Lubonator · Technology & AI advisory

Hyperscaler expertise.
Applied to your hardest
AI & engineering work.

Access senior engineering leadership shaped by the most demanding environments in technology.

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Lubonator principals have experience including:

1015+
Records / month instrumented
Experienced operating the largest distributed systems at hyperscale
$50M+
Annual cloud spend managed
Large cloud budgets, managed responsibly
45+
Engineers led
Leading small, medium and large engineering teams to success
F50
Enterprise customers served
Experience delivering for the world's largest enterprises
14+
Years delivering
Across leading technology, consulting, and infrastructure companies
01 · What we do

Engineering delivery and leadership, applied to your hardest problems.

Five focused services. Every engagement is scoped to your business. Click any service for what's included.

02 · Who is Lubonator for

Built for the companies and teams we know best.

Non-tech companies adopting AI

Established businesses adopting AI when it isn't your core product. You need senior judgment to make the right architecture and vendor decisions, and translate them into growth.

Startups building AI-enabled products

Early-stage teams shipping AI features inside a broader product. Senior architecture decisions made right the first time, before scale exposes the cracks.

Engineering teams scaling hard problems

Teams hitting the limits of their current architecture. Distributed systems, multi-region scaling, cost runaway, reliability — solved by someone who's done it before, at scale.

Cybersecurity organizations

Security teams scaling their platforms or applying AI to detection and response. Senior engineering judgment for systems where reliability and accuracy aren't optional.

03 · Experience

Deep expertise where it counts.

Decades of experience building and operating production systems for the world's largest enterprises. Now applied through Lubonator.

· 01

Distributed systems at scale

Cell-based architectures, multi-region streaming platforms, event-driven systems processing quadrillions of records per month. Resilience, blast-radius containment, and cost discipline as first-class engineering practices.

· 02

Multi-cloud expertise

Production delivery across AWS, Azure, and GCP — serverless, containers, managed databases, event-driven platforms. Right-sized infrastructure choices grounded in business outcomes, not vendor preference.

· 03

Production AI systems

Production AI platforms built with Anthropic Claude (Opus, Sonnet) — multi-pass extraction and pricing pipelines, structured outputs, prompt evaluation, cost engineering. Shipped to Fortune 50 customers with measurable accuracy and uptime.

· 04

Enterprise delivery background

14+ years across leading technology consulting, security platforms, and major hyperscalers — leading complex modernization, large-scale processing platforms, and revenue-critical systems for Fortune 50 customers.

Technology ecosystem

Industry-leading stack — adapted to yours.

Cloud, AI, languages, web, data, devops. Filter by category.

AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle CloudLambdaBedrockCloudFormationFargateRDSS3SQSSNSAnthropic ClaudeOpenAIAmazon BedrockPrompt EngineeringRAGStructured OutputsEval PipelinesPythonTypeScriptJavaScriptNode.jsRustJavaGoNext.jsReactExpressRESTGraphQLWebSocketsOAuth / OIDCPostgreSQLRedisJSONBMulti-Tenant SchemasEvent SourcingDockerGitHub ActionsCI/CDObservabilityCloudWatch

Don't see your stack? We adapt fast — talk to us about what you're using.

04 · How it works

From first call to lasting impact.

01

Discovery call

Free · 30 min

We discuss your challenges, current technology landscape, and where you want to go. You decide if there's a fit — no pitch, no pressure.

02

Deep dive & findings

Week 1–2

A focused review of your technology, team, and goals. You receive a written summary of findings and concrete recommendations — what to act on now, what to plan for, and where to invest first.

03

Plan to address your challenges

Week 3

A working plan built around milestones and deliverables. Each milestone delivers tangible value, so impact shows up throughout the project — not at the end.

04

Ongoing engagement

Monthly

Regular check-ins to maximize your business's potential. We track progress against milestones, double down on what's working, and evolve the plan as your business grows.

05 · FAQ

Common questions.

Fractional engineering leadership, defined-scope project builds, AI strategy and advisory, and specialist engineering support. Engagement size ranges from a single architectural review to multi-month builds. The shape of the engagement is decided after the discovery call, based on what your business needs.

Pricing is project-specific and based on your needs, with competitive project and hourly rates for application development and technology advisory. Engagements are scoped during the discovery call so the fee matches the work.

We deliver products, not recommendations. Durable systems, working code, and embedded engineering leadership that creates lasting value for your business.

Both. Whether you need a new system built, an existing platform scaled, or senior engineering judgment in your architecture reviews and strategic decisions — we have you covered. The work matches what your business needs.

Most often: companies adopting AI in industries where technology isn't the core product — construction, healthcare or professional services. We also work with AI-enabled startups and technology companies needing distributed-systems specialists.

Typically within one to two weeks of signing. We start with a focused two-week deep dive into your technology landscape, then transition into the working engagement model that fits your needs.

Ready when you are

Start with a free 30-minute discovery call.

No pitch, no pressure — just an honest conversation about your technology challenges.

Get in touch david@lubonator.com