package gives you an empowered squad, while concurrently empowering your in-house teams to maximise their value. You can Unleash Spike Squad to:
- Provide early stage / auxiliary squad capability - use us as your delivery partner
- Build on your Unlock - take your identified solutions from concept to reality
- Chase deliverable innovation - outsource your R&D with a flexible arrangement to ensure focus and continuity for your permanent staff
Been there, done that.
Take a look at examples of our work. Our pricing plans support a variety of services - whether it's a case of experimenting with some new tech or understanding the value that feature toggling might bring, we can help.
About us
With a rich blend of expertise ranging from multinational corporations to startups, Spike Squad boasts a dynamic and diverse team. We have been collaborating as a squad seamlessly on digital ventures for nearly 7 years, and have mastered the art of Investigative Engineering, delivering game-changing outcomes for countless clients.
At Spike Squad, we're fuelled by a relentless drive to tackle complex challenges with ground-breaking innovation. With over four decades of combined expertise in strategic decision-making and software engineering, we unleash the potential for businesses to dream big without the burden of lengthy and expensive contracts. Join us on a journey where ambitious visions meet practical solutions, and let's make your goals a reality.
- Employees based in the UK
- 100%
- Plans available
- 3
- Engagement with our clients
- Remote-first