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CloudHippo builds production software with product teams, from first launch to enterprise scale. Web apps, backend platforms, cloud systems, and AI features where they fit.

01
Engineers, not advisers

Senior engineers who write production code. Not consultants, not decks.

02
Security at the core

Prompt-injection defense, data-leakage guards, and AI-specific controls built in from day one.

03
First launch to enterprise scale

From a first product launch to enterprise-scale platforms. Same team, same standard.

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§ 01 / What you get

Engineering across the full product stack.

Four connected practices, one bench. Every engagement is a pod picked across them, matched to the problem rather than filled from whoever's on the bench.

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Product Engineering

Ship faster with a senior full-stack team. Clean, maintainable code and modern development workflows that accelerate time to market, with AI woven in where it earns its place.

  • React & Next.js
  • Node & Python
  • Mobile apps
  • API development
02

AI Engineering

AI features that hold up in production. From LLM integrations to AI agents and RAG systems, solutions built on proven engineering practices that scale with your business.

  • LLM applications
  • AI agents
  • RAG systems
  • Fine-tuning
  • MLOps
03

Cloud & DevOps

Scale your infrastructure for modern workloads. Cloud architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and observability, tuned for AI and ML deployments when you need them.

  • AWS & GCP
  • Kubernetes
  • MLOps infrastructure
  • GPU optimization
04

Experience Design

Design intuitive products that users love. Seamless experiences that drive engagement, from product UX to conversational interfaces and intelligent dashboards.

  • AI UX design
  • User research
  • Design systems
  • Prototyping
§ 02 / Process

From first call to production-ready code.

A proven engagement process built for enterprise velocity. Your team gains senior engineering capacity within days, not weeks. Nothing moves forward until you've approved the people on the work.

  1. 01
    Discovery & alignment

    A focused first conversation

    A working session with our technical leadership to understand your objectives, architecture constraints, and success criteria. You receive an honest assessment, not a sales pitch.

  2. 02
    Technical assessment

    Principal-led architecture read

    Our principal engineers review your architecture, codebase, and technical requirements. You receive a detailed engagement proposal with talent recommendations and a clear execution roadmap.

  3. 03
    Talent matching

    Engineers matched to your stack

    We curate a team of senior engineers matched to your technology stack and domain requirements. You interview and approve every team member before engagement begins.

  4. 04
    Integration

    Working as one team

    Your engineers work with your team where that fits, or run delivery on agreed milestones with weekly demos. Either way, aligned with your workflows and standards.

  5. 05
    Deliver & evolve

    Shipping and handing off cleanly

    Your team ships production-ready code with comprehensive documentation and knowledge transfer. As your requirements evolve, we scale capacity up or down. No long-term lock-ins.

§ 03 / Engagement models

Partnership models built for scale.

Three proven frameworks for different objectives. Scale up, scale down, or pivot, without renegotiating contracts.

Model · 01

Team Augmentation

Senior engineers integrated directly into your engineering organization. They report to your leadership and deliver against your roadmap from day one.

  • Full-time dedicated senior engineers
  • Seamless adoption of your tech stack and workflows
  • Direct reporting to your engineering leadership
Best for

Engineering teams scaling for growth or critical initiatives.

Model · 02

Managed Delivery

Full ownership of a defined scope, from architecture through deployment. You set the objectives; we deliver production-ready software on schedule.

  • End-to-end technical ownership and accountability
  • Dedicated delivery lead with stakeholder access
  • Weekly demos and transparent progress reporting
Best for

New product launches or strategic feature development.

Model · 03

AI Transformation

A strategic partnership to accelerate enterprise AI adoption. From opportunity assessment through production deployment and team enablement.

  • AI readiness and opportunity assessment
  • Strategic roadmap with clear outcome milestones
  • Implementation, integration, and team enablement
Best for

Organizations pursuing enterprise-wide AI capabilities.

§ 04 / Selected work

Shipped software. Measurable outcomes.

A few recent engagements. Names and details anonymized where under NDA. We're happy to walk through the full story on a call.

Regulated Industries
Case Study

Automating internal-control mapping for audit teams

An AI system that maps enterprise internal controls to the COSO 2013 framework with audit-ready deliverables. Deterministic outputs, batch processing, and a feedback loop that learns from expert corrections.

AI EngineeringRead the story
EdTech
Case Study

Architecture shift that scaled scheduling across districts

Re-architected a multi-tenant scheduling platform to scale seamlessly across new districts, with faster onboarding and zero data fragmentation. Event-driven core, clean tenant isolation, zero-downtime cutover.

Backend DevelopmentRead the story
Product Intelligence
Case Study

An autonomous research agent that writes source-linked briefs

A long-running research agent that plans, browses, and composes cited briefs for an industry-intelligence platform. Comprehensive eval harness and cost-aware model routing built in from day one.

AI EngineeringRead the story
Platform Engineering
Case Study

Inference gateway for teams that stopped rolling their own

A multi-model inference gateway with per-tenant rate limits, prompt-injection filters, and granular cost attribution. Shipped as a side-car so product teams stop rebuilding the same plumbing.

Cloud & DevOpsRead the story
§ 05 / Trusted by engineering leaders

What started with one engineer has grown into a team fully owning critical core roles across our product. We're extremely pleased with the commitment and engagement they bring.

Engineering leader, enterprise SaaS
Shared on request
§ 06 / Questions we get

The quiet parts, loud.

If a question should be here and isn't, write us. We'll answer, and we might put it here.

Production software: web and mobile apps, backend platforms, cloud systems, and AI features like LLM apps, agents, RAG systems, and model-powered workflows.

Startup, scale-up, and enterprise product teams that need senior AI engineering capacity to ship quickly, without compromising quality, security, or reliability.

Most engagements start within days of alignment. We match engineers to your stack, then either run delivery ourselves or work inside your team, whichever the engagement calls for.

Start with a validation sprint, then scale into the model that fits. Team Augmentation puts engineers inside your team, Managed Delivery takes end-to-end ownership, and AI Transformation runs enterprise programs. Scale up, scale down, or pivot without renegotiating contracts.

We build secure-by-default systems with access controls, data handling guardrails, prompt-injection defense, and audit-ready engineering practices aligned to enterprise compliance expectations.

Our engineers ship production code with your team, not slide decks. We focus on measurable delivery outcomes, knowledge transfer, and systems your team can operate long-term.

§ 07 / Start

Tell us what's actually broken.

Real replies from real engineers, usually within a business day. If what you need is a pilot or a pair of fresh eyes on an architecture, say so. We'll take the first call either way.

Hours
Mon–Fri · 9:30 IST to 7 PT
Location
Remote-first
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