Champlin Enterprises · Senior Software Engineering
The senior engineer
Fortune 500s hire.
AI integration, platform rebuilds, and custom software — shipped directly by a senior engineer with 28 years of experience. Three engagements a quarter. Sprint starts at $10K.
Three clients. Every quarter. By application.
What we fix
The problems we're built for.
If one of these sounds like your Monday morning, we're probably a fit.
AI · Production
Your AI pilot works in staging. It's not surviving production.
Hallucinations, latency, cost overruns, or inconsistent outputs. You need someone who has shipped real LLM systems — not another demo.
Team · Bottleneck
Your engineering team is bottlenecked, and the deadline isn't moving.
You need a senior engineer alongside your team — fast — to unblock the critical path without onboarding a whole vendor.
Legacy · Modernization
You inherited a codebase and need a credible path forward.
Architecture review, migration plan, and costed options — in writing, by someone who has rebuilt this kind of system before.
Scale · Rebuild
Your platform can't handle the next 10x.
Database bottlenecks, service boundaries, and infrastructure costs that stop scaling with revenue. Senior-level judgment on what to rewrite and what to keep.
M&A · Diligence
You need technical due diligence on an acquisition target — fast.
Code audit, security review, and architectural assessment. Written report suitable for the investment committee. Typical turnaround: one to three weeks.
Prototype · Ship
You have a working prototype. You need it production-ready.
Security, observability, auth, payments, and the hundred details between a working demo and a product real customers will pay for.
A recent ship
Replaced a $40,000/year enterprise PM stack in twelve weeks.
One engineer. One codebase. Built as our own SaaS at zenpm.work — same stack and standards we'd ship for you.
Who we've shipped for
Senior engineering for the Fortune 500.
Wells Fargo. A household-name global apparel brand. One of North America's largest beverage companies. The work is under NDA. The standard isn't.
Fortune 100 · Banking
Wells Fargo
Senior .NET and SQL Server engineering on transaction systems. PCI-audited deployments, database tuning, and production .NET services for one of the largest banks in the United States.
Fortune 500 · Consumer Goods
Global Apparel Brand
Active AI-integration engagement with a household-name global apparel company. Senior engineering under NDA.
Fortune 500 · Beverage
Beverage Conglomerate
Production engineering on internal systems for one of North America's largest beverage companies. NDA-protected.
Start here
A Sprint is how most operators start.
One problem. One engineer. One ship date. A working prototype, a migration unblock, or a technical audit with an action plan you can execute on Monday.
Most operators don't need a six-month build. They need one thing shipped, shipped right, this month. That's a Sprint.
Beyond the Sprint: Build engagements typically $40K–$250K. Fractional engineering retainers quoted individually. Full pricing and engagement types on the Services page.
Free Guide
The AI Opportunity Map
Ten specific places AI quietly pays for itself in a small business — with the exact workflows and the three places it almost never works, so you don’t waste a quarter finding out.
No upsell sequence. No webinar. One email, one link. Unsubscribe any time.
Recent Work
Live in production. Click any of them.
Home-care agency operating system
BridgeCare OS
Scheduling, caregiver matching, EVV, billing, and a family portal — shipped as a live SaaS.
app.bridgecareos.com →AI-native project management
ZenPM
Built to replace a $40K/yr enterprise PM stack for a mid-sized operator. Live in production.
zenpm.work →Self-learning market analysis
Vantage AI
A five-model ensemble with adaptive weights — momentum, mean-reversion, and sentiment, continuously retrained.
vantage.champlinenterprises.com →What operators say
In their own words.
96% recommend · 28 public reviews · 5.0 average
“Having known and worked with Kevin Champlin for the better part of ten years, I can offer the following informed feedback as his client. I’ve found Mr. Champlin and his company to offer consistently excellent value in the services and advice they deliver.”
Longtime Client · 10-year Partnership
“A really nice experience working with everyone. Their development team are real professionals. They are easy to work with and continue to deliver a quality product within our timeline and also within our budget.”
Operations Director · Logistics Company
“The team here took exceptional steps to repair a web page that was broken. Kevin was willing to go above and beyond in seeking a solution when the page had been mismanaged. I am grateful that Kevin got me back up and running.”
Web Operator · Chicago
How this works
Four steps. No surprises.
01 · Apply
Tell us what's broken.
One form. Real budget, real problem, real timeline. We review every application within five business days. If it's not a fit, we say so on the same email.
02 · Conversation
Thirty minutes with the engineer.
Not a discovery call. Not a sales pitch. You talk directly to the person who would write the code. If we're the right fit, you'll know by the end of the call.
03 · Scope
One page. Fixed price.
No 40-page statement of work. One page: the outcome, the timeline, the price. You sign it or you don't. If the work changes, we rescope together.
04 · Ship
Code in production.
You get working software on the promised date. You own it completely — no proprietary frameworks, no vendor lock-in. We stick around as long as you want us. No longer.
About
28 Years.
One Standard.
A software engineering consultancy that ships. Custom applications, AI-first products, and mobile apps for a small number of operators who can tell the difference.
About Champlin Enterprises
Fit
Who this is actually for.
You, if
- You're an operator or senior leader with a real P&L on the line
- You want to work directly with the engineer writing the code
- You've been burned by an agency that disappeared behind an account manager
- You want AI used as leverage, not as a marketing talking point
- Your budget starts at $10K and scales with the outcome you need
Not you, if
- You're shopping on price or collecting three quotes
- You want a WordPress theme install or a five-page brochure site
- You need a team of junior devs to churn through a backlog
- You're looking for a free audit or a discovery-call sales pitch
- You want a vendor you can manage — we're a partner, not a vendor
Three seats. Every quarter.
A real problem. A real budget. A bias toward shipping. If that's you — the door is open. If it isn't, we'll tell you honestly, on the same email.
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