SaaS & product
Planning a SaaS MVP: scope, integrations and the first usable release
How to decide what goes into a first release, which integrations it really needs, and what “usable” should mean for early customers.
Custom software & product engineering
Custom software and SaaS, built around your business.
We build new SaaS products and business platforms, and connect, improve or modernize the systems you already run. Where it genuinely helps, we add workflow automation and practical AI features.
- New SaaS product Build
- CRM Integrate
- Payments Integrate
- ERP & accounting Sync
- Legacy app Modernize
- New product builds SaaS and platforms from zero to one
- Connected systems ERP, CRM, accounting and payments
- Practical AI Scoped, reviewed and evaluated
- Ongoing engineering Maintenance, cloud and DevOps
What we do
Engineering for the software your business runs on.
Our core work is custom business software and SaaS products, supported by the integration, automation and operations work that keeps them useful.
Core services
- Core service
Custom business software
Internal tools, portals and business platforms built around how your teams actually operate, instead of forcing work into spreadsheets and generic tools.
Typical work: Internal tools · Customer & partner portals · ERP-related workflows
Discuss a project: Custom business software - Core service
SaaS product engineering
From a scoped first release to a product customers rely on: discovery, architecture, product interfaces, backend systems, testing and launch, then continued evolution.
Typical work: Zero-to-one builds · Product UI & backend · Ongoing product evolution
Discuss a project: SaaS product engineering
Supporting capabilities
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APIs & payment integrations
Connect ERP, CRM, accounting, commerce and payment providers, with reliable data sync and migration. We integrate with payment providers; we don’t process payments.
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Workflow automation & applied AI
Remove repetitive steps and add AI where it measurably helps, with people approving consequential actions.
Our approach to AI -
Modernization, maintenance & cloud/DevOps
Refactor, migrate and maintain existing systems, and run their cloud infrastructure and delivery pipelines.
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Deployments, backups & email integrations
Release processes, backup and recovery planning, and business or application email set-up on your own accounts. Engineering work, not a hosting or mailbox plan.
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Engineering team extension
Experienced engineers who join your team and work inside your tools, process and priorities.
Applied AI
AI that works inside your software.
Useful AI sits inside an existing workflow, uses the data and permissions you already have, and is judged on whether it helps. We start with one well-defined use case, connect the systems it needs, agree how its output is checked, and expand only on evidence.
- Business data Documents, records, tickets
- AI assistance Extract, search, draft, classify
- Human review Check, correct, approve
- Approved action Update systems, notify, file
Uncertain or rejected output goes back for correction, never straight to action.
Illustrative use cases
- Document intake. Key fields from invoices or forms, low-confidence items routed to a person.
- Knowledge assistant. Answers from your own documents, respecting who may see what.
- Routing & drafting. Requests classified and replies drafted, with approval before anything consequential.
Examples of what can be built, not past Devpier projects.
Market context
AI value depends on how it is integrated.
Recent industry research suggests returns concentrate among companies that build AI into how they operate, rather than running isolated pilots.
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74%
of AI-driven returns went to the leading 20% of the 1,217 companies surveyed.
PwC, “Want ROI from AI? Go for growth” (opens in a new tab) 13 April 2026
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7.2×
higher AI-driven revenue and efficiency gains for the most “AI-fit” companies than for the rest of that sample.
PwC, same study (opens in a new tab) 13 April 2026
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7%
of organizations in a survey of 1,000 executives report scaling AI across the enterprise.
McKinsey, “Putting AI to work” (opens in a new tab) 19 June 2026
Figures come from two separate surveys of different company populations. They describe those samples, not every business, and are not Devpier results or a forecast for any client.
How we work
One delivery process, from first conversation to running software.
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Understand & scope
We map users, workflows, existing systems and constraints, then agree a scoped first release worth building.
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Design & build
We design the interfaces and architecture, then build in reviewable increments with testing as part of the work.
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Integrate & launch
We connect the software to the systems around it, migrate data where needed, and handle deployment and handover.
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Maintain & improve
The same team can monitor, maintain and extend the software as your business and users change.
Phased delivery
A scoped first release you can review, then further releases based on what you learn. Timelines are agreed once scope is clear.
Engineer-led, AI-assisted
Coding assistants help with drafting, code search and repetitive checks. Engineers own architecture, review, testing and release decisions.
Who we are
An engineering partner from first build to long-term support.
Devpier LLC is a Texas-based company that builds, connects and improves business software, supported by its own engineering team. We work alongside your people, take ownership of the technical work, and stay with the software after launch. Our engineers’ experience spans e-commerce, education, internal operations and payment workflows.
Ways to work with us: New product build · Existing system improvement · Ongoing engineering or team extension
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Collaboration
We work in the open with your team: shared priorities, regular reviews of working software, and decisions explained in plain language.
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Technical ownership
We take responsibility for architecture, code quality, testing and deployment, and leave documentation your team can use.
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Continuity
The engineers who build a system can maintain and extend it, so knowledge isn’t lost at handover.
FAQs
Common questions.
Anything else is easiest to answer on a short call.
Can you start from just an idea?
Yes. We begin by clarifying users, workflows and priorities, then shape a first release that is realistic to build. You do not need a full specification.
Can you work with our existing systems?
Yes. Much of our work extends, integrates or modernizes software already in use. We review the current code and infrastructure before recommending changes.
Do you build AI features into business software?
Yes, when the use case is clear and measurable. See the Applied AI section above for how we scope, review and evaluate it.
Do you offer ongoing maintenance?
Yes. We maintain and improve applications after launch, including deployments, cloud operations, backups and recovery planning. Support arrangements are agreed per engagement.
What happens in the first call?
It is a 30-minute Zoom call about the problem you want to solve, your current systems and any constraints. If there is a fit, we suggest next steps, such as a scoping session or a written proposal.
Can you add engineers to our existing team?
Yes. Alongside full project delivery, we provide engineers who work within your tools, processes and priorities.
Insights
Notes on building business software.
Applied AI
How RAG connects an AI assistant to your business knowledge
Retrieval-augmented generation lets an assistant answer from your own documents. Here is how it works, where it helps, and what it cannot promise.
Applied AI
AI agents, chatbots or workflow automation? Choosing the right approach
The labels overlap. What matters is who decides the next step, and what the software is allowed to change.
Contact
What do you need to build, connect or fix?
Book a 30-minute discovery call, or send a short brief about the product or operational problem you want to solve.
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