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SaaS MVP Development

Build Your SaaS MVP With a Senior-Led Product Team

Start with one experienced technical lead and add frontend, backend, design, QA, AI, or cloud specialists only when your product requires them.

Work directly with an experienced technical lead responsible for architecture, scope, communication, and delivery.

Best suited for SaaS, custom web apps and AI platforms · Not for brochure websites · From ₹75,000

Product path

From idea → production

  1. 01

    Discovery

    Scope the smallest useful product

  2. 02

    UX / UI

    Flows founders and users understand

  3. 03

    Full-stack

    Auth, data, APIs, admin

  4. 04

    AI & payments

    Practical features that convert

  5. 05

    Billing ready

    Checkout, plans, ownership

  6. 06

    Production

    Deploy, monitor, hand over

How products get built

Next.jsNode.jsPostgreSQLAI APIsPaymentsDeploy

I don't build brochure pages. I build production SaaS — auth, data, billing, AI and launch included.

4+ years

Building products

5 live apps

In production

21 days

MVP delivery example

Direct

Founder ↔ engineer

— modern stack

Latest technologies I ship with

Production SaaS tools founders actually need — not a random logo wall.

Next.js
React
TypeScript
Node.js
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Next.js
React
TypeScript
Node.js
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Next.js
React
TypeScript
Node.js
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Next.js
React
TypeScript
Node.js
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
Tailwind
Docker
AWS
Vercel
OpenAI
Redis
Prisma
Tailwind
Docker
AWS
Vercel
OpenAI
Redis
Prisma
Tailwind
Docker
AWS
Vercel
OpenAI
Redis
Prisma
Tailwind
Docker
AWS
Vercel
OpenAI
Redis
Prisma

I don't build pages. I build products.

Proof that matters to founders: real problems solved, live systems in production, and the engineering judgment behind them — not a gallery of pretty screenshots.

PaperChai — booking-ready website product

AI website builder

PaperChai

What it solves
Turn Google / social business profiles into booking-ready websites
My role
Solo product + engineering
Timeline
Founder-built SaaS MVP
Result
Live AI generation · booking · domains · payments architecture
  • AI-powered site generation
  • Booking + WhatsApp enquiries
  • Auth & multi-source import
  • SEO-ready publishing
  • Subdomain + custom domains
Stack
Next.js · PostgreSQL · AI APIs · Razorpay
LocalBoyNani Seafoods storefront

Commerce / delivery

LocalBoyNani

What it solves
Take seafood orders online with real multi-city operations
My role
Full-stack product build
Timeline
Production commerce platform
Result
Live orders · 3 cities · 120-min delivery UX
  • Live production commerce
  • 3-city coverage
  • Payments + admin dashboard
  • 120-min delivery SLA UX
Stack
Next.js · payments · admin
VGT Transport Management System

Live · Fleet & logistics SaaS

VGT Transport

What it solves
Run fleet, shipments, routes and roles in one operations dashboard
My role
Full product architecture + build
Timeline
End-to-end transport management
Result
Live demo: tracking, routes, role-based access
  • Fleet + shipment ops
  • Role-based access
  • Route management
  • Production demo live
Stack
Next.js · ops dashboard · auth
PaperChai Invoice app

Live · AI invoicing

PaperChai Invoice

Generate invoices and chase payments via Slack / WhatsApp

Choose how you want to start

Best suited for SaaS products, custom web applications and AI-enabled platforms. Not intended for basic template or brochure websites. Typical projects start from ₹75,000.

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Best when you want to scope the product live and get a clear next step.

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Useful for quick questions, India-timezone chats and early fit checks.

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Name, contact, what you're building, stage, budget and launch timing.

— founder feedback

What working together feels like

Direct engineer. Clear milestones. Products that leave the building — not endless status updates.

I needed someone who could own the product end-to-end — not hand me tickets. We went from a messy idea to a live storefront taking real orders.

Founder

Seafood commerce platform

Live multi-city orders

Clear scope, weekly demos, and no agency fluff. I always knew what was shipping next and why it mattered for customers.

Non-technical founder

SaaS MVP engagement

Shipped first release

Our ops team needed a real dashboard — fleet, shipments, roles — not a prototype. He built something we actually run the business on.

Operations lead

Transport / logistics SaaS

Production ops system

He bridged product and engineering for us. Fast decisions, solid architecture, and code we could keep building on after handover.

Startup founder

AI-enabled product build

Owned codebase + launch

— founder journey

Who this is for

Pick where you are today. I bridge the gap between a stuck founder and a product people can actually use.

You have the idea. You need the product.

Where you are

Notes, Notion docs, and half-written PRDs — no engineer who can ship.

  • Unclear MVP scope
  • No technical co-founder
  • Fear of building the wrong thing

How I bridge it

I translate your idea into a buildable first release — then I build it.

  • Direct engineer
  • Scope → build → launch
  • India timezone · remote

Where you land

A live SaaS MVP real users can try — auth, core flow, and launch included.

  • Scoped backlog
  • Working product
  • You own the code

Not for brochure sites or template pages. Built for founders shipping real SaaS and web products.

Custom SaaS and MVP development services

Work directly with a senior SaaS developer to scope, design, build and launch your startup MVP. I support custom SaaS product development, SaaS app development and MVP software development from architecture through production deployment.

The problems I solve

Unclear scope

Prioritise the smallest product that provides real customer value.

Weak technical foundation

Build authentication, payments, data and architecture without unnecessary complexity.

Difficult production launch

Handle testing, performance, deployment and operational readiness.

What you get

A clear path from idea to production — not an open-ended coding engagement.

01

Scope

Product requirements, user flow and feature prioritisation

02

Build

Frontend, backend, database, authentication and integrations

03

Launch

Testing, deployment, monitoring and production setup

04

Support

Handover, documentation and post-launch improvements

Somanath Khadanga — full-stack SaaS engineer

Work directly with

Somanath Khadanga

Full-stack SaaS engineer with 4+ years building React, Next.js, Node.js and production web applications. Somanath Studio is not an anonymous agency — I personally handle your project.

No sales representative
Direct weekly communication
Milestone-based delivery
Source-code ownership
Remote · India timezone
International availability
LinkedInGitHubEmailIST (Asia/Kolkata)

Achievements

Results from production work across SaaS, AI and commerce products.

Full about page

4+

Years experience

3

Companies shipped at

1000+

Concurrent users supported

50+

Production pages built

~90%

Billing accuracy (invoice SaaS)

+25%

User engagement (AI app)

~40%

Faster SQL / less downtime

~35%

Fewer React re-renders

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