Pricing

One price. Two engineers. Better delivery.

One transparent hourly rate puts a senior lead and a growth-track engineer on your work — with mentorship and delivery management built in, not billed extra.

Every engineering role
$145 / hour

One flat rate covers the pair. You're never billed separately for the senior lead, the mentorship, or the delivery management.

Every engagement includes

  • One high-level engineer
  • One growth-track engineer
  • Managed delivery by Lucentum
  • Human mentorship built into every engagement
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No separate mentorship fees. No hidden staffing costs. No paying twice for knowledge transfer.
The math

What you're really paying for.

The same rate that reads as a premium next to a lone contractor quietly folds in everything most shops charge for separately — or skip.

Included
Traditional consulting
Lucentum
High-level engineering
TraditionalIncluded
LucentumIncluded
Growth-track engineer
TraditionalExtra
LucentumIncluded
Mentorship
TraditionalRare
LucentumIncluded
Delivery management
TraditionalSometimes
LucentumIncluded
Knowledge sharing
TraditionalDepends
LucentumBuilt in
AI under human oversight
TraditionalVaries
LucentumIncluded
Questions

Before you book.

Why is there always a senior lead?

Because quality shouldn't depend on who you happen to get. A top-level engineer owns architecture and review on every engagement — that's the core of the model, not an upsell.

How is this different from staff augmentation?

Staff aug drops a body into your backlog. We send a paired unit with a defined senior lead, built-in review, and a structured growth track — so standards travel with the team.

What does "AI-ready delivery" actually mean?

Our engineers use modern AI tooling as part of the workflow — for scaffolding, tests, and review support — while a senior engineer still owns and signs off on every change.

Can we scale the team up or down?

Yes. Start with a single pair and add more as the work grows, or scale back between phases. Embedded partnerships are built to flex.

Is $145/hour the rate for both engineers?

Yes — one flat rate covers the pair. You're billed the same $145/hour whether you're leaning on the senior lead or the growth-track engineer, and mentorship and delivery management are already inside that number, not added on top.