Sunwolf Studio

Production doesn't have to be chaos

Fractional SRE leadership for reliability at scale.

Sunwolf Studio delivers fractional SRE consulting to design, operate, and scale reliable cloud infrastructure so your team can ship fast without fearing the next incident.

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Focus

Reliability · Scalability · Cost

For

Seed to Series C startups

Engagement

1-3 days/week or project-based

When to bring in Sunwolf

We help startups bridge the gap between "it works" and "it's reliable" — before you're ready for a full-time SRE hire.

  • Incidents are interrupting product work

    On-call isn't owned, and engineers are firefighting instead of building.

  • Infra was built fast and now scaling feels risky

    Growth is coming, but the foundation wasn't built for it.

  • You need Staff SRE guidance

    But can't justify a full-time hire at this stage.

How we help

Start with a Reliability Audit to establish your baseline. Scale to full SRE implementation work or fractional SRE support as needed.

Reliability Audit

Start here

The essentials to understand your current reliability posture.

$400/audit

Book Your Audit
  • 30-minute diagnostic conversation
  • Independent analysis of your infrastructure
  • Results presentation with written report
  • Tactical steps to improve reliability

Creates shared clarity and de-risks larger change

SRE-in-a-Box

Complete SRE redesign and implementation for your organization.

$10K–30K/project

Schedule Call
  • SLOs, monitoring, and alerting tailored to your stack
  • Incident response workflows and runbooks
  • On-call structure and escalation policies
  • Team training and knowledge transfer

Tailored to your tactical needs

Embedded Fractional SRE

External ownership with internal accountability.

$4,500/month

Schedule Call
  • Reliability outcomes, not just advice
  • Incident response and postmortems
  • Scaling, capacity, and architectural decisions
  • On-call design and team enablement

1 day/week, 3-month minimum

Results from recent work

We've helped startups move from "hope it holds" to predictable, measurable reliability.

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A lightweight, practical engagement model

01

Intro call

We discuss your stack, incidents, and reliability goals, and decide if Sunwolf is a fit.

02

Assessment

You complete a short onboarding form, then we review infra, monitoring, and recent incidents.

03

Roadmap

We agree on a concrete, time-boxed plan focused on the highest-impact reliability wins.

04

Execute & iterate

We implement alongside your team, document changes, and adjust as your product evolves.

Boutique, Staff SRE expertise

Sunwolf Studio is a boutique SRE consultancy focused on helping fast-moving startups run reliable, scalable infrastructure without building a full SRE team.

We bring experience running production systems on AWS and GCP with Kubernetes, Terraform, and modern observability stacks like Datadog and Prometheus/Grafana — paired with a pragmatic, product-aware approach to reliability.

Focus areas

  • SLOs and error budgets
  • Incident response & on-call
  • Production readiness reviews
  • Scaling and performance
  • Cloud cost and reliability trade-offs

Questions founders often ask

What is a fractional SRE engagement?
We act as your fractional SRE function — owning reliability outcomes, not just giving advice — for a fixed number of days per week or a time-boxed project.
When is the right time to bring in SRE help?
Typically once you have paying customers, a small engineering team, and incidents or scaling risks are interrupting product work.
Do you replace a full-time SRE hire?
No — we help you bridge the gap until hiring makes sense, and can support you through that transition.

Ready to stop firefighting production?

Book a short intro call to see if Sunwolf Studio is the right fit for your startup.