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Each healthcare pod is a cross-functional and scalable team shipping on a predictable sprint cadence.

All pod members are full-time, in-house TechVariable employees , never contractors or third-party hires. We are not a staffing or recruitment company; our teams are purpose-built, trained in healthcare delivery, and fully aligned with our processes and culture from day one.

Who this is for

Healthcare payers, provider networks, health-tech startups, and pharma-tech teams that need product momentum without the overhead of hiring and orchestration.

What’s a Delivery Pod?

A Delivery Pod is a ready-to-run, cross-functional team aligned to your goals, measured by sprint outcomes, not hours. You get stable velocity, consistent ceremonies, and one accountable owner.

Resource Type Skills Healthcare Expertise
Lead Tech Architect
Full-stack engineering- React, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j, Data Engineer- Polars, Apache Spark, Kubernetes
HEDIS Quality Measures Calculation Engine (Medicaid), eCQM Quality Measures Calculation Engine (Medicare), Payer Roster file integration, HIPAA Compliant Architecture
Senior Data Engineer
Data Engineer- Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Backend- Python, Django, FastAPI
Healthcare Data Exchange & Interoperability (HL7 V2, CDA, FHIR, EDI, XML), Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) Data Integration, Analytical Tools for Care Management
Lead Full-stack Engineer
Full-stack engineering- React, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL, Data Engineer- Databricks
Data Modeling & Mapping for different Healthcare Data Formats, eCQM calculation & reporting engine, Dashboard for population cohort
Sr Mobile App Developer
Full-stack engineering- React. Node.js, Mobile App Development- React Native, Flutter, Tauri (Ionic)
HIPAA compliant Telemedicine Application Development with real-time video conferencing
Lead ML Engineer
Machine Learning, NLP, RAG, LLM tuning
Detection & segmentation of liver disease spots, RAG agent integrated with patient care data for care coordinators to gather insights
Healthcare Analyst
Product Management, Project Management, Scrum Master, Business Analysis
Successfully led certification from NCQA for one of our customers, Care plan creation/management for chronic disease management, Product Management for a Healthcare Analytics product

How Our Pods Work

Cadence

2-week sprints (demo/release at the end of each sprint)

Governance

Product/Sprint planning, daily stand-ups, mid-sprint check-ins, sprint review & retrospective

Artifacts

Roadmap, sprint backlog, definition of ready/done, test cases, PRDs, runbooks

Quality & Security

CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews, PII/PHI handling SOPs, audit logs

Timezone Overlap

Minimum 3–4 hours US overlap daily (customizable)

Commercials

Monthly/Quarterly subscription (cancel/scale with 30-day notice), BAA will be made available for HIPAA engagements

Pods You Can Hire

Included: Product management & delivery governance, Engineering (as per pod), QA, CI/CD, Documentation (architecture, runbooks, release notes)

Pod A

$20,000/month

Best for:
Web/mobile products, portals, integrations, workflow apps, analytics UI

Team (fixed):
  • 0.5 Project Manager / Delivery Lead (shared)
  • 2 Full-stack Engineers, out of which 1 is the Tech Lead
  • 0.5 QA Engineer (automation-first)
  • 0.5 DevOps/SRE (shared), 0.5 UX (shared)

Capacity (per 2-week sprint):
~80–100 engineer-days

What ships each sprint: Working features behind feature flags, test coverage, demoable release, docs

Typical outcomes: MVPs in 12–14 weeks, production releases every 2 sprints, stable velocity by sprint 3

Commercials
  • Flat Quarterly pod fee of $55,000- 30% of quarterly amount paid upfront or Flat Monthly pod fee of $20,000, quarterly or month-to-month respectively
  • For monthly pod fee model, there has to be a minimum engagement guarantee of 3 months.
  • Pause/scale with two-sprint notice

Most Popular

Pod B

$35,000/month

Best for:
Data mgmt, FHIR/HL7/claims integration, HEDIS/eCQM, Care-coordination, AI/ML

Team (fixed):
  • 1 Solution/Data Architect
  • 1 Data Engineer (ELT, orchestration)
  • 1 Platform Engineer (Snowflake/Lakehouse/Cloud)
  • 1 ML/AI Engineer (classical ML + LLM/RAG)
  • 1 Backend Engineer (APIs/services)
  • 1 QA Engineer (data + API)
  • 0.5 DevOps/SRE (shared), 0.25 Clinical SME (on-demand)

Capacity (per 2-week sprint):
~130–175 engineer-days

What ships each sprint: Ingested datasets, validated models/metrics, versioned pipelines, serving endpoints, data contracts

Typical outcomes:
  • Data layer ready in 5–7 sprints; first analytics or model from the golden record in 8–10 sprints
  • Go-live with monitored pipelines and quality checks

Commercials
  • Flat monthly pod fee of $35000 or flat Quarterly pod fee of $100,000 – 30% of quarterly amount paid upfront; cloud & third-party costs excluded
  • For monthly pod fee model, there has to be a minimum engagement guarantee of 3 months
  • BAA ready; SOC 2–aligned controls
Pod C

Custom Pod

Best for: Complex programs needing mixed capabilities (e.g., interoperability + analytics + product UX)


You choose

  • Any combination of Solution Architect, Data Engineer, Full-stack/Backend, DevOps, QA, UI/UX, Data Analyst, PM/BA, Healthcare SME
  • Set FTEs per role or % allocations (e.g., 0.5 PM, 0.25 UX)

Start with a base:

  • Choose a nucleus: Core Build nucleus or Data & AI nucleus
  • Add roles as needed: Additional FE/BE, Data Eng, MLOps, DevOps, QA, UX, Clinical SME, Product Managers
  • Scale rules: Adjust ±1–3 FTEs between sprints with a 30-day notice

We help design the pod: Objectives → scope → throughput target → pod sizing → onboarding plan


Use it for

  • Complex integrations and complicated product iterations, multi-product roadmaps, compliance-heavy work
  • Blended product + data teams, or short “surge” phases


Commercials

  • Rate card per role or blended pod rate; minimum 2 sprint
  • Contact Us for the rates

Add-Ons

24×7 support & on-call

Clinical SME hours, usability testing with clinicians

Escalation Matrix

To ensure seamless delivery and fast issue resolution, every engagement follows a three-tier escalation path. This guarantees that concerns like technical, functional, or strategic are addressed at the right level, with the right urgency.
Escalation Level Contact Typical Scenarios Response SLA
Level 1 – Pod Lead / Project Manager
Your dedicated Pod Lead or assigned Project Manager
Day-to-day clarifications, minor blockers, scope alignment, priority changes
Within 1 business day
Level 2 – Delivery Manager / Account Manager
The Delivery Manager overseeing your engagement
Persistent blockers, recurring quality issues, dependency delays, change management
Within 8 business hours
Level 3 – Leadership Escalation
Head of Delivery / Founding Team
Critical delivery risk, contractual issues, major scope or strategy disputes
Within 4 business hours

How It Works

First contact is always your Pod Lead/PM—they own your sprint outcomes and day-to-day decisions.

If an issue remains unresolved or has potential business impact, it’s escalated to Level 2 for managerial intervention.

If a risk threatens delivery, compliance, or relationship health, it goes straight to Level 3 for leadership resolution.

Why Choose Our
Pods

Each pod is healthcare-savvy, outcome-driven, and easy to scale up or down.

Healthcare-grade delivery

PHI handling SOPs, BAA support, audit logs, environment isolation

Accelerators

SyncMesh, & other frameworks to cut time-to-value by ~30–50%

Predictable
velocity

Fixed pods, clear capacity, stable burndown from sprint 2–3

No vendor
lock-in

Your repos, your cloud, your IP- full handover any time

Engagement Flow

Fit Call (45–60 min)

Goals, constraints, success metrics, data sources.

Sprint 0 (1–2 weeks)

Architecture, backlog, environments, guardrails, KPIs.

Run Sprints (2 weeks)

Build → Test → Demo → Release → Retrospective.

Monthly Governance

Steering review on outcomes, risks, staffing, ROI.

Quarterly Planning

Re-prioritize roadmap with business milestones.

Change Requests
& Flex

  • Change control via backlog re-prioritization (no new SOW for minor scope moves).
  • Add/replace roles between sprints; scale pods with one-sprint notice.
  • Pause between milestones when business context shifts.

FAQs

Our pods are flexible. If a role isn’t required for your project (e.g., a dedicated UI/UX designer), we can remove it and adjust the pod composition. The freed capacity can be reallocated to another role or converted into additional development/testing hours. Where feasible, we can also discuss a corresponding adjustment in pricing to reflect the updated team structure.

Yes. If a team member isn’t a fit, be it for technical skills, communication style, or domain understanding, we replace them within two sprint cycles at no extra cost, ensuring a smooth transition without disrupting delivery timelines.

We recommend evaluating the technical architect/lead along with the full pod as a delivery unit, rather than individually assessing each developer. To help you decide, we can run a 2–3 day mini-sprint to deliver a small, real requirement from your backlog. This gives you a clear view of how the team collaborates, solves problems, and delivers results.

For projects already in flight, we conduct a structured knowledge-transfer period before taking full ownership. This includes code walkthroughs, architecture reviews, and documentation updates to avoid delivery downtime.

Yes. We often operate as an extension of in-house teams, collaborating on shared repositories, attending your stand-ups, and aligning our sprint ceremonies with your internal cadence.

Ready to Assemble Your Pod?

Book a 30-minute fit call. We’ll map your objectives to the right pod, share an indicative plan and rate card, and start Sprint 0 within a week of signatures and access.