Function cockpit
Engineering
Agents build, test and document. Engineers own architecture and release.
Phase: Phase 3 — Functional orchestration
Run the intent-to-release graph as a governed system: decomposition, code generation, testing, documentation, vulnerability detection and deployment preparation are agent work; product intent, architecture and production release remain human.
Trust score
0
Touchless
0%
Human review
0%
Override rate
0%
Capacity released
25-40% engineering capacity in selected software-factory settings (case-specific)
Accountable human
Chief Technology Officer
CoS agent: Engineering Chief of Staff
Cost to serve per unit including inference, and where the capacity went
Unit economics
What a unit of Engineering work costs to serve
Cost per unit is stated after inference, not before it. Model spend, retrieval, evaluation and the human review time that agents still trigger are all inside the number. A cost-per-unit figure that excludes inference is a marketing number.
Units per week
116,848
Cost to serve / wk
$1.3M
was $3.9M
Run-rate saving
$133.8M
annualized at current volume
Inference spend / wk
$294K
22% of cost to serve
Capacity released
248.4 FTE
626 → 377 on the work
Cost to serve by sub-function
Before and after, per unit, with the inference component shown separately.
| Sub-function | Units / wk | Cost / unit before | Cost / unit now | Of which inference | Change | Weekly delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio & Intake | 4,462 | $42 | $15 | $1.97 | -64% | $120K |
| Architecture & Design | 6,946 | $21 | $8.80 | $1.44 | -59% | $87K |
| Build | 15,527 | $40 | $15 | $3.40 | -63% | $390K |
| Code Review & Quality | 9,574 | $47 | $14 | $1.78 | -69% | $312K |
| Test & Assurance | 16,000 | $13 | $4.20 | $0.78 | -68% | $142K |
| Release & Deployment | 14,063 | $21 | $6.74 | $1.50 | -68% | $199K |
| Site Reliability | 16,109 | $24 | $6.59 | $1.78 | -72% | $273K |
| Technical Debt | 12,503 | $43 | $17 | $4.79 | -61% | $323K |
| Developer Experience | 13,955 | $36 | $13 | $3.05 | -65% | $321K |
| Security Engineering | 7,570 | $47 | $13 | $3.00 | -72% | $258K |
| Engineering Analytics | 139 | $2K | $441 | $125 | -71% | $148K |
| Total | 116,848 | $3.9M | $1.3M | $294K | -66% | $2.6M |
Inference is a variable cost that scales with volume, unlike the headcount it replaced. If volume doubles, the inference column doubles. That is the honest trade being made here.
Where the released capacity went
Capacity that is not redeployed is not a saving, it is a rounding error waiting to be re-hired.
Portfolio & Intake
34.2 → 22.6 FTE
Redeployed into control design and independent testing.
Architecture & Design
51.4 → 31.9 FTE
Redeployed into exception judgment and supplier relationship work.
Build
80.1 → 40.7 FTE
Redeployed into customer-facing escalation ownership.
Code Review & Quality
57.7 → 40.8 FTE
Redeployed into agent supervision, calibration and coaching.
Test & Assurance
84.5 → 54.9 FTE
Roles held flat; released hours absorbed volume growth rather than headcount reduction.
Release & Deployment
56.7 → 31.2 FTE
Redeployed into agent supervision, calibration and coaching.
Site Reliability
97.2 → 61.8 FTE
Redeployed into scenario work and strategy authoring review.
Technical Debt
51.0 → 33.6 FTE
Roles held flat; released hours absorbed volume growth rather than headcount reduction.
Developer Experience
62.9 → 30.0 FTE
Redeployed into cross-function process redesign.
Security Engineering
39.4 → 23.2 FTE
Redeployed into exception judgment and supplier relationship work.
Engineering Analytics
10.7 → 6.7 FTE
Redeployed into customer-facing escalation ownership.