Fourthcraft

Services

What we do

We take on the whole problem: understanding it, designing the solution, building it, and running it. Engagements can be a fixed-scope project, a build, or an ongoing partnership.

Build

Custom software & web applications

We take a product from idea to production: discovery, design, architecture, implementation, and launch. We are equally comfortable starting from a blank page or picking up an existing codebase that needs to move forward.

Typical work

  • Product discovery and scoping
  • UX research, workflows, and interface design
  • Web application development (front end, back end, APIs)
  • Cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and deployment
  • Ongoing maintenance and iteration

Data

Data platforms & integrations

Most companies have more data than insight. We design the databases, pipelines, and integrations that make data trustworthy and usable, then build the reporting and analytics on top of it.

Typical work

  • Database design, migration, and performance work
  • ETL / ELT pipelines and system integrations
  • Reporting, dashboards, and analytics
  • Data quality, governance, and access controls
  • Readiness assessments for analytics and machine learning

Automate

Automation & applied AI

We start with the business problem, not the model. When a workflow is a good fit for language models, retrieval, or autonomous agents, we build it with the evaluation, guardrails, and monitoring needed to trust it in production. When it is not a good fit, we will tell you and propose something simpler.

Typical work

  • Opportunity and feasibility assessments
  • Workflow automation and back-office tooling
  • LLM-powered features, assistants, and agents
  • Retrieval over your documents and data
  • Evaluation, safety, and cost monitoring

Plan

Product strategy & technical roadmaps

Before a line of code is written, we help you validate the user need and the business case. The output is a clear, prioritized roadmap with realistic estimates and defined success measures.

Typical work

  • Stakeholder and user interviews
  • Business case and prioritization
  • Technical architecture and build-vs-buy recommendations
  • Prototypes and proof-of-concept sprints
  • Roadmaps with milestones and success criteria

Partner

Fractional product team

For companies that need senior capability without hiring four full-time leads, we operate as an embedded product team: a steady cadence of planning, delivery, and operations, scaled to your needs.

Typical work

  • Monthly or quarterly retainers
  • Product, design, engineering, and data leadership
  • Delivery management and reporting
  • Knowledge transfer to your internal staff

Not sure which of these you need?

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