Web Engineering
Marketing sites, dashboards, and complex internal tools — built on Next.js, React 19, and TypeScript.
Next.jsReact 19TypeScriptTailwind
Available for new engagementsSenior-led
A software studio for teams
that care about how things ship.
Deforkbit designs and engineers production-grade web platforms, AI systems, and cloud infrastructure. Senior-led, outcome-focused, and built to last beyond the launch.
Engineering practices
4
Years of experience
6+
Continents served
4
Senior-led
100%
Serving teams in
FintechAI & MLHealthtechE-commerceSaaSDeveloper ToolsMarketing AutomationClimate TechEnterpriseMediaFintechAI & MLHealthtechE-commerceSaaSDeveloper ToolsMarketing AutomationClimate TechEnterpriseMedia
Services
Six practices. One team.
Built, shipped, and operated.
We're a tight team of senior engineers. The people who design the system are the same people who ship it and stay on call when it matters.
AI & LLM Systems
Agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, and rigorous LLM evaluation built into your product.
AgentsRAGRubricsEvals
Cloud & DevOps
AWS, Azure, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes — infrastructure as code with observability baked in.
AWSTerraformK8sDocker
Backend & Services
Distributed systems that hold up under real-world load — clean contracts, event-driven, well-tested.
NestJSFastAPIKafkaGraphQL
Mobile
Cross-platform apps with React Native. Shared types, shared logic, shipped fast.
React NativeiOSAndroidExpo
Quality & Reliability
Test strategy, E2E with Cypress, Jest unit testing, performance budgets — built in, not bolted on.
JestCypressObservabilityCI/CD
Selected work
A few systems
we're proud to have shipped.
Anonymised to respect client confidentiality. Full case studies, references, and code samples available on request.
Marketing Automation
Email platform engineered for scale
Architected a high-throughput email engine with advanced send/receive/reject actions, real-time webhooks, and AI-driven targeting across millions of campaigns a month.
- emails / month
- 10M+
- delivery uptime
- 99.97%
BackendMicroservicesAI
AI / LLM Operations
Agentic LLM training at production scale
Led the design of agentic workflows and rubric-driven LLM evaluation pipelines. Trained and reviewed thousands of high-quality tasks shipping into production AI features.
- rubric tasks
- 12k+
- missed SLAs
- 0
AIWorkflowQA
Enterprise Reporting
Reports platform for SHELL operations
Designed and shipped a Next.js reports dashboard backed by a custom Node service. Optimised data fetching and real-time updates across multi-region AWS infrastructure.
- p95 latency
- <200ms
- shipped from scratch
- 0 → 1
WebBackendCloud
How we engage
Three ways to work together.
Clear scope, clear outcome.
Pick the engagement that matches where you are. We'll tell you straight if a different one would serve you better.
Discovery Sprint
We map the system, surface the risks, and hand back a buildable plan you own.
Fixed scope1 – 2 weeks
- Architecture & data model
- Tech stack recommendation
- Scoped milestone roadmap
- Build estimate & roadmap
Product Build
End-to-end design and engineering of a v1 (or v2). Weekly demos, real launch.
End-to-end6 – 16 weeks
- Senior engineering pod
- Design system & UI
- Production deployment
- Handover & documentation
Embedded Team
We slot a senior pod into your team for a quarter or more. Standups, reviews, on-call.
RetainerOngoing
- 1 – 4 senior engineers
- Embedded in your tooling
- SLA-backed delivery
- Async-first communication
How we work
01
Senior-only by default
Every project is led by engineers with real production experience. No juniors hidden behind a senior title.
02
Outcomes, not hours
We scope to outcomes and milestones. The dashboard you see is the same one we run delivery against.
03
Built with AI in the loop
Agentic workflows, evaluation rubrics, and LLM features integrated thoughtfully where they add real value.
04
We operate what we ship
We don't disappear at handoff. SLAs, runbooks, on-call — production is part of the deliverable.
Available for new engagements
Have an idea?
Let's ship it.
We respond to every inbound within one business day with concrete next steps — not a sales pitch. Tell us what you're working on.