ROVQIX builds MVPs, SaaS platforms and marketing sites for San Francisco and Bay Area startups, working remotely with a shifted schedule that holds a live overlap with Pacific mornings. Typical MVP delivery is 8 to 14 weeks.
A Bay Area engineering hire costs more per month than most of our full builds. For a pre-seed or seed company, that difference is runway.
Overlap starts
MVP delivery
From commit one
Notice, no lock-in
One core workflow, auth, billing and a marketing site — enough to charge a real customer and learn something.
A marketing site that stands up to due diligence and to the first hundred users arriving from a launch post.
We shift our day so there is a live window every Pacific morning, plus written updates waiting when you start.
Conventional stack, documented decisions and a clean codebase, so your first engineering hire can take it on.
We push back on features that do not need to exist yet. Shipping less, sooner, is usually the right call pre-PMF.
30 days notice, no annual commitment, everything in your accounts. Pivots should not be a contractual problem.
| Bay Area hire | ROVQIX team | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $15,000 – $22,000 loaded | $4,000 – $20,000 depending on size |
| Time to productive | 3–5 months | 1–2 weeks |
| Equity dilution | Typically required | None |
| Commitment | Permanent | 30 days notice |
| Timezone | Full overlap | Pacific mornings |
| Product context | Deep over time | Requires explicit context |
This is not an argument against hiring. It is an argument for hiring at the right moment — usually after you know what you are building and have revenue to justify permanent headcount.
Yes, on both sides of a raise. Pre-seed founders typically want a validation sprint and an MVP. Seed and Series A companies typically want a dedicated team delivering a roadmap alongside their first in-house engineers.
We work on fixed paid engagements and do not take equity. That keeps the incentives clean and means we can tell you honestly when something should not be built.
We shift our start times to hold a live overlap with Pacific mornings, roughly 6:00am to 9:30am PT. Beyond that, work is async with updates waiting when your day begins.
That is an explicit goal. We use a conventional TypeScript stack, document architectural decisions in the repository, and run a handover session when your first engineer joins.
No. Fixed paid engagements only. It keeps our advice honest and avoids a conversation about valuation that neither of us should be having.
One to two weeks from a signed proposal. A validation sprint can often start sooner because it needs less setup.
How we think about this work, in more depth.
San Francisco
A 30-minute call, then a written proposal with scope, price and timeline within two to three working days. No retainer required to get a real number, and no obligation if the answer is that we are not the right fit.