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The 32-page playbook for building an engineering team - without contracting us.
This is what we'd hand you on day one of a 90-day team-build engagement. Org chart, JDs, comp bands, ramp timeline, weekly cadence - all of it. Free, no strings.
32
pages
8
JDs included
90d
ramp plan
$0
cost
Devlyn · Engineering
Team Build Blueprint
From zero to a 25-
engineer org in 90 days.
2026 EDITION - 60 PAGES
What's inside
Everything we'd give a CTO
on day one of a team-build
engagement.
Section 1
Org chart templates
10/25/50-engineer org structures with reporting lines, EM/IC ratios, and where to place QA, DevOps, Data Eng, ML, Product Eng.
Section 2
8 written JDs
Senior Engineer, Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, Senior QA, DevOps/SRE, Data Engineer, ML Engineer, Product Engineer - all written for AI-augmented teams.
Section 3
2026 comp bands
Base + bonus + equity ranges for each role across US, EU, India. Includes loaded-cost calculator + AI-uplift adjustment guidance.
Section 4
Hiring sequence
The right order to hire roles in. Starts with the wrong role and you spend 6 months unwinding it. We've got the data on what works.
Section 5
90-day ramp timeline
Week-by-week plan: legal/entity (if needed) → first hires → pod formation → first delivery → full-team cadence. Gantt included.
Section 6
Weekly operating cadence
Standups, sprint cadences, demos, retros, quarterly planning rhythm. With template agendas + meeting notes.
Section 7
Tech stack starter
Recommended baseline: GitHub, Linear, PagerDuty, Datadog, Cursor + Claude - what to standardize and what to leave to teams.
Section 8
AI-augmented workflow
How to standardize Claude / Cursor / Copilot usage across the team. Code-review SLAs for AI PRs. Eval framework for AI-generated work.
Section 9
Common pitfalls
The 12 mistakes we see most often when companies build engineering orgs from scratch - and how to avoid them.
Why we give it away
Honest answer: if you can build it yourself, you should.
About 30% of CTOs who download this build their team without us — and that's fine. The other 70% read it, recognize the lift, and contract us to actually do it. We'd rather you self-select than spend 60 days in a sales cycle for an engagement you'd quit.
If after reading this you decide it's our job, the same blueprint becomes the deliverable on day one of a 90-day team-build engagement.