Software teams call in when the stakes are too high to get it wrong.
Clearway Software is a distributed engineering studio — senior developers, designers, and technical leads working across time zones to design, build, and run web applications and APIs for growing companies.
Full-stack builds
React and Next.js front ends backed by Node, Python, or Go — architected to be simple to extend and cheap to run.
Systems that connect
Payment, auth, and third-party integrations, plus internal APIs designed for the next engineer who reads them.
Infrastructure that scales
CI/CD, observability, and cloud architecture built to handle growth without a rewrite.
Second opinions
Architecture reviews and code audits before you commit to a stack or a hire.
In-game trading, done right
Item and inventory systems, currency and rarity balancing, and DataStore-backed anti-exploit protection for games with a real player-driven economy.
"They embedded with our team like they'd always been part of it — not a vendor we had to manage."— Engineering Lead, Series B logistics platform
A studio built for teams, not a single point of failure
Clearway Software is an engineering studio working with founders and product teams across North America and Europe. We started as a small group of senior developers who were tired of watching good products stall on bad infrastructure — and grew into a distributed team that clients keep coming back to project after project.
Every engagement is staffed with people who've shipped the kind of system you're building before, not generalists learning on your budget. We work in small, senior pods rather than large rotating teams, so you always know who's writing your code and why.
Stack
How we work
- Discovery call30 minutes to understand the problem, not just the feature request.
- Scoped proposalFixed price or dedicated-team rate, with a clear list of what's in and out.
- Weekly check-insShort async updates plus a call whenever there's a decision to make.
- Documented handoffClean repo, written notes, and a walkthrough — nothing tribal-knowledge only.
Where we work from
- Toronto, Ontario — HQ--:--
- New York, USA--:--
- Los Angeles, USA--:--
- London, England--:--
Senior by default
Every engineer on your project has shipped production systems before — no learning on the client's clock.
Direct access
You talk to the people building your product, not a rotating cast of account managers.
Written down
Decisions, architecture, and handoffs are documented as we go — not reconstructed at the end.
Built to leave well
Every engagement ends in a codebase your own team — or the next vendor — can actually pick up.
Recent projects
Order Routing Platform
Rebuilt a regional logistics company's dispatch system, replacing a spreadsheet-driven process with automated routing — cutting manual dispatch time by 70%.
Subscription Billing API
Migrated a SaaS product off a legacy checkout flow onto a modern billing API, adding proration, dunning, and usage-based pricing without downtime.
Internal Analytics Dashboard
Built a real-time dashboard consolidating product and support metrics for a 12-person team, replacing three disconnected spreadsheets.
Marketplace MVP
Took a two-sided marketplace from idea to working MVP in six weeks, ahead of a seed-round demo — listings, messaging, and payments included.
Project Viltrumites
A Roblox battleground fighting game inspired by Invincible — flight-based combat, ragdoll physics, and frequent content updates driving an active live player community.
Let's talk about your project
We typically reply within one business day. Tell us a bit about what you're building and we'll let you know if it's a fit.
- Emailhello@clearwaysoftware.com
- Response timeWithin 1 business day
- OfficesToronto · New York · LA · London
- ElsewhereGitHub · LinkedIn