Product-Minded
Engineers & Developers
We build apps for startups with product-minded engineers in the US and Turkey at a fraction of the cost. Get product builders with Y-Combinator, venture funding, and acquisition experience who love building tech in the trenches. Happy to consider a small demo project to determine if we're the right partner fit!
Trusted by startups and scale-ups
Happy Clients
Whether you're building something from scratch or expanding your existing products, our engineers can build it for you like we have for these startups. Read more detailed reviews on Clutch.
Startup Expertise
From startups to scaleups, our leadership team has rich experiences and relationships to solve product problems with. We love what we do and are always talking to startup founders.
Curtsy
Joyride Games
Kidsy
Arketa
Commons
Cuboh
Services & Capabilities
We build custom applications tailored to your unique business needs. Our team of expert engineers will work closely with you to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions at affordable on-shore and off-shore rates.
Custom App
Development
We specialize in creating custom applications that are designed to meet your specific requirements and objectives, including MVPs and prototoypes with your customers in mind.
Staff
Augmentation
Need additional engineering resources? We can provide skilled professionals to augment your existing team with on-shore and off-shore talent in Turkey, or we can find talent for you to hire in-house.
Fractional
Leadership
Our experienced CTOs Sinan and Kurt can provide strategic guidance and technical leadership to keep projects focused and shipping regularly. We are always helping founders plan and run experiments.
About Horizon Labs
Our leadership team is split between Silicon Beach (Irvine and Santa Monica), Silicon Valley (San Francisco Bay Area), and Turkey (Ankara). We love fast cars, kebabs, tech gadgets, and building startups with our wives. Yes, really! Interested in working with us? Please contact one of us directly or email info@horizon-labs.co
Sinan
Sari
Software Engineer
Cagatay
Kurt
Software Engineer
Kendall
Eagle
Software Engineer
Saif
Akhtar
Mechanical Engineer
We offer flexible pricing models tailored to your project's needs, including fixed-price for defined scope projects and hourly rates for short-term and long-term collaborations. Our goal is to provide you with cost-effective solutions without compromising on quality. Here is a blank example of our contract.
We specialize in custom software development, AI & machine learning services, cloud infrastructure, UI/UX design, quality assurance, and strategic IT consulting. For a detailed overview, please visit our Services page.
We cater to a diverse range of industries, including SaaS, finance/fintech, healthcare/healthtech, e-commerce, marketplaces, education/edutech, and more. Our team has the expertise to handle unique challenges across different sectors.
We bill at the end of each 2-week sprint (approximately twice a month, on the first and fifteenth). If for any reason you aren't happy with the previous sprint, we encourage you to not pay the invoice until we've resolved your concerns. The amount you see in the signed contract is the amount you pay.
You'll be assigned a Technical Account Manager and a non-Technical Account Manager. Both of them will be available for weekly check-in calls. Plus, we use Google Spaces, Slack, or Discord (depending on client preference) to keep communication async unless urgent.
We work with a wide range of modern technologies, including but not limited to Python, JavaScript, React, TensorFlow, AWS, Azure, and more. Our technical stack is tailored to each project's needs as we have the ability to find additional talent very easily.
Quality is paramount to us. We employ rigorous testing, both manual and automated, at various stages of the project. Our QA team ensures that the final product meets your highest standards, and we extend maintenance and support to fix items in-scope long after the contract has ended.
Certainly! Please visit our Portfolio page to view some of our standout projects. References can be provided upon request.
Our engineers in Turkey are our employees and managed by our co-founder in Ankara. If your requirements cannot be fulfilled in-house, we'll let you know before searching for talent. We encourage these contractors to prove themselves and join your team as full-time employees after the engagement ends.
We push working code to your repositories at the end of each iteration with sufficient in-code documentation. Your code is bundled with a simple CI/CD pipeline to Dev, Staging, and Prod environments owned by you but managed by us. We'll maintain a master doc (Readme) and vault containing your directory of assets, environments, repos.
Protecting your IP and data security is our top priority. We implement strict confidentiality agreements and security protocols to safeguard all project-related information. Our contracts clearly outline IP rights, ensuring that the intellectual property developed during the project remains yours.
Effective communication is key to the success of any project. Our on-shore team is available 9am - 9pm Pacific Standard Time, while our engineers in Turkey overlap between 3am - 12pm Pacific. We prefer asynchronous communication using tools like Slack, Google Spaces, or Discord to maintain clear and continuous communication between our developers and your team.
Absolutely! Our contract developers are experienced in integrating with in-house teams, participating in standups, and adapt to your company culture. We believe in transparency and collaboration as the foundation for a successful partnership.
We follow agile project management practices, allowing for flexibility and iterative development. Regular updates, sprint reviews, and access to a dedicated project manager & non-technical account manager ensure that you are always informed about the progress of your project.
We understand that project requirements can change, especially for startups who are moving fast and breaking things. Our agile methodology allows us to accommodate changes efficiently. We work closely with you to assess the impact on timelines and costs, ensuring that we align on any adjustments needed.
We offer a transparent process for clients interested in transitioning contract developers to full-time positions. Terms and conditions for such arrangements can be outlined in our initial agreement, ensuring a smooth transition for both parties. We encourage our contracted developers, especially offshore, to consider joining companies they enjoy working for.
Not immediately unless you are referred from our network or Bookface. We require that our teams work together on a paid project together before we consider services in exchange for equity. Many of our clients utilize Sinan, Kurt, and Saif's experience when necessary, and we're always happy to make introductions within our network.
Let's Build Something Great Together!
With tons of co-founder/CTO & GTM experience with tech startups, our team is a strategic partner along your crazy startup journey.