Web Development for SF Bay Area Businesses
A senior remote team for Bay Area clients open to remote engineering capacity. Honest position: SF clients usually have local agency options; we win on cost-quality-fit, not on Bay Area presence. CCPA + CPRA full compliance, ADA-ready, USD pricing.
Honest Bay Area Positioning
Most US metros benefit a remote team because local senior agency supply is thinner than demand. The Bay Area is the opposite. San Francisco, Palo Alto, Mountain View, and the broader Peninsula have probably the highest concentration of senior web development talent in the world — both in-house engineering teams at every major tech company and a dense ecosystem of boutique SOMA agencies. Bay Area clients have local options. We are not pretending otherwise.
Where we win Bay Area engagements: (a) post-IPO companies needing a marketing-site refresh after the product agency relationship has ended and the in-house team is focused on product, (b) AI startups that need a Next.js marketing site without diverting their 4-engineer team for 6 weeks, (c) B2B SaaS companies whose marketing budget is tighter than their valuation suggests, (d) PE-backed mid-market companies looking for cost-effective senior capacity outside Bay Area pricing.
We do not pretend to be a SOMA agency. We charge ~50-65% of Bay Area mid-market rates and deliver work comparable to that tier. If physical Bay Area presence is a procurement requirement, hire locally — that is honest advice, not a competitive disadvantage.
Same CCPA + CPRA + ADA Framework as OC
CCPA + CPRA full compliance
Most-stringent US privacy regime. Consumer rights, opt-out signals (GPC), retention disclosures. We default to full compliance.
ADA litigation exposure
California leads US ADA web lawsuits. WCAG 2.2 AA non-negotiable.
SF-specific local taxes
Gross Receipts Tax, Homelessness Gross Receipts Tax, payroll-tax considerations. Affects SaaS pricing-page UX when displaying total-cost-of-vendor.
Bay Area corporate procurement
Bay Area clients tend to have formal vendor onboarding (security questionnaires, SOC 2 review, data-processing agreements). We complete these; ~1-2 weeks added to project kickoff.
AI-startup IP considerations
Many Bay Area AI startups have strict IP-protection requirements (model weights, prompts, training data). We sign NDAs that recognise these distinctions; we do not retain access to client data after handoff.
Where We Win
Post-IPO marketing-site refresh
Companies that just IPO'd need a refreshed marketing site reflecting public-company positioning. In-house team busy with product. Typical $25K-$80K.
AI startup marketing site
Series A-C AI companies need Next.js + Sanity marketing site with programmatic landing pages, docs, blog, careers. Typical $14K-$45K.
B2B SaaS site refresh
Mid-stage SaaS, 50-300 employees, needs marketing-site overhaul without diverting engineering team. Typical $18K-$55K.
PE-backed portfolio company
PE-backed mid-market companies with cost-discipline mandates. Typical $14K-$45K.
SOMA creative-agency white-label
Bay Area creative + design agencies sub-contracting engineering. NDA-strict. White-label engagement.
Custom web app for Bay Area mid-market
Where the client has explicitly priced out Bay Area agencies and wants senior remote capacity. Typical $35K-$120K.
When a Local Bay Area Agency Is the Right Call
We will tell you this on the first call if it applies. Hire a local Bay Area agency when:
- Physical presence is a procurement requirement. Some Bay Area enterprises require vendor presence in the EU / US for data-residency or board-policy reasons.
- Heavy in-person collaboration is the working style. Some founders prefer side-by-side whiteboarding. We cannot do that remotely as well as a local agency.
- Brand-positioning credibility matters. If your VCs or board care that "your agency is from SF," that is a real consideration. We are not from SF.
- Pacific Time live overlap is the entire working day. We have 4 hours of overlap; if your work pattern needs 8 hours of PST live, hire locally.
Where none of those apply, our remote senior team is materially cheaper than Bay Area mid-market while delivering comparable quality.
USD Pricing for Bay Area Projects
Marketing-site refresh typically $14K-$55K. Custom web app from $25K-$120K. Bay Area mid-market agency comparable scope runs $35K-$200K. Savings come from no SF office overhead, not from junior staff.
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