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WORK WITH US

Build with us.

Two ways in: join the senior bench we staff projects from, or route work to us and ship it under your own brand. Same bar either way — senior hands, fixed scope, no drama.

I'm a contractorI want to partner
FOR CONTRACTORS

Senior contractors — real briefs, fixed scope.

We staff client work from a small bench of senior freelancers. No juniors on client projects, no hourly babysitting — a clear scope, a deadline, and the room to ship it your way.

WHO WE BRING ON
  • Laravel & PHP, plus Postgres, queues and the boring infrastructure that keeps apps up
  • React, Inertia and TypeScript — product-grade frontend, not glued-together templates
  • AI & automation: RAG pipelines, agents, MCP servers, n8n workflows wired into real products
  • Android & mobile (Kotlin / Jetpack Compose), and product design where a build needs it

The bar: you've shipped things that stayed shipped, you scope your own work, and you can talk to a client without a babysitter.

WHAT YOU GET
  • Real briefs from paying clients — not busywork, not spec work
  • Fixed scope and a clear deadline instead of an hourly meter someone watches
  • A rate we agree up front, per project
  • Senior peers, code review and clean handoff standards
  • Your work shipped under NDA — nothing appears in our portfolio without your say-so

Project-based and remote. We won't pretend there's guaranteed volume — you take the briefs that fit.

HOW IT WORKS
1
Apply with real workSend two or three links to things you actually built and shipped. Code, live products, case studies — proof over a CV.
2
A short call and a paid trialA quick conversation, then a small paid task so we both see how you scope and ship before anything rides on it.
3
We match you to briefsWhen a client brief fits your skills and your availability, we bring it to you — not the other way around.
4
Fixed scope, you shipA clear scope and a deadline. You build it, we handle the client, and you get paid on the number we agreed.
FOR PARTNERS

Ship under your brand.

Agencies, consultancies and studios route work to us when they're over capacity or need a skill they don't staff. We build quietly; you ship it as your own. It's the same white-label engagement we cover in full on our agencies page.

HOW IT WORKS
1
Send the briefTell us what your client needs. Rough is fine — we'll ask the questions that turn it into a scope.
2
We lock one numberOne fixed price for the whole build. No hourly meter, no scope-creep invoices landing on your desk.
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We build, quietlySenior delivery with weekly demos you can forward to your client as your own progress.
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Ship as your ownYour brand on the front, IP assigned to you, under NDA. The client never sees us.
WHAT PARTNERS GET
  • One fixed number, agreed before we start — no surprise invoices
  • Your brand on the front; our name nowhere the client can see it
  • Weekly demos you can forward to your client as your own progress
  • NDA-backed, IP assigned to you, optional maintenance after launch
  • Priority scheduling for standing partners who send us regular work
QUESTIONS

The honest answers.

Do you hire full-time employees?

Not right now — this is contract, project-based work. You take the briefs that fit your skills and your availability, and there is no forced full-time commitment.

What do contractors get paid?

A rate we agree up front, per project, against a fixed scope — not an hourly meter we watch. Tell us your rate when you apply and we will be straight with you about whether a brief fits it.

Is the trial task paid?

Yes. The short trial task is paid work, not spec work. We are testing how you scope and ship, and we pay for your time doing it.

Where are you based, and does my timezone matter?

We are remote and async-first and work across timezones. Where you are matters less than whether you communicate clearly and hit the dates you commit to.

Do you sign our NDA, and who owns the code?

Yes, we work under NDA, and the client or partner owns the IP — that is the entire point of a white-label build. Nothing you ship for us shows up in our portfolio without permission.

Is there guaranteed volume of work?

No, and we will not pretend otherwise. Briefs come when they fit your skills and our pipeline. We would rather be honest about that than over-promise a pipeline we cannot guarantee.

Two doors, one team.

Tell us which one you're walking through and we'll reply within a day.

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