We're a small team of staff-level engineers who build the systems your business actually runs on.
Not an agency. Not a body shop. We've been software engineers at the biggest tech companies and worked on real production systems.
Our average experience is 10+ years across backend engineering, distributed systems, security, and cloud operations.
Foundations First.
We design for the company you want to be in 3–5 years.
Radical Integrity.
We tell you what you need to hear to match expectations.
Simplicity at Scale.
We keep it simple. Solutions you can understand.
Scale what's breaking.
We take applications buckling under load and re-architect them to keep up with your growth.
Secure what matters.
Your customer data and business continuity are table stakes. "Is it secure?" won't be a question anymore.
Solve what others won't.
Give us the "too hard" pile. Distributed systems, real-time sync, custom protocols. If it requires reading a whitepaper to implement, that's where we start.
Strengthen your team.
We embed senior engineers directly into your organization. We mentor, set up CI/CD pipelines, and help establish a culture of operational excellence — then hand it back to you.
Architecture & Systems Design
Performance Engineering
Applied Cryptography
Infrastructure & Security
Complex Systems
Technical Due Diligence
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We are thought partners, leading your technical decision making.
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We are long-term builders, designing systems we want to maintain.
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We are experienced operators, senior engineers only.
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We are meticulous, thoughtful craftspeople.
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We don't build disposable prototypes. We convert MVPs into production systems.
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We are not designers or UI engineers. We partner with designers, our domain is the engine room.
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We aren't "vibe coders". Our job is to understand your systems better than an LLM.
Why we are here.
Sancho Studio was founded by Jacob Young (and friends) to deliver mission critical engineering work to fast-paced startups.
Engineers at Sancho have worked at top-tier software companies and startups like Zoom, Robinhood, Fly.io, Keybase, and more. We love thinking big and working on the hardest problems we can get our hands on.
Sancho Studio is an engineering firm first and foremost. We bring the rigor of software engineering into the new age of AI - helping you build faster than ever while being secure and compliant.
When you work with Sancho, you work with us.
Our best people and best solutions on every project.
Jacob Young
Jacob helped build end-to-end encrypted video calling at Zoom, and cryptography tooling & product engineering at Keybase.
The public key infrastructure Jacob worked on is used during 300 million daily video calls.
Likes: systems engineering, type systems, compilers, cryptography
Dislikes: ketchup on hotdogs
Let Sancho be your engineering partner
Staff-level engineering without the six-month hiring search.
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