SEO that ranks locally
Title tags, structured data, sitemap, and Google Business Profile setup — tuned for the search terms your customers actually type.
Independent software studio · Est. 2022
We build theplatformsthat ship next.
Northlights designs, builds, and operates modern software — from legal portals and marketplaces to mobile apps and AI tools. One small team. Strong opinions on craft. Real things in production.
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01Most popular · Business landing pages
A presentation website that actually brings you customers.
Built for small businesses, clinics, agencies, and law firms — a one-page site that loads instantly, ranks on Google for your service in your city, and turns visitors into calls and form submissions. Live in 7–10 days.
Live in 7–10 daysRestaurants · Clinics · Law firms · Agencies · Trades · Local services
Mobile-first design
Crisp on phones, fast on weak networks. Tap-to-call, click-to-WhatsApp, map embed — built into the layout.
Conversion-focused content
Hero, services, social proof, FAQ, contact — the only structure proven to turn search traffic into customers.
Lead capture
Real contact form with spam protection, email forwarding, and an inbox you actually check. Submissions never get lost.
Analytics + reporting
Privacy-friendly analytics, monthly snapshot of visits, calls, and submissions delivered straight to your email.
Edge hosting included
Fast, secure hosting on a global edge network — no separate hosting bill, no plugin maintenance.
Everything included
- Hosting + domain setup
- Free SSL
- Google indexing
- 30 days free care
02Selected work
Things we have designed, built, and shipped.
01 / 04Legal · 2026
Zyra e Avokatisë Asqeri — Albanian Law Office
Zyra e Avokatisë Asqeri is the digital home of an established Albanian law firm. Visitors explore practice areas, browse a searchable archive of national legislation, and book a free initial consultation in three languages. Once engaged, clients enter a private workspace where every appointment, message, and document lives in one place — fully bilingual and accessible from any device.
Web
⌁asqeri.vercel.app
02 / 04Marketplace · 2025
Local Wheels — Vehicle Rentals Marketplace
Local Wheels is a two-sided marketplace for everyday vehicle rentals. Renters browse verified hosts on a map-first interface, see live availability, and message the host directly inside the platform. Hosts manage listings, calendars, pricing rules, and earnings from a single dashboard built around the realities of running a small fleet.
Web
⌁local-wheels.com
03 / 04Jobs marketplace · 2025
Hirella — Jobs Platform for Albania
Hirella is a modern jobs platform for Albania, with new full-time and part-time openings posted every day. Candidates search roles in Tirana, Durrës, and across the country in Albanian, Italian, or English, save searches, and apply directly. Employers post openings, manage applications, and reach a growing local candidate base from one dashboard.
Web
⌁hirella.al
04 / 04Animal management · 2025
eFauna — Modern Animal Management
eFauna is a modern take on animal management, delivered as native iOS and Android apps with a supporting website. It gives owners and caretakers a single place to keep every animal's record — health, care, and history — synced across devices and accessible offline in the field.
Web iOS Android
⌁e-fauna.com
Next.js 15 ·React 19 ·TypeScript ·Tailwind v4 ·GSAP ·Three.js ·Framer Motion ·Prisma ·PostgreSQL ·NextAuth ·Stripe ·Nodemailer ·Cloudinary ·MapLibre ·OpenAI ·Vercel AI ·pgvector ·Expo ·React Native ·Vercel ·Next.js 15 ·React 19 ·TypeScript ·Tailwind v4 ·GSAP ·Three.js ·Framer Motion ·Prisma ·PostgreSQL ·NextAuth ·Stripe ·Nodemailer ·Cloudinary ·MapLibre ·OpenAI ·Vercel AI ·pgvector ·Expo ·React Native ·Vercel ·
03Capabilities
The full
build stack.
We move across the stack so you don’t have to coordinate four agencies. Discovery, design, engineering, data, and operations under one roof — with seniors on the keyboard, not just the kickoff deck.
- Discovery workshops → clickable prototype → production scope
- Design systems, motion, and accessibility baked in from day one
- Post-launch care: monitoring, on-call, and incremental releases
- Senior engineers on the keyboard from day one — no offshored juniors
- Weekly demos, written changelogs, and one Slack channel per project
14 practice areas — we mix only the lanes your roadmap actually needs.
First reply
< 24h
Median delivery
10 weeks
Production uptime
99.95%
Web platforms
Marketing sites, portals, and dashboards built on a modern stack — strong typography, snappy interactions, and SEO that actually ranks.
Next.jsTailwindRSC
Marketplaces
Two-sided products with real moderation, payments, and search — not a Facebook group with a logo.
StripePostgresMapLibre
Mobile apps
Cross-platform apps shipped to App Store and Play with shared design tokens and push notifications.
ExpoReact Native
AI & automation
LLM-backed assistants, intake copilots, and document understanding — typed JSON in, useful actions out.
OpenAIVercel AIpgvector
Integrations
Connecting CRMs, calendars, billing, mail, and government systems so the team stops copying values between tabs.
WebhooksOAuthCron
Data & search
Pragmatic data models, fast indexes, full-text and vector search, daily syncs — the boring parts done right.
PrismaElasticpgvector
Security & access control
Role-based permissions, audit trails, session hardening, and secrets management so regulated teams can sleep at night.
RBACNextAuthAudit logs
Design systems & brand
Coherent typography, spacing, motion, and dark-mode-ready palettes — plus reusable components so every screen feels like one product.
FigmaTokensMotion
Messaging & notifications
Transactional email, in-app threads, digest jobs, and optional SMS or push — wired to real templates and delivery monitoring.
NodemailerQueuesWebhooks
Privacy & compliance
Data minimisation, retention policies, export/delete flows, and consent-aware tracking so you stay aligned with GDPR-style expectations.
GDPREncryptionExports
Analytics & observability
Event pipelines, funnels, error tracking, and uptime dashboards — know what broke, who felt it, and whether the last deploy helped.
EventsSentryLogs
Cloud & DevOps
Preview environments, database migrations, blue-green deploys, and infra-as-code so releases are boring in the best way.
VercelCI/CDPostgres
Platform engineering
Internal tools, admin consoles, feature flags, and shared libraries that let your product team ship without waiting on a platform team.
Admin UIFlagsSDKs
Performance & Core Web Vitals
Image optimisation, streaming, edge caching, and bundle discipline — fast on 3G, smooth with reduced motion, and measurable in Lighthouse.
RSCCDNLighthouse
03How we work
From rough idea to production-grade product.
A predictable, four-phase rhythm we have used on every product we have shipped — adapt the depth, never the order.
- 01 / 04
Discovery
One workshop, then a written brief. Goals, users, constraints, and the riskiest assumptions on the table before any design starts.
- 02 / 04
Design
We build a small design system and a clickable prototype. You play with the real flows before we touch a single component file.
- 03 / 04
Build
Production code, weekly demos, written changelog. You see progress every Friday and never wonder what we are working on.
- 04 / 04
Operate
Monitoring, on-call, and incremental releases. We stay on for as long as the product is alive — or hand over a clean repo when you are ready.
04Numbers
Small studio. Real receipts.
We are a deliberately small team that ships and operates real software with real users. These numbers update every quarter from production data.
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Years shipping
Across 4 industries
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Products in production
Web, mobile, and AI
0
Active clients
Long-term partners
0.00%
Uptime SLA
Last 12 months
0h
First reply
Median, business days
0/wk
Deploys / week
Across all clients
0
Languages spoken
Albanian, English, Italian
0%
Repeat-engagement
Year-over-year
05In their words
What clients say after six months in production.
Short notes from teams we have shipped with — no stock photos, no fake logos.
“Northbound replaced three contractors and a project manager. We finally have a product that ships on Mondays.”
E. Hoxha
2026COO · Avokati Asqeri
“Their design instincts are sharp and their code is clean. Six months in we have had zero rewrites.”
M. Ndoja
2025Founder · Local Wheels
“They built our intake assistant in five weeks — and explained the tradeoffs in plain language the whole time.”
A. Berisha
2025Operations lead · Hirella
“Two senior people that act like the company is theirs. The mobile app went from idea to App Store in a quarter.”
L. Krasniqi
2025Product manager · eFauna
“I have hired five agencies in my career. This is the first time I did not have to chase anyone for a status update.”
D. Marku
2025CEO · Confidential fintech
“The thing I keep telling other founders: hire them before they are too booked. Worth the wait either way.”
S. Vata
2024Founder · Confidential SaaS
Currently booking · Q3 2026 onwards
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