Ryan Katayi

    work with me

    Senior engineering for founders who need it shipped.

    I've shipped 39 projects with a 100% job success score and Top Rated Plus status on Upwork. Three ways we can work together:

    Start a projectSee selected work

    MVP & SaaS builds

    From idea to paying users

    You have a validated idea and need a product people can sign up for and pay for. I take it from Figma (or a napkin sketch) to production.

    • Auth, billing, and onboarding flows
    • Dashboards, client portals, and admin panels
    • Deployed on Vercel with analytics and SEO from day one
    • Weekly demos so you always see working software

    Best for: Founders launching a first product or a new revenue line

    AI workflow tools & automations

    Replace hours of manual work

    Internal tools that read documents, answer questions over your data, and automate the workflows your team does by hand today.

    • RAG search over your documents and policies
    • Document processing and extraction pipelines
    • Chat interfaces wired to your real data
    • Automations that plug into your existing tools

    Best for: Teams drowning in manual lookups, copy-paste, and document review

    Supabase / Next.js rescue

    Unstick your existing product

    Your app exists but something is broken, slow, or scary to touch. I diagnose and fix it, then leave the codebase better than I found it.

    • Flaky auth and broken RLS policies fixed
    • Slow queries and page loads diagnosed and tuned
    • New features shipped on your existing stack
    • A written summary of what changed and why

    Best for: Teams with a live product and no time for a rewrite

    how it works

    01

    Tell me about the project

    Send a few sentences about what you're building and where it's stuck. I usually reply within a few hours.

    02

    Scope call

    A short call to agree on what "done" looks like. You get a written scope with milestones — no surprises later.

    03

    Build in weekly slices

    You see working software every week, not a big reveal at the end. Scope adjusts as we learn.

    04

    Launch and handoff

    Deployed, documented, and handed over. I stay available for follow-up work after launch.

    what clients say

    ★★★★★5.0avg ratingTop Rated Plus39 projects100% job success
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    “Ryan was very professional and highly experienced. His communication was 100%. He organized a meeting to understand the project briefly carefully, many other developers don't even do this.”

    Mas Ziba

    AppBox · Supabase Development

    ★ 5

    “Ryan doesn't stop until the goal is met! Looking forward to working with him again in the future.”

    Jonathan Oliver

    onRamp Futures · Stripe Payments Integration

    ★ 5

    “Ryan was able to understand my platform and the issues I was facing QUICKLY. He did not require oversight — a great independent and proactive resource. Reasonable rates and dependable.”

    Jonathan Oliver

    onRamp Futures · Supabase Integration Fix

    ★ 5

    “Ryan is super knowledgeable about his area of expertise, more importantly he is able to break things down to first principles so non-technical folk like myself can understand.”

    Godfrey Dube

    Diagonal Street Media · Technical Consultation

    ★ 5