For agencies
Stele takes bounded SaaS, commerce, and AI-enabled build work from approved scope into production. Zain is the named engineer on the work. Stele can operate NDA-first when needed, and is happy to keep end-client contact, communication, and credit inside your agency process.
Delivery fit
This fits when you have the client relationship and a defined need, but the build needs more senior ownership than your current capacity can provide.
Fit Defined build pressure
Technical lanes
AI-media and serverless GPU work are available when the product calls for them. They are not a reason to add complexity to a conventional build.
Core lane
Core lane
Specialist lane
Engagement workflow
The operating model stays as visible as the implementation. A scope or access delay moves delivery timing.
No anonymous bench. No ownership grab. No silent scope expansion.
The agency and Stele agree the work item, acceptance criteria, repository and access path, communication owner, and handoff format. An NDA can come first, subject to review.
Zain is the named engineer. Stele can work without contacting the end client or presenting itself as the agency. Any direct contact happens only when the agency directs it in writing.
Once scope and access are in place, implementation begins inside the agreed workflow.
The agency receives the agreed code, review notes, test or verification record, known risks, and next-step recommendation.
Usable proof
Paid client work01 / Callable proof
Custom Shopify Liquid theme and landing-page work for a paid ecommerce client. The client can verify the engagement.
View the live client build02 / Technical depth
Zain built and operated an AI creative platform end-to-end: product experience, Stripe billing and credits, affiliate and lifecycle systems, an emergency Vercel-to-AWS migration, and serverless GPU orchestration using RunPod, ComfyUI, and Python diffusers pipelines.
03 / Direction range
Material Intent, Workroom, Closebook, and the Awards wall study are independent concept work. They show direction and frontend craft; they are not client launches.
Inspect the labeled studies
Start small, in production
One fixed-scope pilot, published terms.
One bounded implementation task, completed inside your process, with a defined handoff at the end.
Fixed fee: $2,400. The task is sized for up to 16 focused implementation hours, with a first commit targeted within 48 hours of access and completed start conditions.
Send the pilot boundaryA component or page family, a Shopify theme or landing-page change, a bounded integration, a production bug with a clear reproduction path, or a contained technical spike that results in working code.
Open-ended discovery, agency strategy, end-client management, a full product build, on-call coverage, or work outside the signed task.
Risk review
Eight practical answers, grouped by the risk they resolve.
01Relationship risk
Stele can operate NDA-first, subject to review. Put the NDA and communication boundary in place before sharing client-sensitive material.
Happy to keep end-client contact inside your agency's process. Direct contact can happen only when the agency directs it in writing.
Stele can work behind your agency brand inside an agreed process. The agreement should state credit, communication, and portfolio-permission boundaries.
02Ownership risk
Zain Almosawy, Stele's owner and only engineer, does the work. There is no downstream bench.
The signed agreement can define when client-specific deliverables transfer. Stele retains pre-existing tools, reusable components, methods, and general know-how; third-party licenses remain subject to their terms.
A mutual, time-bounded non-solicit tied to the agency's introduced end client can be discussed with the task scope. Legal language needs review before signature.
03Scope risk
The agency can split the work into a new fixed scope or authorize a written change order. Stele does not absorb a second project into the pilot.
A task can be quoted as a fixed scope after the boundary is defined. Stele is not offering an anonymous hourly bench; any payment schedule belongs in the signed SOW.
Send a usable brief
Send the task, target stack, deadline, repository and access constraints, and the person who can accept the work. Stele will tell you plainly whether it fits a paid pilot or needs a separate scope.
NDA-first can be arranged, subject to review. Happy to keep end-client contact inside your process.
