Next.js product engineering at studio quality
Big agencies are slow to decide, and a single freelancer can struggle with the full breadth of a product. A studio-sized team sits comfortably between the two.
Design and engineering share one backlog, so the visuals never drift away from what can realistically ship on time.
We work best with companies hiring a Next.js agency who want a partner that ships. A Next.js agency for App Router products, SEO systems, dashboards, and high-performance SaaS frontends.
What you get
- App Router architectures
- SEO and metadata systems
- Design systems in React
- Vercel production delivery
- One studio accountable for the result
- Design and engineering on the same schedule
- Support available after launch
How engagement works
As your Next.js agency, we run a shared backlog, design reviews, and engineering sprints, and you keep one point of contact throughout.
- 01
Discover
Goals, constraints, data sources, and success metrics, all settled before we touch architecture or prompts. You see progress on the critical path every week.
- 02
Design
System design, AI/tool boundaries, interface direction, and interaction prototypes. Nothing here waits on a handover between separate teams.
- 03
Build
Modern stack, clean architecture, evaluated AI behavior, and iterative demos you can react to. On Next.js development projects we favour practical architecture over trendy defaults.
- 04
Launch
Ship, monitor, harden, and keep improving models, tools, and product after go-live. The work for teams in Chicago stays tied to the outcome you asked for.
How we build it, and why
The stack is chosen per project, not applied from a template. For Next.js agency work these are the defaults, and the reason each one is on the list.
- Next.js
- server rendering and static generation in one framework, so marketing pages stay fast and app routes stay dynamic
- React
- the component model most teams can already hire for and maintain
- TypeScript
- types across the whole stack, which catches the class of bug that only shows up in production
- Tailwind
- design decisions stay in the markup, so the CSS does not grow faster than the product
- Vercel
- preview deploys on every branch, so review happens on a real URL instead of a screenshot
What the first weeks look like
- Week 1
Scope and architecture
Users, data, integrations, and constraints, ending in a written plan for the Next.js development that you approve before anyone opens an editor.
- Weeks 2-3
Design the critical path
The screens that carry the product, prototyped and clickable. Design and engineering review together, so nothing gets drawn that cannot ship.
- Weeks 4-8
Build in weekly slices
Every week ends with something on a real URL. app router architectures lands early, because the rest of the plan depends on it working.
- Launch
Ship, measure, hand over
Release, monitoring, analytics, and a documented handover, so your team can carry it without calling us.
Weighing up your options
There are three realistic ways to get this built. Each is the right answer for someone.
A solo freelancer
Cheapest per hour and fine for a contained task. The risk on Next.js development is breadth — one person covering design, backend, infrastructure, and launch usually means one of them is weak, and there is no cover when they are unavailable.
A local agency in Chicago
Same timezone and a face to meet, which genuinely matters for some teams. You are also paying Chicago enterprises hiring for dependable full-stack delivery. rates for the whole team including the layers that never touch your Next.js development, and a local shortlist is a small shortlist.
Arcode
A small senior team. The people who scope the Next.js development write the code, you get weekly demos instead of status decks, and the engagement ends when the thing is live and handed over.
Work we have shipped
Lengju Deildin
Realtime frontend · GraphQL
Live football league experience with sockets, GraphQL, and YouTube stream widgets.
Automated league app built at Stellar Stack with live scores, widgets, and stream integrations for higher fan engagement.
- · Realtime score updates
- · YouTube live widgets
- · GraphQL data layer
- · Automated league data views
React · GraphQL · Apollo · WebSockets · Firebase
Medusa Ecommerce Store
Frontend · Medusa.js
Grocery ecommerce storefront on Medusa.js with Next.js, TypeScript, and API-driven catalog flows.
Stellar Stack ecommerce build focused on shopping UX and integrations across Medusa services and a Next.js storefront.
- · Medusa-powered catalog and checkout
- · TypeScript Next.js storefront
- · API and service integrations
- · Performance-minded product UX
Medusa.js · Next.js · TypeScript · React · Tailwind
Better Health Solutions
Frontend · CMS
Clinic website for Dr. Khayami with patient resources, scheduling UX, and educational video.
Responsive chiropractic practice site built at Code Band with Next.js, Redux Toolkit, Video.js, and Strapi content management.
- · Responsive clinic experience
- · Appointment-oriented UX
- · Patient education video
- · CMS-managed content
Next.js · Tailwind · Redux Toolkit · Strapi · Video.js
Working with teams in Chicago
Chicago enterprises hiring for dependable full-stack delivery. We work with clients in Chicago remotely and keep overlapping hours in CST/CDT. We usually collaborate in English.
How we work with Chicago teams
Chicago is ten to eleven hours behind us, so our late afternoon is your morning. That is enough for a daily sync window, with the rest handled in writing so nobody waits on a call to get unblocked.
What Chicago clients usually need
Chicago work leans towards established companies rather than early-stage startups: logistics, insurance, trading-adjacent tooling, and internal platforms that need rebuilding without disrupting the business running on them.
Contracts, data, and compliance
Migrations here usually need a parallel-running period and a rollback plan rather than a cutover date. We invoice in USD under US contractor agreements with IP assignment, and scope SOC 2 evidence in where procurement asks for it.
