Development
Shipped products. Clean code. Teams that stay accountable long after the sprint ends.
Three development practices, MVP, Startup Product Development, Scale-Up Product Development, each calibrated to a different stage. Same Swiss-standard team, same clean codebase, different speed. You enter at your stage; we stay with you through the next ones.
How it works
The fastest way to scale is to validate first.
Most founders jump to build because building feels like progress. Three months later, the product exists and the market doesn't. We've seen this pattern across many startups and we've built our analysis practice specifically to interrupt it before the burn begins.
- 01
Discovery call
30 min. We understand the product, the stage, and the constraints.
- 02
Scoping workshop
We shape the first milestone together, scope, team, timeline, budget.
- 03
Team assembled
2 weeks from signed contract to integrated, sprint-ready team.
- 04
Ship + iterate
Weekly demos. Direct Slack. You're in the loop, not on the outside.
Development | MVP Development
Your first real product. Shipped in 12 weeks. Owned by you forever.
An MVP is not a prototype. It's the smallest real product that earns the right to ask: do people actually want this? We build it fast, clean, and scalable, so your Series A engineers don't throw it away.
What's included
- Product discovery + technical architecture
- Design system + UX flows
- Launch support, first 4 weeks post-ship
- Full-stack development (web + mobile as needed)
- Staging + production infrastructure
- Handover docs your future CTO will thank you for
Timeline
10–14 weeks. from kickoff to live product. Fixed team. Weekly demos. No surprise invoices.
Development | Startup Product
Past the MVP. Not yet at scale. The hardest stage, and the one we were built for.
You have users, some traction, and a roadmap growing faster than your team can ship it. We embed a dedicated product team, engineering, design, PM, that moves as fast as you do, without the technical debt that usually comes with that speed.
What's included
- Dedicated cross-functional team (3–8 people)
- Full engineering (front + back + mobile + DevOps)
- 2-week sprint cadence with weekly demos
- Product manager + tech lead from Sparkling
- Ongoing design + UX research
- Quarterly roadmap + OKR alignment with your team
Timeline
6-month minimum engagement. monthly renewal thereafter. Team scales up or down based on your roadmap.
Development | Scale-Up
Extend your engineering capacity, without the onboarding debt.
Pre-vetted engineers from our university pipeline, working in your stack, in your timezone, under your processes. Integrated within your sprint cycle in two weeks, not two months. You don't get freelancers. You get teammates.
What's included
- Pre-vetted engineers (top 3% of our university pipeline)
- Your stack, your conventions, your code review process
- Ramp-up plan, productive by week 2, fully integrated by week 6
- Integration into your Jira / Linear / sprint cadence
- Senior tech lead on every engagement (Sparkling-side)
- 1–15 engineers per engagement
Timeline
1–15 engineers per engagement. 3-month minimum. Scale up or down with 30 days' notice.
AI agents built into delivery
AI agents that accelerate delivery and empower senior developers
Sparkling AI agents handle the grunt work so senior programmers can focus on solving complex problems and delivering real impact.
Code
Generates, refactors, and improves code with context and best practices.
Test
Creates and runs tests, catches issues early, and improves coverage.
Review
Reviews code for quality, security, and consistency with clear feedback.
Document
Generates and updates documentation that stays accurate and useful.
Deploy
Automates deployments, monitors health, and ensures smooth releases.
AI agents that support senior developers, not replace them.
Swiss analytical rigour. Startup budgets.
Every engagement is led from London. Research and modelling delivered by our nearshore teams. Swiss quality at a third of Swiss rates.
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