Product Engineering

Platforms, web and mobile products built to carry AI

An AI feature needs a product around it: data model, APIs, permissions, interface, tests. We build that product with senior teams, show working software in 2 weeks and keep it running after launch.

Product engineering is our end-to-end service for building platforms, web applications and mobile apps, from discovery and MVP to launch and post-launch support. It is for companies that need a production-grade product built by a senior team, including startups and scale-ups, and for operators who want AI features inside a product that will hold up.

to a first working demo
2 weeks
senior-level engineers in San Francisco, Kraków and Dnipro
200
system integrations completed
4,000+
of clients stay longer than 12 months
89%
The problem

Why most products are not ready for the AI you want in them

A model is a small part of an AI feature. The rest is product: a data model the feature can trust, APIs it can call, permissions that decide what it may do, an interface that shows its confidence and lets a person overrule it, and tests that catch regressions when the model changes. Without that, a working demo turns into an integration project nobody budgeted for.

The numbers bear this out. 88% of organizations use AI in at least one function and fewer than 10% have scaled it in any of them. MIT found that external partnerships reach deployment twice as often as internal builds, 67% against 33%, largely because the partner brings the product engineering the internal team was never staffed for.

Speed still matters. Startups and product teams cannot wait a quarter to see something work. The answer is not a smaller team. It is a senior one that ships a usable increment every two weeks and includes QA, business analysis and project management instead of billing them as extras.

What we do

Capabilities

Product discovery and MVP

From an idea or a backlog to a scoped, validated first version.

  • Product vision, scope, timeline and market positioning
  • Business analysis: user needs, competitors, requirements and priorities
  • Solution architecture with a technical justification per feature
  • Clickable prototype before development starts
  • MVP or proof of concept scoped to test one hypothesis with real users or investors

Platform and product development

Multi-tenant SaaS and internal platforms designed for the load, the team and the AI you will add.

  • Microservices or modular monolith, chosen for the team you will actually have
  • REST and GraphQL APIs designed for internal use and for partners
  • Multi-tenancy: isolation, billing, role-based authorization
  • Event streaming and background processing for high-volume operations
  • Hooks for AI features: data contracts, permissions, evaluation and feedback capture

Web applications

Enterprise web apps, portals and single-page applications that run hundreds of business processes.

  • Enterprise web apps: CRM, supply chain platforms, document management
  • Customer and partner portals with self-service workflows
  • Single-page and progressive web apps in React, Angular or Nuxt
  • API development and third-party integration
  • Redesign and modernization of existing web products

Mobile applications

Native when platform features matter, cross-platform when time-to-market matters.

  • Native iOS and Android with Swift and Kotlin
  • Cross-platform with React Native, Flutter, or Ionic and Capacitor
  • Offline-first and field workflows for operations teams
  • Integration with backend APIs, payments and analytics
  • App store release, monitoring and OS-version maintenance

Quality assurance and automated testing

Testing is a role on the team from the first sprint, not a phase before launch.

  • Test strategy per release: functional, integration, performance, security
  • Automated regression suites running in CI
  • Load and stress tests before launch
  • Usability testing with real users
  • ISTQB-certified QA engineers on every team

Integration and APIs

Products rarely work alone. We have connected 4,000+ systems since 2012.

  • ERP, WMS, TMS, CRM, EHR and CLM connectors
  • Carrier, payment and identity provider integrations
  • Adapters for EDI, SOAP, REST and XML with asynchronous processing
  • Error interpretation and retry logic that users can act on
  • Test environments for partners that do not provide their own

Post-launch support and evolution

The same team stays on, so context is not lost at handover.

  • Monitoring, incident response and SLAs
  • Regular updates, security patches and dependency upgrades
  • Roadmap driven by usage data and user feedback
  • Scaling of infrastructure and team as demand grows
  • Knowledge transfer and documentation if you bring the product in-house
In production

How we deliver

The three things clients have chosen us for since 2012: speed, flexibility, and a full delivery team. Plus support after launch.

01

Senior teams only

We engage senior-level engineers, 200 of them across San Francisco, Kraków and Dnipro, with 100+ certifications including AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, ISTQB and Oracle Java. Teams are assembled for your product, not pulled from a bench.

02

Working software in 2 weeks

Two-week Scrum sprints, each ending in a demo of running software. Give us an assignment today and you see something working in as little as 2 weeks. Progress is visible, not reported.

03

Expert PM, QA and BA included

Every team ships with project management, quality assurance and business analysis. We study the commercial side, keep the workflow steady and hold delivery quality, so you are not staffing those roles yourself.

04

Flexibility and post-launch support

Changing requirements are welcome, even late in development. Engagement models let you scale the team up or down as the product moves. After launch we stay on for maintenance and the next roadmap; 89% of clients work with us longer than 12 months.

Proof

What we have built

All case studies

How it works

How we work with you

  1. 01

    Discovery and research

    Goals, users, market and constraints. Business analysis produces requirements and a roadmap; architecture produces the technical plan and stack. You get a proposal with scope, team and cost within days.

  2. 02

    Design and prototyping

    Wireframes, UI kit and a clickable prototype that mimics the user journey. Usability issues are fixed here, where they cost hours instead of sprints.

  3. 03

    Development and testing

    Two-week sprints, each ending in a demo of working software. Automated tests run in CI and QA signs off every increment. First deliverables within 2 weeks of signing.

  4. 04

    Launch and support

    Release to production or the app stores, monitoring, training and documentation. Then continuous improvement based on usage data, with the same team.

Stack

Technologies we build with

Backend

  • Java
  • Spring
  • Spring Cloud
  • Node.js
  • Express
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • .NET

Web

  • React
  • Angular
  • Nuxt 3
  • TypeScript
  • GraphQL (Hasura)
  • Progressive web apps

Mobile

  • Swift
  • Kotlin
  • React Native
  • Flutter
  • Ionic
  • Capacitor

Data and messaging

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MariaDB
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Oracle Database
  • Redis
  • Kafka

Platform and tooling

  • AWS
  • Google Cloud
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Keycloak
  • Auth0
  • Stripe
  • Retool
  • Cypress
  • Selenium
FAQ

Product Engineering: questions we get asked

What are product development services?

The full cycle of turning a product idea or an existing product into working software: discovery and business analysis, architecture, UX/UI design, development, testing, launch and post-launch support. At Erbis this covers platforms and SaaS, web applications and mobile apps, with a team that includes project management, QA and business analysis. We have built products this way since 2012 for startups, scale-ups and enterprises.

What is the difference between Fixed Scope, Time & Material and Dedicated Team pricing?

Fixed Scope: a defined scope, timeline and price, best when requirements are stable and the product is small. Time & Material: you pay for the hours worked, with scope adjusted sprint by sprint, best when requirements will evolve. Dedicated Team or staff augmentation: a full-time team or individual engineers at a monthly rate, integrated into your process, best for long-running products. Most clients start with Time & Material and move to a dedicated team.

How long does it take to build a web or mobile product?

An MVP that validates one hypothesis typically takes two to four months. A full product with integrations, multiple user roles and both web and mobile clients runs six to twelve months to first release, then continues in increments. You see the first working demo within 2 weeks and a new increment every sprint after that, so the timeline is visible from the start rather than a promise at the end.

Native, hybrid or cross-platform: which mobile approach should I choose?

Native (Swift, Kotlin) when the app depends on platform features, performance or offline hardware access. Cross-platform (React Native, Flutter) when you need both platforms quickly from one codebase and the UI is mostly forms, lists and dashboards. Hybrid (Ionic with Capacitor) when you already have a web application and want it on devices with minimal rework. We recommend based on your users and roadmap, not on what we prefer to build.

How do you ensure product quality during development?

QA is a role on the team from sprint one. A test strategy defines functional, integration, performance and security tests per release. Automated regression suites run in the CI pipeline on every change, and ISTQB-certified engineers sign off each increment before the demo. Load tests run before launch, and usability tests run with real users. Defects found in production are traced back to the gap in the tests that let them through.

How do you protect the confidentiality of my product idea?

Three layers of legal protection. A work-made-for-hire contract through our US company, backed by professional liability insurance, so the code and design are yours from day one. Every Erbis employee signs an NDA and an IP assignment agreement under local law. And you can have direct NDAs and rights-assignment agreements between our engineers and your organization. Operationally, we are ISO 27001 certified and work inside your repositories and cloud accounts when you prefer.

Show us the product you need built

A 45-minute discovery call. We will give you an honest read on scope, team and timeline, and whether the AI you have in mind belongs in version one.

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