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Gun Dev Squad
Fractional Engineering + Systems for Scale
★★★★★“Gave us solid foundations to scale” — Jake, Lifely
From $2,000/moscoped on application
100% senior — 7+ yrs Shopify Plus average
Dev, PM, QA and design in one squad
A PM runs delivery, so you don't
Systems built to scale, not to cope
Onboarded in 2 weeksSenior-onlyCapped at 4 brands
What's included
Dedicated senior developer. 7+ yrs Shopify Plus on average, owns your build end to end.
Fractional project manager. Runs your sprints in Asana so you never chase devs.
Fractional QA tester. Cross-device regression and UAT before anything ships.
On-demand design. UI/UX and storefront assets when a build needs them.
Two-week Agile sprints. A visible cadence — standups, demos, retros.
Continuous reporting. You always see what shipped and what it moved.
How the engagement works
Embedded, not outsourced. We work inside your Slack and Asana, like your own team.
You set priorities. We execute your roadmap in two-week sprints.
Flexible bandwidth. Scale up for a launch, down when it's quiet.
Month-to-month. No lock-in.
What moves the price
Two things, and nothing else.
Hours per month. How much engineering bandwidth you need — a steady baseline, or more through a launch.
Number of seats. How many resources are running: start with a single senior dev, add PM, QA and design as the roadmap grows.
We scope both on application, so you pay for the squad you actually use.
Is this right for us?
Best fit: Shopify brands doing $5m+. Enough scale to need senior bandwidth, too lean for a full in-house team.
You want out of dev management. A PM runs delivery — not you.
Not for you if… you need a one-off fix and nothing more. We'll point you to someone better suited.
Gun Dev Squad
What's included
One squad. Four seats. Zero handoffs.
A team that runs your store like it's theirs — wired around one goal.
Senior dev
Owns the build
Themes, custom apps, Liquid & checkout extensibility — deep Shopify Plus.
PM
Runs your sprints
Backlog, tickets and releases in Asana — you never chase devs.
QA
Nothing breaks
Cross-device regression + UAT on staging before anything ships.
Design
On demand
UI/UX and storefront assets, ready the moment a build needs them.
Scale as you go
No job too small.
You're not hiring four people. You're getting four disciplines, dialled to the hours you actually need this month. Start with a senior dev and nothing else. Add the rest when the roadmap demands it, pull back when it doesn't.
Start small
Month-to-month. No lock-ins.
Scale as you go
More hours when you need them.
One seat or four
Add PM, QA and design as you grow.
Squads start at $2,000/mo.
How we work
Building real systems.
The frameworks that keep your store safe and compound you toward mid-eight figures.
Agile
Priorities flex to what moves revenue — we adapt fast.
Scrum
Two-week sprints in Asana. Standups, demos, retros — you see it all.
UAT
Whole-team testing on staging. Bugs caught by us, not your customers.
Compounding
Clean, documented, measured. Every sprint builds on the last.
Proof
Built right. And the numbers scale.
+141%
Revenue is never one thing — product, offer, spend and timing all move it. We build the platform underneath, so none of what you spend gets wasted.
+141%
net revenue YoY, 6 months
+29%
conversion rate, post brand refresh
+157%
add to carts YoY
Whole-store results during our engagement — Ecoy · 72% margin held.
★★★★★
“Our dev work was pure reaction. Something broke, we fixed it and that was the week. There was no roadmap.
CJ helped change the rhythm. Sprints got tied to what the business was actually doing. Product launches planned for, customer journey thought through ahead of time, not patched after. We finally had CRO capacity instead of good intentions.
Conversion went from 0.8% to 1.1% and AOV from $360 to $425 over that period. But the thing I'd tell another founder is that I stopped being the one chasing bugs.”
Jake
Founder, Lifely
Where we start
The first move is free.
Before you commit to anything, we'll audit your store and send you the three fixes costing you the most — no charge, no call required. Month-to-month after that. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you.
Free store audit Month-to-month No lock-in
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from hiring in-house or an agency?
An in-house senior is $150k+ and you still need PM, QA and design. Agencies hand you juniors on an hourly clock. This is an embedded senior squad on two-week sprints — from $2,000/mo, scoped to you.
Do you dictate strategy, or do we?
You do. You own priorities and roadmap. We bring the senior muscle and systems to build it.
How do we communicate day-to-day?
Slack for real-time. Asana for tickets and releases. Demos as needed. Zero babysitting.
How do you keep deployments from breaking our store?
Tested on staging, UAT across devices, released in your lowest-traffic windows, rollback ready.
Can we scale the squad up or down?
Yes. Flex bandwidth up for a launch, down when it's quiet. Month-to-month, no lock-in.
What does it cost?
From $2,000/mo, scoped on application. Price moves on two things only: hours per month, and how many seats you're running.
Pairs with
When Q4 hits, add Crush BFCM26.
Your squad runs the store all year. BFCM26 is the seasonal layer on top for your biggest quarter.
