AI-first engineer, startup architect

builds at AI speed, on architecture that lasts

I'm Huy — an engineer with 10+ years of shipping web, mobile, and desktop products, leading a lean senior team that builds with AI at the center of the workflow. I help startups move at AI speed on foundations that last: hands-on development, technical direction, and honest trade-offs.

10+ years shipping web, mobile & desktop products · AWS Certified Solutions Architect · live across EN · JP · VN markets

Services

End to end or plugged into your team: from first commit to production and beyond.

Startup architecture advisory

System design reviews and technical direction for founders: choose the right stack early and skip the expensive rewrites.

Web, mobile & desktop apps

Product-grade applications for web, iOS, Android, and desktop: fast, accessible, and maintainable from the first release.

Backend and APIs

REST and real-time APIs with Node.js and NestJS, designed around your domain and built to scale.

Cloud and DevOps

AWS architecture, serverless, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines, from a certified AWS Solutions Architect.

Automation and AI integration

Practical AI features and workflow automation wired into your existing product and tools.

Ongoing partnership

Long-term maintenance, monitoring, and iteration so your product keeps improving after launch.

AI speed. Senior quality.

AI makes us fast. My engineering process is what keeps it safe: guardrails, reviews, and senior accountability on everything we deliver.

AI-accelerated delivery

We build with AI at every stage: scaffolding, implementation, tests, and docs. Weeks of work compress into days.

Quality guardrails

Speed never skips the process: typed contracts, automated tests, CI gates, and a hard review before anything ships.

Senior-led, no hand-offs

You work directly with me. I lead every engagement and bring in my team where it speeds things up — AI drafts, I decide what ships.

Working together

Two standard models — and a partner track for the right startup.

Fixed-cost project

Typical MVPs from $12,000 · milestone-billed

You buy an outcome and a date, not hours. Written scope, typed contracts, and change requests priced separately — no surprises.

Best for MVPs, rebuilds, and well-defined features.

Time & materials

Premium day rate · billed weekly

Senior engineering embedded in your team or applied to evolving scope. AI-accelerated, so one day here delivers what usually takes several.

Best for rescues, embedded work, and open-ended scope.

Tech partner

Reduced cost + revenue share or equity · by application

For a select few startups a year, my team and I build at a reduced cash cost in exchange for a revenue share or equity — your long-term technical partner.

Best for early-stage founders with traction and a real market.

Every engagement starts with a fixed-price discovery sprint (from $1,500): a scoped plan and a real quote before you commit to anything. Ongoing retainers are available after launch.

Recent work

What clients needed, what shipped, and how long it took — newest first.

Multi-market brand platform

Aug 2026 · in-house

Three market sites (EN · JP · VN) with a shared design system and a custom CMS with live block editing — built end to end.

Next.jsNestJSPostgreSQL

Healthcare booking MVP

Jul 2026 · 5 weeks

A healthcare startup needed a patient booking flow validated fast. Scoped in a discovery sprint, shipped as a fixed-scope MVP.

Next.jsAWSServerless

Operations dashboard rescue

Jun 2026 · 3 weeks

A logistics team inherited a stalled real-time dashboard. Embedded at a day rate, stabilised, and handed back with CI and docs.

ReactNode.jsDocker

E-commerce checkout revamp

May 2026 · 4 weeks

An online retailer needed a faster, mobile-first checkout. Fixed-scope rebuild with A/B rollout — placeholder case, replace with a real one.

Next.jsStripePostgreSQL

AI support assistant

Apr 2026 · 2 weeks

A SaaS team wanted ticket triage automated with an LLM assistant wired into their helpdesk — placeholder case, replace with a real one.

Claude APINestJSAWS

What clients say

Huy scoped in a week what our previous agency debated for a month — and the estimate held. Placeholder quote: replace with a real one.

Placeholder Name · CEO, Example Startup

It felt like hiring a whole team with one Slack channel. Weekly demos, no surprises. Placeholder quote: replace with a real one.

Placeholder Name · CTO, Example Company

The discovery sprint alone was worth it — we walked away with an architecture plan we still use. Placeholder quote: replace with a real one.

Placeholder Name · Founder, Example SaaS

Our stalled dashboard was stabilised and handed back with docs and CI in three weeks. Placeholder quote: replace with a real one.

Placeholder Name · Head of Ops, Example Logistics

Same senior engineer from first call to production — that continuity showed in the product. Placeholder quote: replace with a real one.

Placeholder Name · Product Lead, Example Health

Portrait of Huy

Behind the prompt

HuyV is a lean senior team led by Huy, based in Vietnam — that's the name. I've spent 10+ years shipping web, mobile, and desktop products, and today the team builds with AI at the center of the workflow — team output, one accountable owner. Working remotely with startups worldwide, you get a single point of contact, honest trade-offs, and work I'm happy to put my name on.

Have a project in mind?

Start with a one-week discovery sprint: a scoped plan and a real quote, with no long-term commitment.

Start with a discovery sprint

Prefer to talk first? Book a free 20-minute intro call. Either way, you'll hear back within one business day.