Software engineering, cloud & applied AI
The founders do the engineering on your next product, cloud platform or AI system, from the first design to production.
HOW WE BUILD
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WHAT WE BUILD
We turn ideas, existing products and hard engineering problems into software that runs in production, using senior product engineering, AI, architecture and cloud work.
01 / VALIDATE
Turn an idea into something real.
Test a product, an AI feature or a new business idea quickly, with prototypes and MVPs built so they can grow into the real thing.
A working prototype you can put in front of users or investors.
Product Discovery / Architecture / UX / UI / Landing pages / Rapid Prototyping / MVP Engineering
IDEA → WORKING PRODUCT
02 / INTELLIGENCE
AGENTIC SYSTEMS
Put AI to work inside your product and your team's workflow.
We build AI apps, agents, multi-agent workflows, RAG, evals, memory and automation around the way your business actually works.
AI that runs in production, as part of the product and the workflow.
AI Agents / Agentic Workflows / RAG / LLM Applications / Evals / Memory / Voice AI / Tool Integration
MODELS → TOOLS → DATA → ACTION
03 / BUILD
From architecture to production.
We build complete software products: web apps, landing pages, e-commerce, APIs, data, infrastructure, deployment and operations.
A finished system, running in production.
Web Applications / Landing pages / E-commerce / SaaS / APIs / Backend Systems / Mobile / Cloud / DevOps
ARCHITECTURE → BUILD → SHIP → SCALE
04 / EVOLVE
Make an existing system better without starting over.
We take over complex products that have piled up technical debt, need better architecture, need AI features, or need a senior engineer to own them and move them forward.
Your existing product, better, without rewriting it from scratch.
Architecture Modernization / Cloud Migration / Performance / Security / AI Integration / Technical Debt / Platform Stabilization
LEGACY → MODERN PLATFORM
CORE
Architecture
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Engineering
THE WORK
PROBLEMS WE TAKE
The model looks good in a slide deck, but nobody tests it, nobody owns it, and it isn't part of how work gets done.
The product works until you need to change it. Then nobody remembers why anything was built the way it was.
The boundaries have drifted, and nobody can say what production depends on anymore.
Launch week went fine. Month three is where it breaks.
HOW A PROJECT STARTS
Tell us about the system, what's limiting it, and what can't go down.
We agree on what we'll own and what we won't.
We work out the design everything else depends on.
Build it, put it in production, keep it up.
Before SkilledDragon, our founders built production systems for Pfizer, Indeed, Ricoh, Midnight Network, Dubsado, Atmosera and others. Those were their earlier roles, and these companies aren't SkilledDragon clients. Meet the team
HOW WE ENGINEER IT
Every project gets the same approach. We design the product, AI, infrastructure, architecture and security together, as one system.
SaaS architecture / APIs / Frontend systems / Backend platforms / Distributed systems / Integrations
AWS / Azure / GCP / Kubernetes / Terraform / CI/CD / Observability
AI agents / RAG / Document intelligence / Human-in-the-loop / Model evaluation / AI observability
Architecture reviews / Technical strategy / Modernization / Migrations / Engineering standards / Production readiness
Product architecture / Stack selection / Delivery rhythm / Operating model
Security / Reliability / Observability / Maintainability / Access control
The languages, clouds and tools we’ve actually shipped with.
FROM THE STUDIO
Stampoo
A product we build and run ourselves, designed to stay easy to operate as it grows.
Internal platforms
Internal tools we build and maintain for delivery, data and the admin work that keeps a company running.
Client work
Engineering work for companies that need it done right. We don't name our clients.
strands-decider as a merge gate: 12 tests green, and the keyless path uses a fake model
KeylessDavid Discua · Oct 13, 2026
Strands Box merge lock: git push to main denied in 26 policy cases, no live Box run
KeylessDavid Discua · Oct 13, 2026
Open Code Review as a merge gate: 8 of 8 tests green, LLM review untested
KeylessDavid Discua · Oct 13, 2026
We only take on a few projects at a time. Tell us about the system, what’s limiting it, and what can’t go down.
