Product engineering
Full-stack features built to last: clean front ends, well-shaped APIs, and data models that won't need rewriting next quarter.
Full-stack & AI engineering
Senior engineering for products that have to hold up.
Pebbleform helps startups and growing companies ship durable software — product features, LLM-powered capabilities, and the platform work underneath — without the cost and wait of a full-time senior hire.
What I build
End-to-end ownership across the stack, from the interface your users touch to the services and data behind it.
AI & LLM features
Retrieval, agents, and assistants that work on real data — with evaluation, guardrails, and cost in mind, not just a demo.
Platform work
The unglamorous parts that keep products standing: services, auth, upgrades, and performance under load.
How engagements work
Small, direct, and senior. You work with the person writing the code.
Talk
A short call to understand the product, the constraints, and what "done" looks like.
Scope
A clear written plan with milestones — fixed-scope project or ongoing monthly support.
Build
Working software in short cycles, in your repo and your tools, with regular check-ins.
Hand off
Documentation, tests, and context so your team can own it confidently afterwards.
Senior help, without the full-time hire
Pebbleform is the independent practice of Alok Raj, a senior full-stack engineer based in Northern Virginia, working with teams across the US.
The work spans modern front ends, Java and Spring Boot back ends, and production LLM features — the kind of engineering that has to keep working after launch.
- Startups that need a senior engineer before they can hire one
- Teams adding AI features to an existing product
- Companies with a platform upgrade or performance problem to get through
Have something that needs to hold up?
Tell me about the project. I reply within one business day.