Independent engineering studio
Senior software and AI studio. Platforms, SaaS, and AI features built to enterprise standards. You talk to the engineer.
30 minutes, free. You talk to the engineer who'd do the work.
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one week turnaround · €750
Know exactly what to build before spending real money. A working session plus a written roadmap: what to build first, what to skip, what it will cost, and the fastest safe way to ship it.
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2-3 weeks · from €7,500
Ship one production-grade AI capability into your product: a RAG assistant over your data, an agentic workflow, document intelligence, or a customer-facing bot. With evaluation, guardrails, and monitoring. Not a demo that falls over in front of users.
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4-8 weeks · from €18,000
From validated idea to a deployed, monitored product: web platforms, SaaS, and mobile apps. Boring, proven architecture where possible; sophisticated only where it earns its keep. You get weekly demos of working software, never slide decks.
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ongoing · monthly · from €4,500/mo
Senior engineering capacity without a senior hire: architecture reviews, hard bugs, AI feature work, and mentoring for your existing team. Direct communication with the senior engineer doing the work, no agency layer.
The process is designed around one idea: you should never wonder what's happening with your project or your money.
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30 minutes, free. We establish what you're building, what's blocking you, and whether we're the right fit. If we're not, we'll say so and point you somewhere better.
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Within 48 hours you get a fixed scope, a price, and a timeline in writing, including what's explicitly out of scope. No surprises invoiced later.
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Every week ends with a demo of deployed software and a short written update. You always know where the project stands.
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You own the code, the infrastructure, and the accounts from day one. Handover includes documentation and a walkthrough. No lock-in, ever.
We're not the cheapest option, and we'll never pretend to be. What you get for the price is judgment, evidence, and software that holds up after launch.
No account managers, no juniors doing the work behind a senior's face. Whoever is on the call is writing the code.
Proven tools for the foundation, sophistication only where it creates advantage. Your product shouldn't be our experiment.
Every AI feature ships with an evaluation harness. If quality can't be measured, it isn't done.
Proposals state what's included, what isn't, and what it costs. Change requests are welcome. They get priced, not smuggled in.
TypeScript / React / Next.js / Node.js / Python / PostgreSQL / Anthropic / OpenAI APIs / RAG & Evals / AWS / Vercel / Docker / CI/CD
I spent more than a decade engineering inside large enterprise environments, the kind where downtime has a price tag and “works on my machine” isn't an answer. I started MoonShift Lab to bring that standard to founders and product teams who need things built right the first time.
I run the studio deliberately small: few projects, full attention, no account managers, no juniors behind a senior's face. When you book a call, I'm the one who picks up, and I'm the one who writes the code.
Founder, MoonShift Lab
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Tell us what you're building. You'll get a straight answer about whether we can help, what it costs, and how long it takes. No obligation, and no sales script.
or email directly: contact@moonshiftlab.com