You don't need a bigger team. You need one senior engineer who owns the outcome. I came up at Chronicler, an a16z-backed startup, working alongside ex-Meta engineers, and I build the way that demands: real architecture, honest tradeoff calls, and code that still holds up after launch. When something doesn't make sense for your product, I'll tell you and bring a better option. You get senior judgment from day one, not just someone closing tickets.