Building the team in Singapore
Expensive. Slow. Risky.
- Senior engineers command top-of-market salaries
- Three to five months to hire — if you land them
- You carry recruiting, ramp-up and attrition risk
- One hire is one skill set, not a team
Software engineering · Jakarta → Singapore
Singapore-grade
engineering,
one timezone away.
We help you build web, mobile and AI products with senior-only teams in Jakarta — same working hours as Singapore, for less than the cost of building the team in-house.
No sales deck. A real engineer answers the first message.
Jakarta
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GMT+7 · your team
1H APARTin sync
Singapore
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GMT+8 · you
Live now. Your standup is our standup — no overnight handoff.
The Singapore hiring problem
The talent isn't cheap. The wait is worse.
A senior engineer in Singapore is expensive, slow to hire, and hard to keep. A dedicated team ships sooner and scales with your roadmap — same working hours, no offshore gamble.
One team at ExpoByteLabs
Senior. Fast. Fully ours.
- A complete senior team — engineering, product, QA
- Building within days, not months
- We own the hiring, the ramp-up and the cover
- Scales up or down as your roadmap moves
The result: a senior product team for less than the cost of building the equivalent in Singapore — without the hiring risk, the ramp-up, or the overheads. Priced on the outcome we deliver, not the hours we log.
Why us, not offshore
Everything you were burned by, fixed.
Most companies avoid offshore because they've been burned once — lag, juniors, silence. Working with us doesn't feel like offshore. It feels like a product team that happens to sit an hour away.
GMT+7
One timezone, not twelve
Jakarta runs one hour behind Singapore. Your standup is our standup — real-time chat, same-day reviews, none of the overnight handoff lag that far-offshore teams force on you.
8+ yrs avg
Senior engineers only
Your product is built by engineers who have shipped and scaled real ones — never juniors learning on your budget, never a bait-and-switch after the pitch.
SG-friendly
Your IP, protected
Singapore-law-friendly contracts, NDAs, and clean IP assignment from day one. English-fluent teams and documentation you can actually read.
1h40m flight
1h40m away when it matters
Kickoffs, workshops and hard problems are better in person. We're a short-haul flight from Changi — onsite next day, not next quarter.
What we build
A full software product team, on tap.
From a first MVP to a scaled platform, we cover the whole software product development lifecycle — design, engineering and the cloud underneath it. Plus the brand and campaign work to launch it into a market.
Product engineering
End-to-end web and mobile product development — from a blank Figma to a scaled release. React, Node, TypeScript, React Native, Flutter.
- Web apps
- Mobile
- Full-stack
MVP to scale
Ship a credible MVP in weeks, then harden it into a product that survives real users. A software development studio that stays past launch.
- MVP
- 0→1
- Product-market fit
AI & machine learning
LLM features, RAG pipelines, and ML built into real products — not demos. Practical AI that ships and holds up in production.
- LLM apps
- RAG
- Integrations
Platform & cloud
Cloud architecture, DevOps and platform engineering on AWS, GCP and Cloudflare. Reliable infrastructure, sane CI/CD, observability by default.
- AWS/GCP
- DevOps
- Infra
Brand & campaign
Brand consultancy, visual identity and integrated advertising campaigns — for when the product needs a market to launch into, not just a repo.
- Branding
- Identity
- Advertising
Events & roadshows
Launches, roadshows, activations and the spatial design behind them. Run end-to-end across Singapore and Indonesia.
- Events
- Roadshows
- Social
How we work
Visible from day one. No lock-in.
Code in your repositories, weekly demos, and a board you can see. You always know exactly where your product stands.
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Discovery
A short, paid discovery to scope the work, pin down the architecture and agree what 'done' means. You leave with a plan whether or not you build with us.
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Design
Product and UX design in lockstep with engineering, so what gets designed is what can ship — no throwaway mockups.
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Build
Weekly demos, a board you can see, and code in your repositories from day one. You always know exactly where the product stands.
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Scale
Hardening, performance, and launch — then we stay on as your long-term engineering partner, or hand over cleanly. Your call, no lock-in.
Our studios
Built with two studios we trust.
We run the commercial side and bring in the studio that fits your project. You're introduced to them directly and contract with them directly, at their own rate — nothing is added on top.
Straight answers
The questions
Singapore buyers ask.
Still unsure? Message us — a real engineer replies, not a bot.
How does working across Jakarta and Singapore actually work?
Jakarta is GMT+7, one hour behind Singapore, so our working days almost completely overlap. You get real-time Slack, same-day code reviews and live standups — none of the overnight lag that comes with far-offshore teams. When something needs a room, we're a 1h40m flight from Changi.
Who does the delivery work?
One of our two partner studios. We run the commercial side and match your project to whichever of them fits it best — you don't need to work that out, we do. You'll be introduced to them directly and contract with them directly, and we'd rather say that up front than have you discover it on the kickoff call.
Who am I paying, and is there a markup?
You pay the delivery studio directly, at their own rate — the same rate you'd get walking in their front door. Nothing is added on top. Our fee comes from their side when work goes ahead, so the introduction costs you nothing and we never handle your money.
Who owns the code and the IP?
You do. Work runs under Singapore-law-friendly contracts with NDAs and full IP assignment from the start. Code lives in your repositories from day one, and documentation is written in clear English.
How do you price engagements?
Two ways: a dedicated team billed monthly, or a fixed-scope project with a set price. Either way you get a full senior team for less than the cost of building the equivalent in Singapore — priced on the outcome we deliver, not the hours we log.
What happens to my details when I submit the form?
They come to us, we read them, and we pass them to the one studio that fits — in an email that copies you in, so you can see exactly what was shared and with whom. We don't sell your details and we don't pass them anywhere else. See our privacy policy for the full picture.
Let's talk
It's one hour away,
not twelve timezones.
Tell us what you're building. A real engineer replies — no sales deck, no bots — and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit.
We'll introduce you to the studio that fits by email within one business day, with you copied in. You'll work with them directly from there.
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