All systems operational — since 2018
We build and rebuild data‑heavy products.
Pipelines, cloud architecture, and the performance work that keeps a product standing under real usage — migrated live, with zero downtime.
- 0soffline across every migration
- 6+yrlongest running engagement
in production with
The problem
The stack that proved the business is now the bottleneck.
WordPress, Google Sheets, Airtable, Retool — great for a v1. Then real usage arrives. It usually looks like this:
Every new feature is a workaround stacked on a workaround.
The site slows down exactly when traffic matters most.
Years of data exist — nobody can actually query them.
resolution
The product didn't fail. It outgrew its first stack. We rebuild it on systems that hold — without taking it offline.
What we do
Six ways engagements start.
Different problems, same territory: data, systems, and the infrastructure underneath.
Platform Rebuild most common
Off the duct-tape stack. Fixed scope, fixed price, zero downtime, history preserved.
Build From Scratch
MVPs in 4–8 weeks, on architecture that survives the next stage.
Data Engineering
Pipelines, warehouses, and queries that stay fast as the data grows.
Cloud Architecture & Cost
AWS that scales without the bill scaling with it.
Architecture & Scale Audit
A senior read on what breaks first — before a raise or a rebuild.
Fractional CTO
Senior technical leadership without the full-time hire.
Case studies
The work, with specifics.
Five engagements, with the numbers we can name. All case studies
DFS Army
WordPress + Google Sheets to a MEAN stack with Polars ETL pipelines. Subscribers live through the migration. Embedded for 6+ years.
Read the case+20%revenue in year one
0downtime during cutover
<300ms
API responses
StatRankings
26 years of NFL & NBA data, 400+ statistics per game, infrastructure under $600/month on AWS.
Read the case−68.53%
AWS cost
Daily Edge Sports
Off WordPress and Google Sheets. Automated pipelines replaced manual publishing.
Read the case25 yrs
of US stock data
Spikeet
Market-wide scanning across 25 years of financial data, with multi-condition filters through a no-code interface.
Read the case4 Weeks
to a working MVP
Wasool
Invoicing, inventory, and FBR digital-invoicing compliance for Pakistani SMEs.
Read the case
How we work
The engagement model.
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wk_00 · scope
The price is locked
Scoped by senior engineers, agreed up front. No hourly meter — the number quoted is the number invoiced.
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wk_01–08 · build
The same people build it
No handoff to a delivery team. The engineers who scoped the work write the code.
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cutover @ 02:00 utc
The switch nobody notices
Data verified, traffic moves, the old stack retires. Users stay logged in. Downtime: zero.
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year_01+ · support
We stay on
Clients stay with us for years — most continue into long-term support. The line doesn't stop.
What clients say
In their words.
“bytesquad developed highly effective solutions that dramatically improved our system performance. I wholeheartedly recommend bytesquad.”
“Ali has a great mix of operational understanding and leadership skills. He really cares about the work, and was a crucial resource to the team while leading development of the Canned platform.”
“You're good at what you do and very easy to work with.”
“Ali and the bytesquad team built our construction management system from the ground up. They understood exactly what our teams needed on-site, and the system has made scheduling and job tracking far easier to manage.”
Founder & CEO
Ali Tariq
- 12+ years in tech
- Former VP of Engineering
- NUST / SEECS alumnus
Contact
Tell us what's breaking.
Describe the product and the problem. You'll get a straight answer about fit — usually within a day.
Prefer email? Write directly:
ali@bytesquad.devOr reach Ali on LinkedIn. Came via a referral? Mention who sent you — it helps us give useful context faster.