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Software studio · Vancouver, BC

We design, build, ship and secure software.

Type Apps is a software studio in Vancouver. We build web and mobile apps, deploy them to AWS, Google Cloud and Azure, keep them secure, and add AI where it pays for itself. One team from first sketch to production.

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  • Web apps
  • iOS & Android
  • UI/UX
  • Cloud & DevOps
  • Security
  • AI

Services

Everything it takes to ship a product.

Design, engineering, cloud, security and AI under one roof, so nothing gets lost between vendors.

All services

AI Integrations

LLM features inside your product, grounded in your own data, with evals and guardrails before anything reaches a customer.

  • Assistants and agents that act in your tools
  • Search over your own documents (RAG)
  • Document processing and extraction
  • Workflow automation with a human in the loop
  1. Your data
  2. Retrieval
  3. Model
  4. Guardrails
  5. Answer + source
ClaudeOpenAIOpen-source modelsLangChain

Custom Software

Platforms, marketplaces, internal tools and dashboards built around how your business actually runs.

TypeScriptNode.jsPythonGo

Web Applications

Fast, accessible React and Next.js apps, headless CMS and e-commerce.

Next.jsShopifyStripe

Mobile Apps

iOS and Android, native or cross-platform. We handle App Store and Google Play submission.

SwiftKotlinReact NativeFlutter

Product & UI/UX Design

Research, user flows, wireframes, clickable prototypes and design systems.

FigmaPrototyping

Cloud & DevOps

Deployments to the cloud you already use, with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, autoscaling and cost tuning.

AWSGoogle CloudAzureVercelRailwayCloudflareDockerKubernetesTerraform

Security

Secure-by-design architecture, auth and SSO, encryption, code reviews and pen-test remediation.

OWASPSOC 2PIPEDA

APIs & Integrations

REST and GraphQL APIs, payments, CRMs, third-party data and legacy systems.

GraphQLRESTWebhooks

Dedicated Teams

Remote developers led by a technical lead, working as part of your team.

2–5 days
to kick off a team
1 tech lead
on every team
Daily
progress updates
No lock-in
scale up or down anytime
Build your team

AI integrations

AI that knows your business.

We build AI into your product and your team's daily work. It answers from your own data, cites its sources, and is tested before it ships.

  • Assistants and agentsSupport, sales and ops assistants that look things up and take actions in your tools.
  • Search over your documentsAnswers drawn from handbooks, tickets and contracts, with a link to the source.
  • Document processingExtract, classify and summarize invoices, forms and reports.
  • Evals and guardrailsWe measure accuracy before launch and block unsafe or off-topic answers.

Models: Claude · OpenAI · open-source (Llama, Mistral)

Cloud, DevOps & security

Deployed to your cloud. Secure from the first commit.

Every project ships through an automated pipeline that tests, scans and deploys on each change. Releases become routine, and security checks run every time.

Example pipeline · main branchDeployed to production · 3m 28s
  1. Commitgit push · main
  2. Builddocker build · 38s
  3. Test412 passed
  4. Security scan0 critical · 0 high
  5. Deployblue/green · no downtime
AWSGoogle CloudAzure

Cloud & DevOps

  • Infrastructure as code with Terraform
  • Docker and Kubernetes, or managed platforms when simpler
  • CI/CD with GitHub Actions
  • Monitoring, alerts and autoscaling
  • Cost reviews that cut idle spend
AWSGoogle CloudAzureVercelRailwayCloudflare

Security

  • Auth, SSO and role-based access
  • Encryption at rest and in transit
  • OWASP-based code reviews
  • Dependency and secret scanning on every build
  • Pen-test remediation
  • SOC 2 and PIPEDA readiness

Process

From first call to production.

Five steps, a technical lead on every one, and a working demo at the end of each sprint.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Goals, users and constraints. You get a scope, estimate and roadmap.

  2. 02

    Design

    User flows, clickable prototypes and the system architecture.

  3. 03

    Build

    Two-week sprints, daily updates and a demo every sprint.

  4. 04

    Secure & Launch

    Testing, security review, cloud deployment and app-store submission.

  5. 05

    Scale & Support

    Monitoring, iteration and ongoing support as you grow.

Selected work

Products we've helped launch.

Marketplaces, storefronts and insurance portals for web and mobile.

All work, including our own app
Sleekride car-trading platform
WebMobile app

Sleekride

Online car-trading platform with seller insights and analytics.

BRED. footwear marketplace
Mobile app

BRED.

Live stock-style marketplace for luxury athletic footwear, with analytics for buyers and sellers.

InsureCert insurance portal
WebPortals

InsureCert

Underwriting, marketing, payments and renewals through secure custom portals.

Leeos Merch storefront
WebE-commerce

Leeos Merch

Merchandising storefront and ordering for custom merch.

Stay Fresh online store
WebE-commerce

Stay Fresh

Online store for premium sneakers, streetwear and collectibles.

Our stack

Tools we ship with every day.

ReactNext.jsTypeScriptNode.jsPythonGoSwiftKotlinReact NativeFlutterPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisGraphQLFigma
AWSGoogle CloudAzureVercelRailwayCloudflareDockerKubernetesTerraformGitHub ActionsStripeShopifyClaudeOpenAILangChain

2–5days

to kick off a new team

24h

to reply to every inquiry

50%+

lower cost than hiring in-house, as reported by clients

1lead

technical lead on every team, with daily updates

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Tell us about it. A technical lead will get back to you within 24 hours.

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