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// forward deployed engineers · embedded in your AI initiative

We build AI agents
that survive
contact with prod.

Sky Hi is a software consultancy out of Edmonton, Calgary, and Los Angeles. We ship agentic systems on Claude Code and Google Gemini — and the unglamorous infrastructure underneath that keeps them running at 3 a.m.

$ ./start_project.sh ▍ read --section ai.agents
  • 11 yrsshipping for startups & enterprises
  • 3offices, all North-American hours
  • 100%senior, white-label, on your stack
// 01

We deploy engineers,
not decks.

Sky Hi specializes in Forward Deployed Engineers — senior builders who embed inside your team, ship in your repos, and own outcomes alongside your engineers. The role pioneered by Palantir, adopted by OpenAI and Google, and now the only way to ship serious AI inside a real company.

man fde(1) — forward deployed engineer def
NAME
fde — a forward deployed engineer. An embed, not a vendor.
SYNOPSIS
skyhi fde --embed <your-team> --ship <outcomes> --stack <ai|backend|web>
DESCRIPTION
A hybrid technical role combining software engineering, product strategy, and customer consulting. Instead of building generic features from an office, an FDE embeds directly in your team to tailor, deploy, and troubleshoot complex AI and SaaS systems — right where the work actually happens.
SEE ALSO
ai_agents(7), architecture(5), white_label(8), contact(1)

~/fde $ ls ./responsibilities

[ 01 ]

Custom integration

Bespoke code, APIs, and scripts so the model, the tool, or the product fits cleanly inside your existing stack — not the other way around.

[ 02 ]

Technical problem-solving

Troubleshoot, debug, and configure where the customer operates. No ticket queues. No "we'll get back to you next sprint."

[ 03 ]

Product bridging

Translate real-world usage into actionable feedback for your core engineering and product teams. The signal you can't get from a dashboard.

[ 04 ]

Onboarding & adoption

Shorten onboarding from quarters to weeks. Reduce escalations. Make sure the software you bought is the software you actually run.

// why the role is exploding

Pioneered at Palantir. Adopted by OpenAI and Google. Now the standard at every serious AI lab on earth — because frontier AI is too complex, too context-dependent, and too fast-moving to ship from across the world.

Enterprises don't need another vendor. They need a senior engineer at the table on Monday morning who can read the codebase, talk to the CTO, and ship by Friday.

// what we hire for

  • technical depth
    Strong software engineering (Python, TypeScript, Go) with a real grasp of data architecture and distributed systems.
  • communication
    Can explain a vector index to a non-technical exec and a P&L to a junior engineer — in the same hour.
  • adaptability
    High tolerance for ambiguity. Comfortable on-site, in airports, and in a roomful of stakeholders who don't agree yet.
// 02

AI agents, in production.

Most teams have a demo. We ship the thing that runs unattended, gets paged when it breaks, and earns its compute budget back.

[CC]

Claude Code

Anthropic · partner stack

We use Claude Code to ship our own work — then we drop in and help your engineers do the same. Sub-agents, MCP servers, custom slash commands, repo-aware skills. Real velocity, not vibes.

  • Multi-agent workflows & SDK harnesses
  • Custom MCP servers for your data plane
  • Eval pipelines, golden sets, regression catches
  • Team enablement & review playbooks
[GG]

Google Gemini

Vertex · 2M-token context

Long-context analysis over whole codebases, contracts, or call transcripts. Multimodal pipelines that read PDFs, screenshots, and video. Vertex AI deployments with your VPC, your audit trail, your guardrails.

  • Repo-scale code analysis & refactor agents
  • Multimodal extraction (vision + audio)
  • Vertex AI deployment in your GCP project
  • Cost-tiered routing across Flash & Pro
[Σ]

Custom Agents

model-agnostic · evals-first

When neither stock harness fits, we build the agent. Tool design, RAG that actually retrieves, structured output, retry & fallback graphs, OpenTelemetry from day one. Boring on purpose.

  • Tool-use design & schema engineering
  • Retrieval pipelines on pgvector / Qdrant / Pinecone
  • Eval frameworks: Braintrust, Langfuse, in-house
  • Cost & latency budgets, with alerts that fire
~/capabilities $ ls
// 03

The technical arsenal.

Right tool, right job. We don't have a hammer to sell — we have a shop, and we maintain it. 

// every project ships with
const essentials = {
  tests:        "required, not aspirational",
  ci:           "green main, always",
  observability:"otel from day one",
  docs:         "in-repo, kept current",
  handoff:      "your team owns it",
};
// 04

Architecture, on purpose.

Build it right the first time, or pay interest forever. Our architects embed early, draw the lines, and stay on the hook when reality pushes back.

[ 01 ]

System design from zero

Domain models, service boundaries, data flow, failure modes — written down before the first line of code. Reviewed with your team, not at them.

[ 02 ]

Legacy modernization

We audit what you have, name the load-bearing duct tape, and ship a strangler-fig plan with measurable milestones. No rewrites-of-faith.

[ 03 ]

Scaling & resilience

Capacity models, queue topologies, retry & idempotency, circuit breakers, runbooks. The plumbing that decides whether your Friday night is calm.

[ 04 ]

Team mentorship

We pair with your engineers, not over them. Decisions are documented, conventions stick, and your team is stronger when the engagement ends.

// 05

A white-label bench for consulting firms.

Win the work. Hand us the spec. We ship under your brand, on your Slack, in your repos. Your client never knows we exist — unless you want them to.

// 00:00 sync

No timezone tax

North-American teams on North-American hours. Real-time review, no overnight handoffs, no 5 a.m. standup roulette.

// native EN

Native communication

Senior engineers who can write a clean PR description and run a client call. Less translation, more progress.

// flex

Scale up & down

Two engineers next sprint, six the one after, zero when the engagement ends. Elite talent without the headcount risk.

"
Bid the engagement you actually want — not the one your bench can cover today. We'll be there on Monday.
— how we work with agencies
// 06

Open positions.

We hire senior engineers who'd rather ship one thing well than five things kinda. Edmonton or Calgary, hybrid.

~/careers — open positions at Sky Hi 
$ ls -la ./open_roles
$ ▍
$ cat ./WHY_NO_PHONE.md

You'll notice there's no phone number.

We're not hiding. The honest truth: 99% of unsolicited calls are pitches, and they break the focus that lets us ship for clients who already trust us.

Use the form below. We respond fast — usually same business day — and once we're talking, you'll have a direct line.

// 07

Three offices. One timezone band.

[ YEG ]

Edmonton

10055 106 St, 10th Floor
Edmonton, AB · T5J 2Y2

HQ · MST · UTC-7
[ YYC ]

Calgary

700 2 St SW
Calgary, AB · T2P 2W2

satellite · MST · UTC-7
[ LAX ]

Los Angeles

11150 W Olympic Blvd, Suite 1170
Los Angeles, CA · 90064

satellite · PST · UTC-8
// 08

Let's build.

Tell us what you're working on. Same-business-day reply, usually faster.

// engagement