Melbourne · Inner north
Developer help for Collingwood startups and studios.
Startups that got to a prototype fast, and agencies with more client work than developers. Collingwood has plenty of both, and both need focused senior help without hiring.
Business in Collingwood
Collingwood’s converted warehouses house early-stage startups, creative and digital agencies, breweries, and the retail and food along Smith Street. Two kinds of job keep coming up here. One is a founder whose app was built quickly, often with an AI tool, and now has to be safe to launch. The other is an agency that needs a developer for one piece of a client project.
For startups, we review what was built, fix the parts that would hurt in production and leave notes the next developer can follow. For agencies, we work as a defined piece of overflow on Webflow, Next.js, WordPress or Shopify, under your process and with your client relationship untouched.
What we watch for
- Secrets, authentication and data access in fast-built apps before real users arrive
- Clear ownership of code and accounts when we work as agency overflow
- Not rewriting what works: fix the risky parts, leave the rest
- Handover notes for the developer or team that comes next
Common jobs in Collingwood
AI-built app review and rescue
Check a Lovable, Bolt or Cursor-built app for launch risks, then fix the critical ones.
Agency overflow, one defined piece
Take a scoped component, integration or fix off your team’s plate for a client project.
Next.js or Webflow fixes
Resolve build errors, broken interactions or CMS problems on a modern stack.
Brewery or venue booking and shop
Get bookings, events and a small online shop working together.
How it works from Collingwood
Scipio is based in Melbourne and works remotely, on Melbourne time. Send a brief and a developer replies within one business day, with a fixed price or a paid diagnostic when the cause is unclear.
Scoping agent
Tell us what’s stuck.
Two minutes of guided questions. You get a plain-English brief, and a developer replies within one business day.
- Guided questions, not an AI chatbot
- A person reviews every brief
- Never asks for passwords or keys
No account. No sales script. Never asks for passwords or keys.