We’re a team of humans transforming business with refreshingly uncomplicated digital products.

Our humans believe that when technology intersects strategy and design, impossible things move within reach—and great products are made through relentless collaboration and curiosity.

At Helpful Human, code and pixels are just part of the story. We listen to understand your story, your challenges, and your vision. We want to be part of your triumph story, as we navigate the treacherous waters between ‘compelling idea’ and ‘exceptional product’.

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Product shaping

When we get everyone pulling in the same direction, magic happens. It takes some work, but it is well worth the effort to define our goals before pixels are placed and code is written. We ask questions, we listen, and we get incredible results that deliver fantastic outcomes.

  • Design Research
  • Design Sprints
  • UI/UX & Product Design

Development

Our cross functional teams of designers and developers work together to create products from scratch or create new value on existing products. We work with a range of modern languages and are heavily invested in a number of “go to” technologies.

Languages and Frameworks we use

  • Node.js
  • React.js and React Native
  • CI/CD
  • Kubernetes and Helm
  • Terraform
  • GraphQL, Rest, Serverless

Cloud Services

  • Auto-scaling systems
  • Load balancing systems
  • Observability for optimization and hardening

Back-end development + implementation

Whereupon someone other than a designer might capture the nuance of this field in an elegant sentence or two

  • Data models (RDBMS / NoSQL Persistence)
  • Microservices-based application programming interfaces (APIs)
  • Integrations with
    - Core systems
    - Other platforms & products
    - Instrumentation for analytics

Launch & support

We support all of our clients through launch and beyond.

  • Continuous deployment
  • Analytics dashboard
  • Monitoring / logging support
  • Backlog prioritization

Real Team© staff augmentation

When you need a cohesive team to tackle a sticky problem, our humans are experienced at assembling cross-disciplinary teams to seamlessly augment other organizations.

  • Advantage of mature teams built around platform disciplines
  • Familiarity in communication, skills, and methods for success
  • Offshore and onshore
  • Unified focus and results across silos

Some of the friends we’ve made

We’ve been fortunate to partner with some amazing brands

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