Services
Product Growth, Support & DevOps
Four tracks of ongoing product work under one senior squad: maintenance, performance and SEO, DevOps and security, plus fractional CTO advisory.
Software maintenance, website SEO and performance, DevOps automation, cloud and security operations, plus fractional CTO and product advisory, all under one senior squad.
8+ years, 60+ projects shipped, 4.97 / 5 across 34 Clutch reviews.
Built mostly for CTOs and engineering leaders and product leaders.
What you get
What growth, support and DevOps covers
Four areas of ongoing work, scoped to what your product needs.
Software Maintenance
A live product kept moving, steady monthly development, fixes and security updates, with monitoring so problems surface before your users do.
- Monthly development and feature expansion
- Bug fixes, refactoring, security updates
- Monitoring and performance optimisation
Website Maintenance, SEO & Performance
Keeping a site fast, findable and current, content updates, technical SEO and Core Web Vitals that don't quietly slip over time.
- Content and layout updates
- Technical SEO improvements
- Speed optimisation (Core Web Vitals, caching, etc.)
DevOps, Cloud & Security Operations
The operational backbone, CI/CD, backups and disaster recovery, and security hardening so releases stay calm and outages stay rare.
- CI/CD setup and automation
- Monitoring, backups, disaster recovery
- Security hardening and access control
Fractional CTO & Product Advisory
Senior technical judgement on tap, architecture, roadmap, AI strategy and hiring calls, without a full-time CTO on the payroll.
- Architecture and roadmap guidance
- AI strategy and implementation support
- Technical hiring and vendor guidance
- A stable senior squad that knows your codebase
- A maintained, prioritised backlog with clear owners
- Regular releases on a predictable cadence, with demos
- CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, backups and runbooks
- SEO and performance reports with the changes that moved them
Predictable delivery instead of firefighting
Fewer regressions and a lower bug count over time
Better performance and search visibility on the pages that matter
Audit and triage
We review the product, the backlog and the risks, and agree what to fix first.
Stable cadence
We agree a scope and a release cadence, then ship in regular cycles with demos.
Decisions in writing
Updates, decisions and trade-offs stay written, so you always know what shipped and what is next.
- AI-augmented
AI in the loop
Code suggestions, refactor support, test generation and log triage speed execution, while humans own architecture, security and product decisions under a written AI Use Policy.
Where it fits
Where growth, support and DevOps fits
Ready to start? Software Maintenance is the packaged way into this capability.
Proof
Selected work in growth, support and DevOps
Long-term care shows in the engagements that ran for years, and in the search, performance and reliability work that moved real numbers. Some are years of ongoing work.
Next step
How to get started with growth, support and DevOps
Three steps from first call to steady monthly delivery.
Discovery call
30–45 minutes
A 30 to 45 minute call to get the context, constraints and fit. You talk to people who can answer technical and product questions on the spot.
Audit and triage
1–2 weeks
We review the product, the backlog and the risks across maintenance, performance, cloud and technical direction, then point you at the track that fits.
Pick the right track
After the audit
Route to a scoped piece of work or start with the packaged software maintenance retainer if steady monthly care is what you need.
FAQ
Common questions
Yes. That is most of what this work is. We start with an audit: we read the codebase, map the risky parts, check what is and isn't tested, then look at how it's deployed, monitored and backed up. You get an honest picture of its state and a prioritised list before we touch anything.
From there we stabilise first: security updates, the bugs that hurt most, a release process you can trust, then settle into steady delivery. You don't need the original team around for us to own it.
A fractional CTO gives you senior technical ownership without a full-time hire: architecture and roadmap decisions, reliability and security calls, AI strategy, plus guidance on technical hiring and vendors. You get the judgement of someone who has shipped and run real products, on the days you need it rather than five days a week.
The honest trade-off: a fractional CTO won't live inside every standup or own your culture the way a full-timer would. When you reach the point where you need that, we'll tell you, and help you hire the permanent person.
Many relationships evolve into long-term retainers where we handle new features, refactors, performance and DevOps. We agree on a stable squad and scope so it feels like an extension of your own organisation rather than ad-hoc freelancing.
Yes. A common pattern is a Codepixel squad owning a product stream or module while working closely with your internal team on roadmap, architecture and reviews. We can plug into your existing stack and processes, or help you evolve them where needed.
It depends on the service. Discovery sprints, MVPs and AI integrations are typically fixed-scope with clear pricing per phase. Long-term partnerships, dedicated squads and ongoing growth or maintenance work as monthly retainers. We pick the model that lowers risk for both sides.
Services
Not sure which track your live product needs?
Tell us where it hurts, whether that is upkeep, performance, cloud and security or technical direction, and what you are running. We will point you at the right track and a realistic first step. The first call is with our commercial lead, often joined by a senior product or engineering lead.
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