Null Engineer hands-on engineering

Anonymized Client

Optimized a managed Kubernetes platform while keeping it stable.

Situation

A growth-stage security platform needed lower cloud operating cost.

Constraint

The platform had to remain stable while the container strategy changed.

What changed

Reviewed and optimized the Amazon EKS container strategy.

Measured result

35-40% lower cloud operating cost.

Speedmax LLC

Isolated a critical backup issue after two prior attempts failed.

Situation

A critical backup failure required a fast diagnosis.

Constraint

Two prior SRE consultants had already attempted the fix over multiple engagements.

What changed

Traced the failure path and identified the corrective fix.

Measured result

Critical backup issue isolated and fix identified within 15 minutes.

Anonymized Client

Built resilient infrastructure and operating procedures for large events.

Situation

High-visibility events needed lower-latency, more resilient operations.

Constraint

The platform had to remain fault-tolerant during large-scale activity.

What changed

Built low-latency infrastructure and clear operating procedures.

Measured result

90% fewer operational incidents.

Anonymized Client

Cleared compliance findings across a regulated 100+ node environment.

Situation

A regulated environment required remediation during a FedRAMP/CCRI scale-out.

Constraint

The program covered a 100+ node environment with compliance requirements.

What changed

Resolved security and compliance findings through a structured program.

Measured result

300+ findings resolved across 100+ nodes.

Null Engineer is NullorNaN's hands-on engineering subscription—senior & principal engineering expertise for software, infrastructure, cloud, SRE, automation, and complex troubleshooting without a full-time hire.

Null Engineer is hands-on build, fix, and operate work. NullCXO is fractional executive leadership for strategy, teams, vendors, and delivery governance. Startup Hybrid and Build Your Own let you blend both.

Published retainers start at $225/hour or $4,275/month for Lightning (20 hours/month). Tempest, scoped Project work, and Build Your Own are on the homepage pricing section. Prebuilt and Startup Hybrid packages use a term of 3, 6, 12, 18, or 24 months (minimum 3). Package discounts apply to the monthly rate on those terms. Build Your Own terms depend on combined monthly hours: 3 or 6 months up to 60 combined hours/month; 6, 12, 18, or 24 months above 60 combined hours/month. You pay month to month: first month at signing, then the same amount each month until the term ends. Total value is monthly rate times months in the term. No extra deposit. Engagement terms, prepaid fees, unused hours, and cancellation provisions are governed by the executed services agreement.

Your included hours refresh each month. If you do not use them, they do not carry forward. Hours do not roll over, pile up, move between Null Engineer and NullCXO, or turn into credits or refunds. Subscriptions are best-effort engineering time, not 24/7 incident response unless scoped separately in writing.

Additional hours require client authorization and are subject to available capacity. They are billed separately at the applicable standard service rate in 30-minute increments. Allowances are per engagement quarter (each consecutive three-month period), not per month: Rain 3, Thunder 4, Lightning 6, Tempest 8. Build Your Own uses the cap of the smallest package that covers its combined monthly hours up to 60, and 8 hours/quarter above 60 combined hours/month. Engineering overages bill at $225 USD/hour; executive overages bill at $275 USD/hour. Volume discounts, Dedicated Time premiums, and the Guaranteed Sync Time premium do not apply to additional hours. Turnarounds, transformations, and other heavy executive work are scoped separately, starting at $337.50/hour (not standard NullCXO package pricing).

NullorNaN Systems, LLC is U.S.-based and serves clients globally. Matt operates on U.S. Eastern Time.