Zango Checkout
Embedded with a two-founder team to ship a hosted checkout used by 1,200 African SMBs — from empty repo to first cedi in 11 weeks.
What you'll leave with.
Live in 11 weeks — first ₵ collected on week 12
99.94% checkout uptime through peak Black Friday
PCI-DSS SAQ-A cleared on the first audit pass
How the engagement unfolds.
Discovery
One week with the founders to lock scope for the MVP.
Ship v1
Weekly demos every Friday for 9 weeks. Nothing lands without tests.
Handover
A 2-week overlap with the first internal hire.
You'll get the most from this if…
- Pre-seed teams needing a founding engineer for 8–16 weeks
- YC/Techstars teams pre-Demo Day
Every engagement includes.
- Full-time embedded engineering
- Weekly Friday demos with founders
- Runbooks + a hiring brief for your first internal engineer
What clients say after.
“He's the most senior engineer we've ever hired for eight weeks. Documentation, tests, on-call — it all just showed up.”
Answers before you book.
It always starts with a 30-minute intro call — free, no pitch. I use it to see if the work you need lines up with what I do. If we're a fit, I send a written scope within 3 days.
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Start with a 30-minute call.
Contract-to-hire, embedded, or advisory. Full ownership handover with runbooks.