How is a Miracuves technical architect different from a Big Four architecture assessment?
Assessment decks do not ship migrations. Miracuves architects embed with your engineering org — writing RFCs, reviewing PRs, prototyping risky integrations, and mentoring leads while code moves. Vetting includes bounded-context exercises and phased migration planning on realistic codebases. You get accountable technical leadership, not a PDF that gathers dust.
Are architects advisory-only, or do they write code and review pull requests?
Senior matches are hands-on. They prototype critical paths, participate in architecture review boards, and hold the bar on PRs that affect system boundaries — not slide-only consultants who avoid repositories. Profiles that cannot demonstrate recent shipping context in vetting are rejected. Miracuves confirms structure, rate, timezone overlap, and IP assignment in your engagement letter before start — not verbal promises after you have paused the roadmap.
Do you cover AWS, Azure, GCP, and microservices migration patterns?
Cloud platform experience is matched to your stack. Vetting covers distributed system tradeoffs — consistency models, event-driven boundaries, observability, and phased strangler migrations — not buzzword checklists. State your current monolith or multi-service context during matching so shortlisted profiles reflect production-relevant depth.
We already have senior engineers. Why add an external architect?
Architects fill cross-system ownership gaps when no internal lead has bandwidth across services, data platforms, and third-party integrations. They mentor existing staff, document decisions in ADRs your team retains, and accelerate migrations that stall when everyone is feature-bound. The role is elevation and coherence — not a parallel shadow org.
Can an architect engagement start part-time for RFC review before a platform rebuild?
Yes. Part-time at $1,499/mo covers 20 hours per week — common for pre-scale audits, due diligence, or RFC review before committing to a full-time architecture lead. Scope and deliverables are agreed in writing so part-time does not become vague 'office hours' without output. Miracuves confirms structure, rate, timezone overlap, and IP assignment in your engagement letter before start — not verbal promises after you have paused the roadmap.
How do architects work with product and security stakeholders?
They translate technical constraints into roadmap implications product can prioritize, and partner with security on threat models without blocking delivery arbitrarily. Communication clarity in ambiguous requirements is a vetting criterion — architects who cannot explain tradeoffs to non-engineers do not pass. Miracuves confirms structure, rate, timezone overlap, and IP assignment in your engagement letter before start — not verbal promises after you have paused the roadmap.
What if architecture recommendations do not fit our team's execution capacity?
The 2-week replacement guarantee applies if the match is wrong. Miracuves can also adjust engagement scope — part-time advisory vs full-time program ownership — before you commit further. Month-to-month terms avoid trapping you with an architect whose style does not match your culture. Miracuves confirms structure, rate, timezone overlap, and IP assignment in your engagement letter before start — not verbal promises after you have paused the roadmap.
Who owns architecture documents, diagrams, and prototype code?
Your organization retains all artifacts. RFCs, diagrams, and spike code live in your repos and wiki under signed IP assignment. Handoff is designed so internal teams can maintain decisions after engagement — not dependency on a consultant's proprietary framework. Miracuves confirms structure, rate, timezone overlap, and IP assignment in your engagement letter before start — not verbal promises after you have paused the roadmap.
