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Node.js Development
Node.js is where we build the connective tissue: APIs that serve a mobile app and a website from one place, integrations between systems that were never designed to talk, and services that need to push updates the moment something changes.
What we build with it
APIs for apps and front ends
One API serving an iOS app, an Android app and a web front end, so a change to business logic ships once instead of three times. Typically paired with a React Native app or a Next.js front end. Weighing it against Laravel? Laravel vs Node.js.
Integrations between systems
ERP, POS, freight, payments, CRM and marketing platforms rarely integrate cleanly on their own. Node services sit between them, translating and reconciling, with retries and visibility when an upstream system is down.
Real-time and event-driven services
Where a page cannot wait for a refresh: live venue data, order and delivery status, notifications. Event-driven services that push the change rather than making the client poll for it.
Serverless on AWS
As an AWS Partner we run Node workloads the way the job warrants, Lambda and serverless APIs where traffic is spiky, long-running services where it is steady, and cost-tuned either way.
The proof
Work we have shipped, not a capability deck.
Common questions
What do you use Node.js for?
APIs and services, real-time features such as notifications and live updates, integration layers between systems that were never designed to talk to each other, and scheduled processing. It is often the connective tissue in a platform rather than the whole platform.
Node.js or Laravel for our backend?
Both are solid choices and we build in both. Node suits real-time and heavily I/O-bound workloads, and keeps one language across front and back end. Laravel gives you more structure out of the box for conventional business applications, admin, permissions, queues, reporting. Existing team skills are a legitimate tiebreaker.
Do you work with clients outside Sydney?
Our head office is in Sydney and we work with clients across Australia (Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and regional NSW included) as well as in New Zealand, where the duty free stores across the major airports have run on a platform we build and support since 2021. Delivery has been remote-first for years, so a project runs the same way whether you are ten minutes away or across the Tasman: scheduled calls, a shared board you can see at any time, and one named point of contact. We are happy to meet in person in Sydney.
How much does a Node.js API or service cost to build?
Backend work is priced by the number of systems involved and how well they are documented, not by endpoints. Integrating with a well-documented modern API is straightforward; integrating with an undocumented legacy system is where the time goes. It depends far more on integrations, content and certainty of scope than on page count, so we would rather scope it than quote a number blind. Our guide to what a website costs in Australia sets out the typical market ranges, and how we engage explains the models.
How long does a Node.js build take?
A single service or integration layer is typically weeks. A platform backend delivered alongside a front end runs in parallel with it and is scoped as one programme. The honest answer is that scope decides it, not the platform. How we engage sets out the engagement models and the timeline ranges each one tends to run to, and we give you a milestone plan once we have scoped the work rather than a number before.
Do we own the code you write?
Yes. You own the code, the repositories and the infrastructure accounts, and we hand over documentation with them. That matters more on backend work than anywhere else, because an API nobody else can maintain is a liability rather than an asset.
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