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AUSTRALIA ONLY

People we'd actually call, for work that's worth doing properly.

frac runs small AI engagements for Australian organisations and tells them honestly when not to build. Some of that work is figuring out what's worth building, some of it is building it. When we need someone, that's the list we call.

STREAMS
02
RATES
FAIR & OPEN
INTRODUCTIONS
REV SHARE
COMMUNITY
TBA

Engagements worth clearing your calendar for.

WHO
T-shaped engineers. Deep enough to have put AI in production and carry the scars (retrieval, evals, chunking, knowledge graphs, agent plumbing, the unglamorous data work underneath) and broad enough to think like a product person and read a business. If you need a perfect spec before you can start, this won't suit you.
WHO
T-shaped engineers. Deep enough to have put AI in production and carry the scars (retrieval, evals, chunking, knowledge graphs, agent plumbing, the unglamorous data work underneath) and broad enough to think like a product person and read a business. If you need a perfect spec before you can start, this won't suit you.
WHERE
Australia only. Our clients are Australian organisations, the work runs on their hours, and some of it may require you on-site.
WHERE
Australia only. Our clients are Australian organisations, the work runs on their hours, and some of it may require you on-site.
THE WORK
Both ends of the engagement. Sometimes you're in the diagnostic with us, sitting with the client's mess and working out what is actually worth building. Sometimes you're building what came out of it: capped budget, agreed definition of done, systems that have to still work in month eight, long after handover.
THE WORK
Both ends of the engagement. Sometimes you're in the diagnostic with us, sitting with the client's mess and working out what is actually worth building. Sometimes you're building what came out of it: capped budget, agreed definition of done, systems that have to still work in month eight, long after handover.
HOW IT WORKS
We'll onboard you onto our platform, then match you to engagements on more than your stack: the industries you know, the kinds of businesses you've worked inside, the problems you've already solved. When something fits, we propose you to the client with your consent first.
HOW IT WORKS
We'll onboard you onto our platform, then match you to engagements on more than your stack: the industries you know, the kinds of businesses you've worked inside, the problems you've already solved. When something fits, we propose you to the client with your consent first.
RATES
We recruit at senior and principal level, and people at that level are paid accordingly in permanent roles. We expect a contract rate that follows from that. Rates here are moving quickly, so we would rather agree a number that still looks right in six months than one we have to reopen. You will know your rate before you meet a client, and it does not quietly drift down afterwards.
RATES
We recruit at senior and principal level, and people at that level are paid accordingly in permanent roles. We expect a contract rate that follows from that. Rates here are moving quickly, so we would rather agree a number that still looks right in six months than one we have to reopen. You will know your rate before you meet a client, and it does not quietly drift down afterwards.
CREDIT
We want you to be able to talk about what you built, and we'll ask for that on your behalf. Some clients will say no, and when they do we'll tell you straight rather than promise otherwise.
CREDIT
We want you to be able to talk about what you built, and we'll ask for that on your behalf. Some clients will say no, and when they do we'll tell you straight rather than promise otherwise.
WHAT WE ASK
Transparency, first and always. Tell the client what they may not want to hear, and tell us the same, including when the answer is don't build it. Then move like a startup: bias to action, ship something small this week, be honest about what it doesn't do yet.
WHAT WE ASK
Transparency, first and always. Tell the client what they may not want to hear, and tell us the same, including when the answer is don't build it. Then move like a startup: bias to action, ship something small this week, be honest about what it doesn't do yet.

// WAITLIST

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Four fields, one of them optional. A human reads every one, and the reply comes when there's work worth your time, not on a fortnightly schedule.

We're still tweaking our onboarding for Frac Consulting. We'll let you know when it's ready, and this puts you at the start of the queue.

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