Athera/Example
Example engagement
A mid-range engagement, end to end.
An indicative walkthrough of what a mid-range project looks like at Athera — 6 to 10 weeks, one product surface, one team. The client below is fictional; the shape is exactly how we work.
The brief
Series A fintech
customer portal.
A regulated fintech needs a production-ready customer portal — authentication, a usage dashboard, self-serve billing on Stripe, and an internal admin surface — in one quarter.
- · 8-week build
- · 3-person team
- · One product surface
Scope
What we deliver.
- Design system in code (tokens, primitives, 8 core screens)
- Email + password + SSO authentication
- Customer dashboard with account, usage, and support
- Stripe subscriptions, invoices, and dunning
- Internal admin console with role-based access
- Product analytics and transactional email
- Staging + production infrastructure
- Full documentation and handover session
Timeline
Eight weeks, four phases
Every week has a clear deliverable and a demo. No black boxes.
- Week 1Lead engineer · Design lead
Discovery & design system
Kickoff workshops, product architecture, a working design system in code — tokens, primitives, and the first key screens.
- Product architecture doc
- Design system v1
- Sprint plan
- Weeks 2–42 engineers · Design lead
Core build
Auth, customer dashboard, and Stripe billing built end-to-end with test coverage and a staging environment from day one.
- Auth & account model
- Customer dashboard
- Stripe subscriptions
- Weeks 5–72 engineers · Design lead
Admin, analytics & polish
Internal admin surface, event analytics, transactional email, edge cases, empty states, and the animation pass.
- Admin console
- Product analytics
- Transactional email
- Week 8Lead engineer · You
QA, launch & handover
Cross-browser QA, load testing, security review, production deploy, and a full technical handover with documentation.
- Prod deploy
- Runbook & docs
- Handover session
Investment
A mid-range engagement
Fixed scope, fixed price, honest schedule.
Fixed-scope build
Eight-week build for a single product surface — the fintech customer portal in this example. Delivered by a lead engineer, a design lead, and one supporting engineer.
Payment schedule
Indicative range for a mid-range engagement. Final quote after a short paid discovery.
What's included
- Product architecture & design system
- Auth, dashboard, billing, admin
- Analytics + transactional email
- Staging + production infrastructure
- Full IP transfer & documentation
Not included
- Native mobile apps (add-on)
- Third-party licence fees
- Post-launch retainer (separate)
Retainer
from €4.5k / month
Ongoing iteration, maintenance, and on-call after launch. Predictable capacity, no context loss.
Staff augmentation
from €8k / month · engineer
Senior engineers embedded into your team for a defined period. Your process, our craft.
Bring us your version.
The example above is a shape, not a menu. Every real project starts with a discovery call.