TypeScript Developer
for SaaS

The startup tech stack problem is really a people problem disguised as a technology problem. You don't have dedicated DevOps engineers. You don't have a security team. You might not have any full-time engineers at all. The stack must accommodate this reality. Next.js on Vercel solves the deployment problem: push to GitHub, it's live. PostgreSQL on Neon or Supabase solves the database problem: no instance management, automatic backups, point-in-time recovery. Stripe solves the payment problem: subscriptions, invoicing, fraud detection, and tax compliance in a single integration. This isn't about finding the theoretically best technology. It's about removing operational burden so you can focus on the only thing that matters: building something people want. Every hour spent debugging Kubernetes is an hour not spent talking to customers. Every sprint dedicated to building authentication is a sprint not dedicated to your core product. TypeScript specifically deserves the productivity investment from day one. The learning curve is real but short. Within two weeks, every engineer is faster with TypeScript than without. More importantly, TypeScript captures institutional knowledge in a way that comments and documentation never do. When you're hiring your second engineer, the types explain what the first engineer built. This compounds as the team grows.

I work with startups as a technical advisor, not a contractor. The distinction matters: contractors build what you specify; advisors help you figure out what to specify. My engagement starts with understanding your business model, your runway, and your team. The technical strategy flows from these constraints. For pre-seed and seed startups, the goal is validating the core hypothesis with minimal technology investment. I'll help you scope an MVP that can ship in 6-8 weeks, with clear upgrade paths when each feature proves valuable. We'll document every shortcut so you know exactly what technical debt you're taking on and why. For post-seed startups with product-market fit signals, the focus shifts to scalability and operational maturity. This is when we refactor the MVP shortcuts, implement proper monitoring and alerting, and prepare the codebase for team growth. The goal is making the next ten hires productive within their first week. Throughout both phases, I'm available for ad-hoc technical consultation: reviewing third-party vendor proposals, evaluating build-vs-buy decisions, interviewing engineering candidates, and preparing for investor technical diligence. The relationship is ongoing advisory, not project-based development. My incentive aligns with yours: if your startup succeeds, my reputation benefits. I'm not optimizing for billable hours; I'm optimizing for your outcome.