Principal-led engineering & development
Thoughtful Engineering, Built by Partners.
We are a duo of senior engineers and product-minded designers—with 20+ years of experience at Google, Noom, and GEICO—who pair technical rigor with a creative, human-centered approach. The result is robust, intuitive software that solves complex challenges.
Schedule a Discovery CallMeet Your Engineering Partners
We think you should have direct access to senior experts when building your software. With a combined 20+ years of experience leading projects at Google, Noom, and GEICO, we are the partners that personally architect and write the code for your critical initiatives.
Kate Chumbarova
Principal Engineer, Product & Data
A former Principal ML Engineer at GEICO and Software Engineer at Google, Kate holds a Master's in Data Science from UC Berkeley. She specializes in transforming complex data into intuitive, high-performance user experiences that drive results.
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Ian Gienger
Principal Architect, Systems & Infrastructure
A former senior software engineer and technical leader at Google, Ian architects cloud systems that bring creative visions to life with precision and performance. He values human-centric design & business practicality as much as engineering excellence.
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We provide focused, principal-level expertise across the entire product lifecycle. Whether you're a founder needing a prototype, a business with a legacy system, or a team requiring deep architectural guidance, we are your dedicated partners.
MVP & Prototype Development
We transform clear business concepts into robust, market-ready applications, helping you validate ideas and secure your next round of funding.
Technical Rescue & Modernization
We dive into complex codebases to resolve critical performance issues, upgrade legacy systems, and untangle the knots left by previous teams.
Custom Cloud & Data Solutions
We design and build the reliable, scalable infrastructure and data pipelines that power business growth and unlock new opportunities.
Our Work in Action
From initial idea to full-scale data infrastructure, here's how we help our partners succeed.
Alumni Finder Prototype
A rapidly-developed prototype to validate a business idea for connecting schools with their alumni using publicly available data.
Giving Data SaaS Platform
Transformed a client's legacy Excel donor database into a user-facing SaaS product with a full-featured API and web app.
Live Giving Data Pipeline
An automated cloud system that finds millions of public donor records to enrich non-profit CRMs with actionable insights.
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