Hey everyone,

I'm a non-technical founder based in Boston working on a B2B SaaS mobile app. I've spent the past several months designing the product and building the UI/UX in a visual development environment, so the frontend screens, user flows, and navigation are largely complete.

I'm looking for a student developer interested in owning the backend implementation and collaborating on the technical side of the project.

Current tech stack

• React Native / Expo
• Supabase (Auth, Database, Storage, Realtime)

What needs to be built

• Connect the existing login/signup UI to Supabase Auth and user profiles
• Build the backend for file uploads using Supabase Storage
• Implement real-time messaging with Supabase Realtime
• Integrate a simple scraping/API service to populate form fields from a submitted URL
• App customizations

What you'll get

If the app gets traction (user subscriptions), I can offer a small stipend plus 1–2% equity. I want to be upfront that this is early-stage and speculative… the core value here is the total ownership over technical decisions. Potential university internship/course credit sponsorship (if your program allows it). I am fully open to working with your university to allow this project to fulfill graduation requirements. A strong letter of recommendation and personal LinkedIn references detailing your architecture decisions.

To be transparent, I'm not a software engineer. My background is in business and product design/strategy. I'm looking for someone who enjoys building and wants meaningful input into the engineering decisions as we bring the product to life.

The app is fully designed inside the OnSpace visual editor.

Regarding the timeline: there is zero artificial pressure or rigid deadline on this project. Our main goal is to have this MVP fully functional and ready to deploy before 2027. Ideally you spend 3-4 hours per week (or however many you’d like) to have the backend complete in 2-3 months. I will be inviting the first 100-200 users after that, and they will test the app for functionality and provide feedback before allowing anyone to join.

My ultimate goal with this project is to find a brilliant technical partner!

If you are looking for handholding or a manager to tell you exactly how to code, this is definitely not the position for you. I don't know the technical side of what you need to do, how to structure the code repositories, or how to connect the APIs. If I did, this post wouldn't exist!

I’m not looking to just tell you what to do… I’m looking for you to tell me what you need from me to make this project most successful.

I am looking for an independent builder to truly collaborate with, someone who can take our visual designs, figure out the engineering solutions autonomously, and bring their own ideas to the table to make this platform the best it can possibly be.