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Zero to scale

SaaS development, from blank repository to production SLA

Most SaaS products do not fail because the idea was wrong. They fail because the first architecture could not survive the tenth customer, and rewriting it cost the year that mattered. We build the version that scales, and we do it in sprints you can inspect.

Isolation
Row-level security
Onboarding
Self-serve
Delivery
2-week sprints
What we build

The work itself, described plainly

Multi-tenant architecture that isolates by default

Tenant isolation is a design decision, not a feature you retrofit. We model it explicitly — row-level security, per-tenant encryption keys where the data warrants it, and a data access layer where forgetting the tenant filter is a compile error rather than a breach.

Billing, metering and entitlements wired together

Usage metering that reconciles with the invoice, plan entitlements enforced in one place rather than scattered through the UI, and self-serve upgrades that do not need an engineer. Stripe or your billing provider of choice, integrated so finance and product read the same numbers.

A design system, not a pile of components

Tokens, primitives and patterns documented well enough that a new engineer ships a consistent screen in week one. This is what keeps a product feeling coherent after twenty people have touched it.

Compliance-ready engineering practice

Audit logging, access review, environment separation and change control set up from the start, so a SOC 2 or ISO process later is an evidence-gathering exercise rather than a re-architecture.

Performance treated as a requirement

Budgets for Core Web Vitals and API latency agreed during discovery, enforced in CI, and visible on a dashboard. If we say the product is fast, there is a number behind it.

Deliverables

What you receive

  • Multi-tenant architecture & billing
  • Design systems and component libraries
  • Usage metering, entitlements, RBAC
  • SOC 2 aligned engineering practice
Questions

SaaS Product Engineering, answered

Can you take over an existing SaaS codebase?

Yes. We start with a short architecture review that tells you plainly what is worth keeping, what needs replacing, and in what order — before anyone commits to a rewrite. Most takeovers do not need one.

How do you handle multi-tenancy for regulated customers?

We agree the isolation model during discovery against the standard your auditors apply. That ranges from row-level security in a shared database to a dedicated schema or a dedicated instance per tenant, and the right answer depends on your buyers, not on our preference.

Do you build the mobile app too?

Yes, in React Native or native Swift where the product justifies it. In most cases we recommend proving the web product first and following with mobile once the core flows have stopped moving.

Related

Often scoped together

Need saas product engineering?

Tell us what you are building. You will hear back from an engineer, not a sales development rep — usually within one business day.

San Francisco, CA · Serving clients in 30+ countries