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We
Build software
from
Zero to launch
in just
one month

Founder / Engineer / Designer

Patrick Lu

UC Berkeley

Patrick previously worked for Apple as a software engineer on the Applied Machine Learning team and then went through the YCombinator Fellowship program building out his own businesses.

Patrick is knowledgable about building a product from 0 to MVP and then from MVP to scale, doing it fast without dropping the quality.

In his free time, Patrick enjoys playing soccer, tennis, & FIFA.

Founder & Software Engineer

Craig Lu

University of Florida

Craig previously worked for Amazon as a software engineer. He has experience building apps using React, Node, Django, Java, and Ruby. He loves building beautiful user interfaces with intuitive user interaction.

In his free time, Craig enjoys supporting Arsenal and playing FIFA.

Founder & Software Engineer

Joey Pereira

UC Berkeley

Joey has previously worked at Google and SmileyGo -- a startup with a successful exit. He's built apps using React, Django, Java, Ruby, and more. He loves thinking about hard backend problems and going deep into the low level stack to solve problems.

In his free time, Joey enjoys scoring goals in soccer.

Software Engineer

Leo Sun

UC Berkeley

Leo has been with Q5 since 2017, building backend applications and dabbling in the frontend. He has experience building applications using Django, Flask, and Java. He enjoys debugging problems and finding solutions for them.

In his free time, Leo enjoys going to the gym & following the NBA.

Software Engineer

Steve Kriz

UCLA

Steve has been with Q5 since 2021. As a full stack engineer, Steve enjoys making gorgeous & smooth apps with great user experiences.

In his free time, Steve enjoys going to wineries & working on his home.

Software Engineer

Jack Gutheim

UC Berkeley

After graduating from UC Berkeley, Jack has been with Q5 since 2021. Jack enjoys working across the full stack, but especially on the backend, and he enjoys solving complex data + AI problems.

In his free time, Jack enjoys playing soccer and his favorite team is Arsenal.

Designer

Tetiana Donska

A Principal at the design firm Ester Digital, Tetiana has been with Q5 since 2019. An award winning UI/UX designer, Tetiana has the perfect combination of speed and quality.

Services

UI / UX Design

We work with companies, founders, customers & potential customers to figure out what features need to go into an app, and then work relentlessly to make the UI look gorgeous, and the experience feel amazing.

Frontend Engineering

We build the frontend to make sure it's smooth & responsive. Whether it's a website, or an app, we make sure the user feels delight, joy, and a sense that the app is helping them in every interaction.

Backend Engineering

Every app needs a robust & scalable backend to make sure the data is secure, and the data is delivered to the frontend at lightning speed. Cloud infrastructure, databases, deployments, we do it all.

Launch Strategy

A product isn't ready to launch without a solid launch strategy. We help work with companies & founders to figure out how you get your first users. We help you figure out where your users hang out and how to reach them.