What we build — and what we run.
Five service lines, one engineering standard. Stratus designs, builds and operates the systems serious capital depends on — from research and data to the platforms your team lives in every day. We don't hand over and disappear; everything we ship, we're prepared to run.
Five practices, one standard.
Each practice stands on its own. Together they cover the full stack — the model, the data underneath it and the machine that runs it.
Custom software engineering
Trading infrastructure, client platforms and the internal systems your firm runs on — designed, built and owned end to end. Institutional standards from the first commit: tested, documented, monitored.
Learn more → 02Data & analytics
Ingestion pipelines, warehousing and real-time market data engineered into one dependable layer. Dashboards and decision tooling that turn raw feeds into something a desk can act on.
Learn more → 03Quantitative research
Signal discovery, backtesting frameworks and strategy R&D across equities, FX, rates and commodities. 25+ strategies engineered and deployed since inception — research built to survive out of sample.
Learn more → 04Strategy for funds & family offices
Operational strategy, execution design and risk frameworks for hedge funds and multi-family offices. We work at the level where investment intent becomes daily operation.
Learn more → 05AI & automation
Models, agents and workflow automation that close the gap between decision and execution. Deployed with the same controls and monitoring as everything else we run.
Learn more →The standard behind all five
Whatever the practice, the discipline is identical: written scope before work begins, tested and documented engineering, and 24/7 monitoring on everything we operate. See how we deliver ↓
Three ways to work with us.
Choose the shape of the engagement. The standard — and the people — stay the same.
Project delivery
A fixed scope, a fixed date and a fixed price — agreed in writing before work begins. Built for well-defined outcomes: a platform to ship, a pipeline to stand up, a strategy taken from thesis to production.
- Written scope and milestone plan before kickoff
- Weekly progress against committed milestones
- Full handover — documentation, tests and training
Managed systems
We design it, build it and then run it in production — monitoring, alerting, incident response and continuous improvement, 24/7. You own the outcome; we own the uptime.
- 24/7 observability, alerting and on-call response
- Scheduled maintenance, upgrades and capacity planning
- A named owner accountable for every system
Embedded capability
Our engineers, analysts and researchers work inside your workflow — your standards, your tools, your cadence. Senior capability without building the function in-house.
- Specialists integrated with your team and tooling
- Scope that flexes as your roadmap moves
- Knowledge transfer built into the engagement
How engagements evolve
Most partnerships begin as a bounded project and graduate to managed operation once the system has earned its place on the desk. Not sure which model fits? Book a briefing — we'll look at the problem and recommend one.
The same rails, every engagement.
Whichever model you choose, delivery runs on the same four steps — visible milestones, no surprises, a firm date.
Discovery
We map the desk, the data and the friction. You get a written scope, a fixed timeline and a price before a line is written.
Architecture
Systems designed for institutional load — security, auditability and monitoring specified up front, not bolted on later.
Build & test
Shipped in reviewable increments with automated testing. You see progress weekly, against the milestones we committed to.
Deploy & monitor
Live with 24/7 monitoring, alerting and circuit-breakers. We own the system in production, not just at handover.
Tell us what needs to exist.
Bring us the strategy to build, the platform to replace or the desk to automate. We'll come back with a scope, a price and a date.