New York-area clients who want a senior developer — not a New York agency markup.
NYC agencies charge $200–$350/hour for developer time. The overhead is paying for office space on Park Avenue, account managers, and project coordinators — not for better code. RCB Software delivers senior custom software development at fixed prices that are competitive with what the best NYC freelancers charge, with better accountability. Remote-first. Fixed scope, fixed price.
You're based in New York and need a custom software developer who can build your web application or mobile product. You want senior-level work without the NYC agency overhead.
New York City has a concentration of early-stage startups, funded companies, and established businesses that need custom software built — and a corresponding concentration of agencies charging rates that reflect the cost of doing business in Manhattan rather than the value of the work being delivered. The math isn't complicated: a NYC agency charging $250/hour with a 3-person team on your project is $1,500/hour billed. A senior developer with the same experience doing that work solo, without the overhead, is $25k–$65k fixed price for the same deliverable.
The agency model argument is staffing flexibility — they can put more people on your project when it needs to move faster. In practice, most software projects don't benefit from more developers in the way that construction projects benefit from more workers. Software projects have coordination overhead: more developers means more design discussions, more code review, more integration work, more communication overhead. Brook's Law is a real phenomenon. A single senior developer who owns the whole stack is usually faster than a team for a defined-scope project.
The remote-first argument is also settled: since 2020, the expectation of in-person developer presence for project work has essentially evaporated. Async communication, screen sharing, and regular video check-ins work for every stage of a software project. New York clients who need in-person collaboration can arrange it — it's not the default working mode for project development.
A production custom software application — web, mobile, or both — delivered by a senior developer with a track record, at a price that doesn't include Manhattan office costs.
Startup MVPs for NYC-based founders
The New York startup ecosystem produces founders across fintech, proptech, fashion, media, and professional services. Applications in each of these verticals, built for the specific tools and workflows the vertical uses.
Custom web applications
B2B SaaS products, internal tools for operations teams, customer portals, marketplace platforms — the full range of web application types, built on Next.js, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL.
React Native mobile apps
iOS and Android applications for New York-based businesses in consumer and B2B verticals. Both stores, production-ready, delivered in 12–16 weeks.
Stripe integrations for New York fintech
New York has a dense fintech ecosystem. Stripe Billing, Stripe Connect, Stripe Treasury — the payment infrastructure for fintech products and platforms.
Agency-displaced projects
For New York businesses that started a project with an agency and encountered quality problems, timeline overruns, or cost overruns — rebuild or rescue with a fixed-price commitment.
One honest number to start.
Fixed-scope, fixed-price. The number below is the starting point — final scope is built from your brief.
A production custom software application — web, mobile, or both — delivered by a senior developer with a track record, at a price that doesn't include Manhattan office costs.
Three steps, every time.
The same repeatable engagement on every project. No surprises, no mystery, no billable ambiguity.
Brief & discovery.
We send you questions, then get on a call. Output: a written scope with every step, feature, and integration listed.
Build & ship.
Fixed schedule, weekly reviews. No scope creep unless you change the scope — and if you do, we reprice it transparently.
Warranty & retainer.
30-day warranty on every launch. Most clients stay on a monthly retainer for ongoing features and maintenance.
Why Fixed-Price Matters Here
New York businesses are cost-aware and have been burned by agencies that started at a quote and billed to a much larger number. Fixed scope, fixed price eliminates that category of surprise.
Related engagements.
Questions, answered.
Not by default — remote-first is the standard working mode. For New York clients who prefer in-person kick-off or milestone reviews, that can be arranged. The development work itself is done remotely regardless.
There are no meaningful time zone differences for New York clients — EST/EDT is a common working time zone. Communication is primarily async, with video calls scheduled to suit both parties.
Yes — fintech applications with FINRA considerations and healthcare applications with HIPAA requirements are within scope. Regulatory requirements are defined in the project specification and implemented as part of the baseline. New York has significant concentrations of both verticals.
The price is the same regardless of the client's location. Web applications from $25k, mobile platforms from $45k, websites from $8k. All fixed-price.
Yes — available on request during the scoping process.
Tell Ryel about your project.
Describe what you’re building and what outcome you need. You’ll have a written, fixed-price scope within the week.