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Custom software development company in Los Angeles

We are a UK-registered company with a remote engineering team, working with Los Angeles companies: custom software, internal systems, AI and machine learning across media and entertainment, logistics and port operations, aerospace, apparel and healthcare. Calls, demos and reviews are scheduled in your Pacific Time working hours, your systems run in a US cloud region you control, and contracts are in US dollars.

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Tell us about your Los Angeles project

Describe the system, workflow or product you want built. A senior engineer reads every enquiry and will come back with an honest view.

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  • Daily overlap with Pacific Time working hours
  • Deployed to the US cloud region you choose
  • Contracts and invoices in US dollars
1,000+
Clients served
2020
Building since
4.6
Rated on Clutch

1,000+

Clients served since 2020

PT

Daily Pacific Time overlap

4.8★

From 944 Fiverr reviews

USD

Contracts and invoicing

Technologies we build with

  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • Django
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Kafka
  • Snowflake
  • dbt
  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • React Native
  • Swift
  • Kotlin
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic Claude
  • Azure OpenAI
  • AWS Bedrock
  • PyTorch
  • scikit-learn
  • XGBoost
  • Google Cloud us-west2 (Los Angeles)
  • AWS us-west-2 (Oregon)
  • AWS us-west-1 (N. California)
  • Azure West US (California)
  • SAP
  • Oracle NetSuite
  • Epicor
  • Shopify
  • Salesforce
  • EDI via AS2
  • HL7 & FHIR
  • GitHub Actions
  • Terraform
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS KMS
  • Snyk
  • Datadog

Quick answer

What is it like hiring a custom software development company from Los Angeles?

SpiderHunts Technologies is a software and AI development company registered in the United Kingdom, with a registered office in London, working remotely. We have no Los Angeles office, no California entity and nobody on the payroll in the United States. We work with Los Angeles companies remotely: calls and demos scheduled in your Pacific Time working hours, a shared Slack or Teams channel, code in your own repositories, and infrastructure in a US cloud region you control.

Los Angeles is a city of production companies, freight and specialist manufacturing rather than one industry. Most of what we are asked for in Southern California is operational: the system between the platforms you already run, the workflow nobody has automated, the reporting rebuilt by hand every month.

We would rather tell you a problem does not need custom software than sell you a build. If configuration or a better report solves it, we will say so.

What we build

What Los Angeles companies hire us to build

The systems that sit between the platforms you already bought: built on your data, released into your own cloud account.

01

Operations software & internal tools

Admin panels, operations portals, approval workflows and the systems no vendor sells as you need them, built around how your team actually works rather than around a product roadmap.

02

Media, rights & production systems

Rights and royalty tracking, production scheduling, asset management and delivery workflow for studios, post-production houses and streaming teams across Los Angeles.

03

Port, drayage & logistics software

Container visibility, terminal appointment and drayage scheduling, warehouse and carrier portals, and track-and-trace that merges carrier APIs and EDI into one view of a container’s journey.

04

Ecommerce & direct-to-consumer operations

Inventory across your store, marketplaces and wholesale, order and returns workflow, and production tracking for apparel and consumer brands whose rules are too specific for a plug-in.

05

Aerospace & defence supplier systems

Configuration control, certificate and inspection records tied to the part, supplier quality tracking and compliance evidence for manufacturers and suppliers across the South Bay.

06

Healthcare operations software

Referral, scheduling, intake and internal reporting tools for health systems and clinics, built to the technical safeguards HIPAA expects and integrated through HL7 or FHIR interfaces.

07

AI, machine learning & document extraction

Extraction from bills of lading, invoices, contracts and rights paperwork, demand and ETA forecasting, anomaly detection in royalty or invoice data, and agents that triage with a person approving.

08

Cloud, data & DevOps

US-region infrastructure as code, data pipelines and warehouses, CI/CD with review gates and scanning, and monitoring an on-call engineer can actually read at 6am Pacific.

Why it matters

Why Los Angeles operators outgrow their platforms

Nobody sets out to run a rights catalogue, a drayage desk or a wholesale order book on spreadsheets. The platform covers most of the job, a gap appears, someone builds a workaround, and the workaround becomes the process.

The spreadsheet-and-workaround stack

  • Staff re-key the same data into the ERP, the TMS and a spreadsheet every morning
  • Two reports never agree, so nobody trusts either of them
  • One person understands the master workbook, and they are on holiday
  • Audit and compliance requests are reassembled out of email threads
  • Per-seat licences rise every year for features nobody opens

With software built around your process

  • One source of truth, fed by integrations rather than re-keying
  • Reports agree because they read the same data model
  • The process lives in the system instead of in one person’s head
  • Approvals, overrides and data changes are logged as work happens
  • The tool matches the workflow, so new hires learn it faster

Building software in Los Angeles?

Tell us what you are trying to fix. We will give you an honest view on whether it needs custom software, and a realistic range if it does.

Examples

What we build for Los Angeles companies

Typical problems Los Angeles teams bring to us, and the software that addresses them. Illustrative examples of what we build, not client results.

Media

Rights and royalty tracking

Which rights are held, for which window and territory, and what is owed to whom - tracked rather than maintained in a workbook by one person.

Aim: answering a rights question in minutes.

Logistics

Drayage and container visibility

Container status, appointments and drayage moves in one view instead of three portals and a phone.

Aim: knowing where a box is without calling.

Apparel

Production and wholesale orders

Cut tickets, production status and wholesale orders connected, so a delay is visible before the customer notices.

Aim: warning the buyer before they chase.

Aerospace supply

Compliance evidence

Certificates, build standards and inspection records tied to the part rather than to a shared drive.

Aim: evidence ready before the audit.

E-commerce

Inventory across channels

One stock position across your store, marketplaces and wholesale, so a unit is not sold twice.

Aim: fewer oversells at peak.

Venues

Scheduling and staffing

Events, spaces and staff in one schedule, with conflicts visible in planning.

Aim: catching the clash early.

How we work

How a Los Angeles engagement runs

Short stages with a clear output each time, arranged so the time difference is never the reason something waits a day.

  1. Free scoping call

    A 30-minute call booked in your Pacific Time working hours. We talk through the problem, the systems involved and the constraints, then send a written quote with scope and exclusions.

  2. Access, accounts and rules

    We agree which cloud account and US region the work runs in, who grants access to the ERP, TMS or rights systems involved, and whether anything touches biometrics, health or consumer data before code is written.

  3. Build with a daily overlap

    Work lands in your repository from the start. There is a written update every day and a demo each week, both inside your working hours rather than ours.

  4. Integration and testing

    Carrier and terminal feeds, ERP interfaces and rights or royalty exports are tackled early, because that is where operational projects usually come unstuck. Automated tests and scans run in the pipeline.

  5. Release and handover

    We release in stages with monitoring switched on. Documentation, runbooks and code stay in your accounts and repositories, and ongoing development is quoted separately if you want it.

Clear scope · Regular demos · Full handover

Is it right for you?

When a remote team is the right call in Los Angeles

We would rather tell you to buy a product or hire a firm in Century City than take on a project that will not work remotely.

A good fit when…

  • The scope can be written down and demonstrated each week
  • Someone in Los Angeles owns the decisions and the system access
  • The work is software, data or AI rather than plant-floor hardware
  • You want the code, infrastructure and documentation to stay yours
  • A written daily update and a weekly demo is how you like to track work

Not the right fit when…

  • The job needs an engineer physically in your building each week
  • An off-the-shelf product already covers the whole workflow
  • Nobody internally can approve designs or grant system access
  • Your rules require every engineer to be a US person on US soil

Track record

Trusted by 1,000+ clients since 2020

Independent reviews, including from clients in the United States, on the platforms where they hired us.

1,000+

Clients served since 2020

4.8★

From 944 Fiverr reviews

4.6★

Rated on Clutch

FiverrVerified review
I’m always nervous the first time I work with a new freelancer. I was pleasantly surprised at the level of detail and quality produced. It was immediately obvious how he cared about the level of work produced.
ckohls22United States
FiverrVerified review
We would highly recommend using Shahrukh for any project. He is very good at what he does. We have used him many times now and are always pleased with the results.
accuistUnited States
FiverrVerified review
Shahrukh was incredibly patient with me. I had problems at home and couldn’t get back to him when I should have but he took the time and worked things out. He is very professional, very organized. I love my website.
krystalfUnited States

Technology

What we build with, and where it runs

Mainstream languages and platforms, the integration formats Southern California operations actually speak, and deployment into your own US cloud account.

Backend & data

  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • Django
  • Node.js
  • PostgreSQL
  • Kafka
  • Snowflake
  • dbt

Front end & mobile

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • React Native
  • Swift
  • Kotlin

AI & machine learning

  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic Claude
  • Azure OpenAI
  • AWS Bedrock
  • PyTorch
  • scikit-learn
  • XGBoost

US cloud regions

  • Google Cloud us-west2 (Los Angeles)
  • AWS us-west-2 (Oregon)
  • AWS us-west-1 (N. California)
  • Azure West US (California)

Systems we integrate

  • SAP
  • Oracle NetSuite
  • Epicor
  • Shopify
  • Salesforce
  • EDI via AS2
  • HL7 & FHIR

DevOps & security

  • GitHub Actions
  • Terraform
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS KMS
  • Snyk
  • Datadog

Sectors

The industries Los Angeles runs on

Los Angeles runs on media and entertainment, logistics and port operations, aerospace, apparel and healthcare. That mix produces a particular class of software problem: operational data in volume, systems that cannot be switched off, and a regulator or an auditor somewhere in the chain.

Media & entertainmentRights, royalties, asset management and production workflow
Logistics & portsDrayage, container tracking and the systems around the busiest port complex in the country
Aerospace & defence suppliersConfiguration control, compliance evidence and supply chain tooling
Apparel & consumer brandsProduction tracking, wholesale ordering and direct-to-consumer operations
HealthcareScheduling, intake and claims-adjacent workflow
Real estate & propertyPortfolio reporting, maintenance and tenant systems
Live events & venuesTicketing, scheduling and venue operations
E-commerceOrder, inventory and fulfilment systems at consumer-brand scale

Los Angeles and Southern California

Hollywood, Burbank & Culver CityStudios, post-production and streaming teams
The Ports of Los Angeles & Long BeachTerminals, drayage carriers, 3PLs and freight forwarders
El Segundo & the South BayAerospace and defence suppliers and their manufacturers
Santa Monica & Silicon BeachEcommerce, consumer apps and venture-backed startups
San FranciscoSoftware, fintech and biotech teams, also on Pacific TimeSeattleCloud, aerospace and ecommerce teams, also on Pacific Time

FAQ

Working with us from Los Angeles: FAQs

Common questions from Los Angeles businesses about working with us.

Still have a question?

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Do you have a Los Angeles office?

No. We have no US entity, no California office and nobody on the payroll in the United States. SpiderHunts Technologies Ltd is UK-registered, with a registered office in London, and the whole team works remotely. We work with Los Angeles clients remotely, by video, and schedule calls, demos and reviews in your Pacific Time working hours.

Do you work with production companies?

Yes, on the systems around production rather than the creative work itself. That covers rights and royalty tracking, scheduling, asset tracking, delivery requirements and reporting to partners. We work from the tools you already use, whether spreadsheets, a production management platform or a rights database, and build the layer that connects them, so a rights or delivery question is answered from records rather than memory.

Can you handle port and drayage integrations?

Often, depending on what the terminals, carriers and your own systems expose. That is the first thing we establish, because it decides what is actually buildable: some sources offer APIs or EDI, others only a portal or an emailed report. Once the inputs are known, we build container visibility, appointment and drayage scheduling and exception alerts, with retries and reconciliation for feeds that misbehave.

How do contracts and invoicing work for a California company?

Projects are quoted in pounds sterling and invoiced in US dollars at the rate agreed in the quote, so both sides know the dollar figure before work starts. Invoices are raised by SpiderHunts Technologies Ltd against a written scope with milestones, and we can complete a W-8BEN-E for your accounts payable team. Payment by ACH, wire or card. Your legal team is welcome to work from your own master services agreement rather than ours.

Where will our data and code live?

In your accounts, not ours. Los Angeles teams commonly choose Google Cloud us-west2, which sits in Los Angeles, AWS us-west-2 in Oregon or us-west-1 in Northern California, or Azure West US, all on the West Coast. Code goes to your GitHub, GitLab or Azure DevOps. Engineers get named, least-privilege access you can revoke at any time, and production data stays out of development environments unless you ask otherwise.

Do the CCPA and CPRA change what you build?

They shape the design where the law applies to you. The California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the CPRA, gives California residents rights to know, delete and correct their personal information, to opt out of its sale or sharing, and to limit use of sensitive data such as biometrics. So we build data inventories, request-handling workflows, consent records and deletion jobs that actually run. Whether and how the law applies is for your counsel.

Can you build software for aerospace and defence suppliers?

On the commercial software side, yes: configuration control, certificate and inspection records tied to each part, supplier quality tracking and the evidence an audit asks for. We cannot take work that requires US persons, such as some projects controlled under ITAR or EAR, because our team is not based in the United States. We say so on the first call, so your export-control team can decide what is in scope before anything is shared.

Can you build ecommerce and direct-to-consumer systems?

Yes, mostly the operational layer behind the storefront: one stock position across your store, marketplaces and wholesale, order and returns workflow, production and purchase-order tracking for apparel and consumer brands, and reporting that agrees with finance. We usually integrate with Shopify or your existing platform rather than replace it, and we will tell you when an app or a configuration change solves the problem without custom code.

Can you build around our existing ERP rather than replacing it?

That is usually what we recommend. Los Angeles manufacturers, distributors and brands often run an ERP that is deeply embedded in purchasing and finance, and a rip-and-replace is where most of the money and most of the risk goes. We build the layer above it instead: scheduling, traceability, inventory and reporting that reads live data without a six-figure module. Our note on integrating with an ERP rather than replacing it covers the approach.

Do you build healthcare software with HIPAA safeguards?

We build to the technical safeguards HIPAA expects: encryption in transit and at rest, unique user identity, role-based access, automatic logoff, integrity checks and audit logs of who saw which record. We will not call the result HIPAA-compliant, because compliance covers your policies, training, contracts and physical controls as well as the software. Whether a business associate agreement is needed is a decision for your counsel. Clinical integration is normally through HL7 or FHIR interfaces your own team controls.

How much does custom software development cost, and how long does it take?

You get a written quote after a free scoping call. As typical ranges from our service pages: an internal tool or MVP is £8,000–£20,000 over 4–8 weeks, a business web application £20,000–£45,000 over 2–4 months, and a larger platform or modernisation £45,000–£80,000+ over 3–6 months. A focused machine learning model is £8,000–£25,000 and a single-purpose AI agent £5,000–£12,000. Those are quoted in pounds and invoiced in dollars; cloud and third-party licence costs are separate and stay in your own accounts.

Can we meet in person?

No. We are fully remote, so meetings and day-to-day work happen over video, Slack or Teams and a shared board. Where a project would normally open with an on-site workshop, we run it as two or three shorter video sessions in your Pacific Time working hours instead, which works better over video than one long day does.

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