How our software development process works
Six steps. Roughly two weeks from the first call to a team shipping code. Here is exactly how Geminate Solutions runs a custom software development engagement, with no hidden process and no bait-and-switch. You start with a paid pilot, so you see the work before you commit to the build.
Our software development process, step by step
Every custom software project we take on runs through the same six steps. We've refined this over 50+ products shipped, and it's built to surface a bad fit early, before anyone's sunk a quarter into the wrong thing. Here's the whole thing, start to finish.
Scoping Call
Thirty minutes with our CEO. No pitch deck. We listen to what you're trying to build, where it's stuck, the timeline, and the technical shape of it. If we're not the right partner for this build, we'll say so on the call and point you somewhere better.
A Plan You Sign Off On
We turn the call into a short written plan. The stack we'd build on, the milestones, what done actually means, and how we'll work together day to day. You read it, push back, approve it. Nothing gets coded until that plan reads right to you, so there are no surprises three months in.
Your Dedicated Team
Within days we line up a senior team that fits your stack and the way you work. You meet the actual engineers who'll build your product, with real project history and code samples behind them. The same people stay on it through launch. Nobody quietly gets swapped for a junior once the contract is signed.
Paid Pilot Sprint
Our team joins your tooling, sits in your standups, and ships production code on your real product. You judge the work in live conditions, not off a portfolio or a one-hour interview. It's the fastest way to find out whether the fit holds before either side commits to anything bigger.
Full Build
Pilot goes well, we roll into the full build. Month to month, no lock-in. The same team that ran the pilot keeps going, already deep in your codebase, so you don't pay the ramp-up tax twice.
Ship, Then Keep Shipping
We don't vanish at launch. You get steady progress reviews, room to grow or shrink the team as the roadmap moves, and a direct line to our CEO when something needs a real decision. We carry the relationship so your side stays focused on the product itself.
What a real development partner looks like
Direct CEO Access
No account managers. No ticket queues. You get a direct line to Yash Korat, our CEO, for any escalation, hard call, or strategy conversation. Every client gets that line, not only the enterprise accounts.
No Lock-In Contracts
Every engagement is month to month. Scale the team up, scale it down, or part ways with two weeks of notice. We earn the next month with shipped software, not with a contract that's hard to leave.
We Own the Build
We're a product development partner, not a place that rents you a developer by the hour. We take the build on with you, ship it, and stand behind it. The paid pilot is where we prove that before you commit a rupee past the sprint.
Ways to work with us
We're a software development partner, so you're buying a build and the team that ships it, not a rented seat by the hour. Most clients start with the paid pilot, then settle into whichever model fits the work. Pick the one that matches where your product is, and we'll scope the actual number on the call.
A short, paid trial run on your real product. The way most engagements start.
Clear deliverables and a number agreed up front. Best when the spec is well defined.
A senior team that builds alongside you with no lock-in. Best for an evolving roadmap.
We own a product or platform with you across releases, from build through scale.
This same process has shipped 50+ products. One is an EdTech platform now serving 250K+ daily active users. Another is an exam platform that holds up at 10M+ requests a minute. An IoT fleet system we built tracks 30K+ vehicles in the field right now. We hold a 4.9 star rating across 24+ client projects, which is the kind of score you only keep by shipping.
Get a free scope, cost, and timeline for your build
Book a 30-minute scoping call. We'll map what your software needs, give you an honest cost and timeline range, and line up a dedicated team in days. Start with a paid pilot, so you judge the work before you commit to the full build.
50+ products shipped · Rated 4.9 across 24+ client projects · No lock-in, cancel with two weeks' notice