Service Line 02 · Forward-Deployed Engineering

Engineers Who Embed, Integrate and Ship Production Agents

Most AI projects stall between a promising demo and legacy enterprise systems. Nexus Aspire Forward-Deployed Engineering (FDE) embeds 2–3 senior engineers directly with your team for 6–12 week outcome-owned sprints—integrating the Tusha Yaji agent harness and delivering through Tusha Thyme.

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Engagement Model

2–3 Embedded Engineers · 6–12 Week Sprints · Outcome-Owned

Weeks 1–2

System Mapping & Security Boundaries

2–3 forward-deployed engineers embed with your domain and infrastructure teams, map data models and APIs, and define protected-file and approval boundaries.

Weeks 3–6

Core Integration & Governed Agent Build

We connect agents on the Tusha Yaji harness to your ERPs, CRMs, telco OSS/BSS or payment gateways, shipping every commit through Tusha Thyme verification gates.

Weeks 7–10

Shadow Operations & Operator Training

Agents run in supervised production with human approval queues, telemetry dashboards and incident runbooks tested alongside your staff.

Weeks 11–12

Production Handover or Managed Operate

Full code, runbook and governance transfer to your internal engineering team—or transition to an ongoing SLA-backed operate retainer.

Systems Integration Scope

What Our Forward-Deployed Squads Integrate

Agents are only useful when they can read and act across your existing operational systems with strict role-based access and human approval gates.

Enterprise resource planning (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo)
CRM & service desks (Salesforce, HubSpot, Zendesk, Freshdesk, custom WhatsApp desks)
Telecom OSS/BSS, network telemetry (Starlink, Mikrotik, UniFi, SNMP/Netconf)
Identity, SSO & directory services (Keycloak, Active Directory, Okta, OIDC/SAML)
Regional & global payment rails (Paystack, Flutterwave, NIBSS, Stripe)
Data warehouses & sovereign PostgreSQL / Supabase / BigQuery estates

Governed Pipeline · Tusha Thyme

How We Run Delivery Through Tusha Thyme

Every Nexus Aspire FDE squad uses Tusha Thyme—Tusha AI's software factory blend—so your engineering leadership gets deterministic verification on every change:

Isolated git worktrees: every ticket builds in a clean checkout without touching your primary branch.
Automated acceptance gates: sandboxed builds and domain assertions must pass before human review.
Independent review: dual-model and senior FDE sign-off on every pull request.

Forward-Deployed Engineering FAQ

How is Forward-Deployed Engineering different from traditional IT outsourcing?

Traditional agencies hand over slide decks or disconnected prototypes. Nexus Aspire forward-deployed engineers sit inside your operational rhythms, write production connectors against your live systems, and own measurable operational outcomes.

How do you use Tusha Thyme during an engagement?

Every integration and agent workflow we build is managed as structured tickets on Tusha Thyme—executing in isolated git worktrees with runnable sandboxed acceptance checks and independent review before merge.

Who owns the custom integrations and intellectual property?

Your organization owns all bespoke integration code, configurations and customer memory vaults produced during the engagement, while benefiting from the underlying Tusha Yaji harness.

Can your engineers work on-site or inside air-gapped environments?

Yes. Our forward-deployed teams operate across hybrid, on-site and sovereign on-premises environments across Nigeria, West Africa and international hubs.

Scope Your First 6-Week FDE Sprint

Tell us which systems and workflows you need integrated, and we will assemble a forward-deployed squad and rollout plan.

Book an FDE Scoping Call