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Pooya NikbakhtSenior full-stack engineer

Senior full-stack engineer, freelance

Websites, web apps and AI, built end to end.

From a fast website for a local business to a full product for a startup: design, frontend, backend, database and the cloud it runs on, plus AI that answers customers and takes admin off your plate.

Hiring for a startup or a product team? See how I work with teams

Kingsway Cuts, a barbershop website with online booking
Northwind Coffee Co. website on a phone
Maple Paws Vet website on a phone
  • 10+ years

    building web products, from a startup to a large marketplace

  • End to end

    design, frontend, backend, database and cloud

  • Try it live

    every project here has a working demo

  • AWS certified

    Solutions Architect

Services

What I do

Websites, web apps, AI features and fixes for sites you already have, for local businesses, startups and product teams. These are the most common starting points, each backed by a project you can try.

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  • Fast, SEO-ready websites

    Marketing sites, content sites, and CMS-backed pages that load fast, are easy for search engines to read, and that you can edit without a developer.

    Starting at
    $250
    Typical timeline
    4 to 14 days
  • Booking, ordering and quotes for your business

    Online booking, ordering and instant quotes built for your business, with intake forms, reminders and an admin that works on your phone. Get a new site with them built in, or add a "Book now" button to the website you already have.

    Starting at
    $300
    Typical timeline
    3 to 10 days
  • AI assistants for your website

    Assistants that answer customers and book appointments, quotes from a photo, receipts into spreadsheets, and multi-step automations, tested so they stay reliable.

    Starting at
    $200
    Typical timeline
    3 to 14 days
  • Fixing and improving your existing website

    Already on WordPress, Shopify, or a React or Next.js app? I fix bugs, speed up slow pages, clean up SEO, and add features like booking or an AI assistant, without a rebuild. Small, well-scoped work with a clear before and after.

    Starting at
    $80
    Typical timeline
    2 to 7 days
  • MVP and feature builds

    A first version of your product, or a new feature for an existing one, built end to end: UI, API, database, and deployment.

    Starting at
    $1,500
    Typical timeline
    Quoted per milestone

Selected projects

Recent projects

One for each kind of work: try them live, read how they were built, and see the numbers.

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Kingsway Cuts home page: a dark barbershop site with the headline Sharp cuts. Straight talk. No rush. and a Book a chair button.

Kingsway Cuts: a barbershop website with online booking

A bold website for a three-chair barbershop where customers pick a barber (or the first one free), book a time at midnight, and check the walk-in wait before they leave home. The owner runs the day from a calendar on his phone, and reminders go out on their own.

Website support bot: a coffee shop website with the chat open, answering a shipping question and showing the quoted passage from page 2 of the help center.

Website support bot and booking receptionist

A chat widget that answers website visitors from a business's own help documents with the source, and books appointments from real open times in the business's booking system. One script tag installs it on any site.

Brightside Cleaning quote calculator: choices for the place on the left and a live price of $281.20 plus HST, itemised line by line, on the right.

Brightside Cleaning: an instant quote calculator with a leads inbox

A cleaning company website where customers price their own clean in under a minute, or start from a photo of the space, with every line shown and tax separate, then send the quote in one click. Every request lands in a leads inbox the owner works from new to won to booked.

Process

How I work

Four steps, the same on every project, so you always know what happens next.

  1. Step 1: Short call

    We talk through what you're building, who it's for, and what done looks like.

  2. Step 2: Written plan

    I send a short written plan: scope, milestones, price, and the questions I still have. Nothing starts until you're happy with it.

  3. Step 3: Small milestones

    Work ships in small pieces you can see and test. You get written updates you can read at the start of your day.

  4. Step 4: Launch and support

    Careful, finished work at the price we agreed. After launch I stay available for fixes and the next round of improvements.

Pooya Nikbakht, smiling, outdoors by a river

About

Hi, I'm Pooya

I'm a senior full-stack engineer with 10+ years of experience, from founding a startup to building large-scale products at bigger companies: one of the top Persian news apps, and a global marketplace with high-traffic search, recommendation systems, microservices on AWS, and AI features. I bring that same care for solid architecture and fast, reliable systems to every project, big or small.

More about my background

Have a project in mind?

Send a short note on what you're building. I'll reply with questions and a rough plan.