Custom Software
Software built like it has to last
Platforms, portals, and internal tools — architected and shipped by one senior team. You see it running on day 7, not in a deck on week 6.
Proof, not promises.
We've been shipping custom software since 2014 with a 50+ senior, remote-first team. These are the numbers we hold ourselves to on every engagement — ask us for the ones we missed, too.
to your first live demo — real code on a real URL
to a shippable slice your users can touch
Lighthouse performance score at launch
stay on a Care plan after handover
What we build
Four kinds of systems. All of them boring to operate.
Boring is the compliment: predictable deploys, readable code, dashboards nobody has to babysit.
Web Applications
Dashboards, portals, and internal tools that replace the spreadsheet nobody admits runs the company.
SaaS Platforms
Multi-tenant from the first commit — billing, roles, and audit trails included, not bolted on.
Enterprise Portals
Role-based systems that pass your security team's review the first time.
Legacy Modernization
Strangler-pattern re-platforms. The old system keeps running until the new one has earned trust.
How we deliver
Five steps. No black box.
Product Strategy
One week: requirements, architecture decision records, and a stack you can hire for.
UX Prototyping
Clickable flows validated with your users before a line of production code.
Agile Sprints
CI/CD from day one, automated tests, a live demo every Friday.
QA & Security
Pen testing, peer review on every merge, SOC2 / HIPAA / GDPR readiness.
Continuous Delivery
Zero-downtime deploys, 24/7 monitoring, and a runbook your team actually uses.
Delivery tooling
The unglamorous machinery behind every build.
Boring to operate is a feature. This is the standing infrastructure that makes our systems predictable long after handover.
Built to stay up
Zero-downtime deploys and 24/7 monitoring keep client platforms at four-nines availability.
Pass security review, first time
Pen testing, dependency scanning, and SOC2 / HIPAA / GDPR-ready controls baked into the pipeline.
Every commit, visible
You watch the build from day one — CI results, preview deploys, and architecture notes land as they happen.
Runbooks, not tribal knowledge
Deploys, rollbacks, and log access are documented commands your team can run without calling us.
Two ways to engage
Fixed scope, or an embedded pod.
Fixed-scope build
Best when the problem is well defined.
- Locked spec, locked price, locked date — changes go through a written change order, not a surprise invoice.
- Typical range: 8–16 weeks, one delivery pod of 3–5 seniors.
- Full IP and repo transfer at delivery, with docs and a recorded architecture walkthrough.
- 30-day defect warranty included.
Embedded product pod
Best when the roadmap is alive.
- A dedicated pod inside your rituals — your standup, your Slack, your definition of done.
- Monthly rolling engagement; scale from 2 to 8 people with 2 weeks' notice.
- Velocity reported in shipped features, not hours logged.
- This is the model 84% of our clients graduate into.
Why our engineers
Senior only. Your repo, your rules.
Domain depth
Fintech ledgers, HIPAA-bound healthcare flows, multi-tenant SaaS — we've shipped in regulated rooms.
Cloud-native by default
Infrastructure as code, autoscaling, and a monthly bill you can explain to finance.
Transparent code
You watch every commit land from day one. Full IP ownership at delivery — no hostage repos.
Support that stays
Care plans cover monitoring, patches, and iteration. 84% of clients keep one running.
Case study — Vantage
A 14-year-old claims system, re-platformed with zero downtime.
Eleven months, strangler pattern, both systems live in parallel until parity was proven. The old vendor said it would take three years.
What partners say
Trusted by founders and product leaders.
"Their technical depth and communication set a bar our internal team now measures against."
"Demo on day 7, exactly as promised. We stopped checking references after week two."
"They solved architecture problems our last vendor couldn't even scope."
FAQ
Answers to common questions.
What technology stacks do you use?+
TypeScript, React, Node, Go, and Postgres on AWS or GCP. We pick stacks you can hire for locally — not whatever is trending this quarter.
Who owns the IP?+
You do, in writing, from the contract's first page. Full repo and infra handover at delivery — no hostage code, no licensing tail.
How do you handle data security?+
Encryption at rest and in transit, least-privilege access, dependency scanning on CI, and SOC2 / HIPAA / GDPR-ready practices when you need auditors satisfied.
Can you scale the team?+
Pods flex from 2 to 8 seniors with two weeks' notice — up for a launch push, down after. You never pay for bench.
Next step
Bring us the system nobody wants to touch.
A 45-minute technical scoping call. You leave with an architecture sketch, a realistic timeline, and a number — whether or not you hire us.