Flink Team Extension — Roles & Day Rates

Embed our Streaming Architects and Senior/Junior Flink Experts directly in your team. Day-rates by seniority — Architect, Senior, or Junior — with flexible commitment models and a named lead consultant from day one.

Team Extension is the right model when you need to externalize part of the work — keep ownership and codebase in-house, but accelerate delivery with engineers who already know how to build production-grade streaming platforms.

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Roles & Day Rates

Three role profiles, one consistent quality bar. Mix-and-match to build the right pod for your project.

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Streaming Architect

CHF 1'896 / dayEUR 1'801 / dayUSD 2'440 / day

Sets the architecture direction, reviews technical decisions, and owns platform vision. Multi-tenant Flink/Kafka platform design, regulatory architecture (banking, insurance, energy), cross-team alignment.

  • Typical commitment: 20–60% of an FTE
  • Pairs with your tech leads & enterprise architects
  • Drives architecture decision records (ADRs)
  • Reviews PoCs, RFCs and migration plans
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CHF 1'293 / dayEUR 1'228 / dayUSD 1'664 / day

Hands-on production engineer for stateful streaming. Exactly-once pipelines, state management, Flink SQL, performance tuning, on-call rotation participation.

  • Typical commitment: 50–100% FTE for 3–12 months
  • Works in your repos, your sprints, your standups
  • Pair-programs with your engineers to transfer knowledge
  • Joins on-call once onboarded (where contracted)
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CHF 976 / dayEUR 927 / dayUSD 1'256 / day

Supervised by one of our Senior Flink Experts — never deployed standalone. Builds out connectors, tests, observability, and day-to-day pipeline maintenance under a clear mentoring structure.

  • Typical commitment: 100% FTE, 6+ months
  • Always paired with a senior on the same engagement
  • Cost-effective capacity for well-scoped work
  • Mentoring time is included in the day-rate
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Engagement Models

Same day-rate regardless of where the engineer sits. Travel costs invoiced separately for assignments outside the DACH region.

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Remote

Fully remote engineers with overlap windows for European or US business hours. Daily syncs, async-first communication, integrated in your tooling.

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Hybrid

Named lead consultant on-site at agreed cadence (typically 1–2 days/week or week-on/week-off), supporting engineers remote. Best balance of presence and flexibility.

How We Run a Team Extension Engagement

You get a named lead consultant committed to your engagement from day one. Engagements are NDA-friendly with EU/CH data handling, invoiced monthly in EUR, CHF or USD. Standard work-tools and travel within DACH are included; out-of-region travel is quoted separately. Knowledge transfer is documented as part of the day-rate — so your team always benefits long-term, not just for the duration of the engagement.

Team Extension FAQ

What's the minimum commitment?

Typically 1 month for Senior Flink Experts and 3 months for Junior Flink Experts. Shorter assignments are possible for architecture reviews or short PoCs but the ramp-up cost is rarely worth it for under 4 weeks of work.

Can we mix roles in one engagement?

Yes, and most engagements do. Common pod patterns: 1 Streaming Architect part-time + 1–2 Senior Flink Experts, or 1 Senior + 1 Junior pair where the Senior leads and mentors. Mixing keeps day-rates aligned with the actual work being done.

Are on-site and remote rates different?

No — the day-rate is the same. Travel and accommodation are invoiced separately for distances over 100 km from the engineer’s home base.

How fast can you staff an engagement?

Named profiles within 1 week of an aligned scope. First day on-site or first remote sprint typically within 2–3 weeks, depending on procurement, NDAs, and onboarding.

Do you offer fixed-scope work as well?

Yes — for fixed-scope work see our Consulting Packages page (hourly bundles, architecture reviews, performance improvements). Team Extension is for cases where you want capacity over time, not a defined deliverable.
Looking at a different engagement model? See Consulting Packages or Managed Operations.

Need engineers in your team? Tell us your scope and timeline — we’ll send named profiles within a week.

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