Web engineering

Web developmentyou can operate

Next.js and TypeScript builds for marketing sites, internal tools, and storefronts — with accessibility, analytics, and deployment practices spelled out up front.

Next.js
Default app stack
AA target
WCAG baseline
Preview URLs
Every PR
Written SOW
Before kickoff

Fits how you sell

IA and templates follow your real pitch — not a generic theme demo with your logo dropped in.

Components, not chaos

Reusable UI pieces with linted styles so future pages stay fast to ship and cheap to maintain.

Measured launches

Analytics and server logging wired before go-live so you can see errors and conversions honestly.

Capabilities

What we actually ship

Written acceptance criteria, visible milestones, and owners named on day one.

01

Marketing & corporate sites

Editor-friendly pages, crisp performance budgets, and forms that feed the CRM you already pay for.

Key Deliverables

  • Sensible content model (CMS or MDX)
  • On-page SEO structure and sitemap hygiene
  • 508 / WCAG-oriented markup by default
  • Staging domain and rollback-friendly deploys
02

E-commerce

Checkout flows with clear tax/shipping assumptions, fraud basics, and reporting that finance can read.

Key Deliverables

  • Shopify headless or custom carts when justified
  • Payment provider integration (Stripe, etc.)
  • Order webhooks and inventory edge cases documented
  • Search and filter UX that does not tank LCP
03

Custom web applications

Authenticated tools for staff or members: roles, audit trails, and exports that survive an actual audit.

Key Deliverables

  • Postgres-first data modeling
  • REST or typed RPC boundaries
  • SSO / SAML when IT requires it
  • Background jobs for slow operations

Technology Stack

Next.jsReactTypeScriptNode.jsPostgreSQLRedisTailwind CSSPrismaAWSVercelDocker

Outcomes

Examples from client work

Figures are directional; we'll share context on a call under NDA where needed.

~8–12 wk
Typical marketing build

Assumes content and approvals keep pace; larger product work is quoted separately after discovery.

LCP focus
Performance budget

We set numeric targets early (mobile included) instead of chasing scores after launch.

Handoff pack
Runbooks included

Env vars, cron jobs, and on-call expectations documented — not only in someone’s head.

Why Thorium

The Thorium
Difference

Principals stay involved. We do not park you with a rotating bench of juniors.

Security basics bundled

Secrets in vaults, dependency updates, and OWASP-minded reviews on auth and file upload paths.

Federal-adjacent experience

Comfortable with Section 508 narratives, privacy statements, and procurement-friendly change logs.

Readable codebase

Future hires or another agency should be able to grep the repo and understand boundaries.

Design + build continuity

When we also design, Figma maps cleanly to components — fewer “pixel perfect” disputes.

How It Works

Our Proven Process

Weekly checkpoints, shared backlog, and change requests in writing — so scope stays legible.

  1. Phase 1 · Week 1–2

    Discovery

    Sitemap, integrations, roles, and risks captured in a short written spec you approve.

  2. Phase 2 · Design

    UX / UI

    Key templates in Figma, then frozen for build — changes flow through tickets, not side chats.

  3. Phase 3 · Build

    Implementation

    Feature branches, previews, automated checks, and weekly demos with open issue lists.

  4. Phase 4 · Launch

    Cutover

    DNS checklist, monitoring, and a 30-day hypercare window defined in the SOW.

Much of our portfolio is confidential. After a short intro we'll share redacted examples that match your sector and risk profile.

Washington, DC · Remote-friendly

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