Senior software engineering, without agency overhead

Build complex software one working milestone at a time

Describe what you need and get matched with the right senior engineer for your project, chosen on technical fit, budget, and timeline. Fund one clear phase, review working progress, and continue when you are ready.

  • Matched to your stack, budget, and timeline
  • Full-stack, frontend through infrastructure
  • Milestone-based, no large upfront payment
  • Senior engineer reviews every project

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Project

Milestone delivery

In progress
Discovery & architecture Approved
Milestone 1 - core build Approved
Milestone 2 - integrations In review
Milestone 3 - launch Planned

You fund the active phase only, never the whole project up front.

Defined & accepted

Deliverables and acceptance criteria agreed per phase.

Milestone-based delivery Review working progress No large upfront payment Defined acceptance criteria Working demos throughout Senior engineer review Full-stack ownership Vetted specialists on tap

See progress before funding the next phase

Start with one clearly defined milestone. Review real working progress before funding the next.

1

Define the milestone

Agree the deliverable, price, timeline, and acceptance criteria.

2

Fund one phase

You fund only the active milestone, not the entire project.

3

Review working progress

A staging URL, test build, demo, or screen recording - real, running software.

4

Approve & continue

Complete the milestone, release payment, and define the next phase.

Discovery, technical audits, architecture, and planning may be separately paid milestones.

Work with engineers who can take on the entire system

ZeroCut was founded by a senior full-stack product engineer with 19 years of programming experience. The founder personally reviews every incoming project and handles suitable engagements directly, and matches in a vetted engineer when a project needs additional capacity or a specific specialty.

PHP Laravel JavaScript TypeScript Node.js React Vue MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB AWS SaaS architecture API development Chrome extensions AI & RAG systems Browser automation WordPress Billing systems Telephony & real-time Security & production rescue

What we build

From a first API to a full product rescue - matched to the engineer who fits your project.

Systems built in production

Real systems with real users, uptime targets, and money moving through them. Anonymized by request.

Multi-tenant SaaS platform

Accounts, permissions, billing, APIs, notifications, cloud deployment, and monitoring - built to run many customers on one codebase.

Real-time AI sales copilot

Chrome extension with audio capture, streaming transcription, RAG script guidance, low-latency AI suggestions, and Web Store deployment.

Commercial high-performance API

Authentication, rate limiting, billing, careful database design, documentation, logging, and monitoring at low response times.

Have something to build, fix, or scale?

Tell us what you need. A senior engineer reviews every project and replies with how we would approach it - before you spend a dollar.