Bitwise Engineering · AI & agentic systems
Production AI is an integration problem.
We help teams ship reliable AI products — not demos. From prototype to production, with the systems thinking real workloads need.
What we do
01 / Agentic
Agent infrastructure
The substrate production agents need: memory, tool-use, evaluation loops, observability, guardrails.
good fit when → your agent works in dev, breaks under real traffic
02 / Agentic
AI integration
Embedding LLMs and agents into existing products without rebuilding the product around them.
good fit when → you have a real product and a small AI surface area to add
03 / Systems
Distributed systems
Backend architecture, scaling, event-driven coordination, multi-tenant data isolation.
good fit when → traffic is growing faster than the architecture
04 / Systems
Data platforms
Pipelines, warehouses, analytics infrastructure that holds up when the dashboards stop being optional.
good fit when → analytics is becoming load-bearing
05 / Engagement
Architect on call
Recurring senior review on a small retainer — design reviews, code reviews, second opinions.
good fit when → you have a team, but no one to bounce hard calls off
06 / Engagement
Discovery & due diligence
2-4 week engagement that ends with an architecture document and a recommendation you can act on.
good fit when → leadership needs an outside read before committing
Approach
"Most AI projects don't fail in the model. They fail at the seams between systems."
Our specialty is integration: understanding complex systems and getting them to work together for production use. It's a rare skill, and one that gets harder — not easier — when an autonomous agent enters the loop.
Read the full approach →About
Bitwise Engineering is led by Shawn McKenney, an integration engineer with 25+ years across national labs (Los Alamos, Fermilab), production financial systems, and high-performance computing partnerships with NVIDIA and IBM on OpenPower.
More about us →Have a system that needs a second mind?
30-minute discovery call. No obligation, no pitch — we listen first.