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Product Design
Research, UX, and interface design that turns fuzzy ideas into shippable, opinionated products.
- + Discovery & strategy
- + UX / UI design
- + Design systems
- + Prototyping
// product engineering studio
We build software that ships.
From zero to launch — smax partners with founders and product teams to design, engineer, and ship web & mobile software that holds up in production.
Available for new projects — Q3 2026
TypeScript / React / Next.js / Astro / React Native / Node / Postgres / Rust / Go / AWS / Vercel / AI / LLMs / Design Systems / TypeScript / React / Next.js / Astro / React Native / Node / Postgres / Rust / Go / AWS / Vercel / AI / LLMs / Design Systems /
01 — services
What we do
A small senior team that takes products from idea to in-market, then keeps them sharp.
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Web Engineering
Fast, resilient web apps built on a modern type-safe stack — from marketing sites to complex dashboards.
- + Full-stack web apps
- + Astro / Next.js
- + APIs & infra
- + Performance
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Mobile Apps
Cross-platform iOS & Android apps that feel native, ship fast, and share a codebase with the web.
- + React Native
- + iOS & Android
- + Offline-first
- + App store launch
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AI Integration
Practical AI features — search, agents, copilots — wired into your product with real guardrails.
- + LLM features
- + RAG & search
- + Agents & tooling
- + Evals
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Platform & DevOps
The unglamorous foundation: CI/CD, observability, and infrastructure that lets you ship daily.
- + Cloud infra
- + CI/CD
- + Observability
- + Security
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Fractional Team
Embed smax as your product & engineering team — senior throughput without the headcount.
- + Embedded squad
- + Tech leadership
- + Roadmapping
- + Hiring support
02 — selected work
Things we've shipped
A few recent builds. ⟨Replace these with your real case studies.⟩
Helm
12k+ daily active dispatchers 01 ⟨Logistics startup⟩ · 2026
Helm
A real-time fleet operations platform replacing a tangle of spreadsheets — live tracking, dispatch, and billing in one place.
Next.js Postgres Maps Realtime
View case study
→ Cadence
4.8★ · 90k installs in 6 months 02 ⟨Health & wellness⟩ · 2025
Cadence
A cross-platform habit & coaching app with offline sync and an AI accountability copilot.
React Native AI Offline-first
View case study
→ Ledger Atlas
3.2s → 0.4s report load 03 ⟨Fintech⟩ · 2025
Ledger Atlas
A finance data warehouse and dashboard suite — collapsing a 3-second report load to near-instant.
Rust Analytics Dashboards
View case study
→ Bloom
+38% checkout conversion 04 ⟨D2C commerce⟩ · 2024
Bloom
A headless storefront and subscription engine rebuilt for speed, lifting conversion across every funnel step.
Astro Commerce Edge
View case study
→ 03 — clients
Teams we've built with
smax shipped in eight weeks what our last vendor couldn't in a year. They operate like an in-house team that already gets it.
⟨Jordan Reyes⟩
⟨CEO⟩ · ⟨Helm⟩
The bar for quality was relentless — code, design, the details. Our app's rating went up the week they took over.
⟨Priya Nair⟩
⟨Head of Product⟩ · ⟨Cadence⟩
They cut our core report time by 8x and made our infra something we no longer worry about. Worth every cent.
⟨Marco Silva⟩
⟨CTO⟩ · ⟨Ledger Atlas⟩
04 — start a project
Let's build something.
Tell us what you're working on. We reply to every serious inquiry within one business day.