Our own development team is technically stuck
Sometimes you don't need an extra team. You need someone who quickly gets to the bottom of one complicated technical problem, solves it together with your engineers and then leaves again. That is where we like to step in.
Does this sound familiar?
A good software team doesn't automatically have all the experience with agents, LLMs, agentic coding (Claude Code, Codex) and production AI in-house.
The team keeps returning to the same problem
Different solutions are tried without a structural breakthrough.
AI-specific choices remain uncertain
Model behaviour, evals, agent architecture or retrieval call for different experience.
An integration turns out much harder than expected
The problem sits on the boundary between existing software and the new AI functionality.
A senior hire is disproportionate
You need specific expertise now, but not necessarily permanently.
Where do you want to be?
You don't want to replace the existing team, but to remove the technical blocker so the team can move forward on its own again.
The hard part gets solved
Senior engineers tackle exactly the part the team is stuck on.
Knowledge stays in-house
Your engineers understand the solution and the most important trade-offs.
No extra dependency
After the rescue, 9to5 doesn't need to remain part of the team permanently.
Why does this happen?
AI projects combine several disciplines. Even a strong development team doesn't need to have immediate experience with every specialist part.
See how we approach thisThe problem is multidisciplinary
Software architecture, models, data, integrations and observability all touch.
Experience with this specific failure mode is missing
Some problems are solved much faster when you've seen them before.
Internal experimenting gets expensive
After several failed routes, searching further costs more than temporary specialist help.
Rescue Sprint
If the problem is sharp enough, we step in right next to the team with a Rescue Sprint. We work in the existing codebase, solve the blocker and transfer the relevant knowledge along the way. If the root cause is unclear, we start with an audit first.
View this offer€5,950 excl. VAT
Per Sprint · one clear rescue goal
- Result
- The agreed technical blocker solved, tested and handed over
- Duration
- One week
- Next step
- You take it over, or another Sprint for a new goal
Why 9to5 for this?
This is how we want to work: bring in senior engineering where it gets hard and leave again once your own team can carry on.
View casesEngineers work with engineers
No advisory layer between the problem and the people who actually change the code.
The existing stack remains the starting point
We don't bring in a new tool or architecture by default.
Handover from the start
The solution doesn't become needlessly dependent on whoever built it.
What else fits your situation?
Vibe Code Rescue Audit · €2,950 excl. VAT
We examine what you have, what can stay as it is, where the real risks are and how you can move forward responsibly again.
View offerWe want an independent technical second opinion
There's already an architecture, solution or proposal, but you want to know whether the technical choices make sense before investing further.
View use caseWe can't get the solution connected to existing systems
The AI works on its own, but the real value sits behind APIs, databases and business software where the integration gets stuck.
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