We do not bench engineers waiting for projects. We do not take on more work than the senior team can deliver excellently. When you hire Centenum, you get the people whose names are on this page.
Who delivers your engagement
Co-founder. CEO. Lagos.
Y Combinator W22 alumnus. Former CTO of a YC-backed company. Over a decade building production systems in fintech and regulated environments.
Led the build of a complete licensed banking platform from infrastructure to handover, and the voter verification system that ran successfully on election day.
Co-founder. CTO. Toronto.
Y Combinator alumnus. Engineering work delivered for Anthropic, Amazon, and Google through Turing's senior engineer network. Background in distributed systems, AI infrastructure, and developer tooling.
Architected the AI infrastructure layer that informs Centenum's R&D investments. The patterns underneath Kliog and MathExec come from this work. Currently the technical lead on AI engagements.
How we work
We do not keep engineers waiting for projects. Every person on the team is either delivering client work or investing in Centenum Labs research. This is why we sometimes say no to engagements. Capacity is real.
We do not use client engagements to train people. Senior engineers do the work directly, including the parts that are not glamorous. If we ever bring in a junior, it is because they shadow, never because they ship.
Centenum operates across two cities, but engagements are not handed off across timezones. The same senior engineers who scope your project deliver it. There is no offshore team we route work to.
Every engagement ends with you owning the system, the documentation, and the operational knowledge. We do not build dependencies that require us forever. If you never call us again after delivery, that is the engagement working as designed.
The same two people who deliver the work take the call.
Book a 30-minute call or take the quiz first.