Product engineering
From requirements and architecture through QA, deployment, and support. We turn a business problem into software your team can run with.
Web apps · APIs · SaaS platformsCalgary-built software · Since 2016
Software built for how your business actually works.
Razor Sharp Consulting designs and builds custom web, mobile, and cloud software for teams with a real problem to solve and no appetite for needless complexity.
THE BUILD BOARDYYC / CAN
From unclear
to in use.
01Definethe right job
02Deliverworking software
03Stayafter launch
What we do
The technical range to get from idea to operation.
Strategy matters. So does the last 10% of implementation. Our work connects both.
Mobile applications
Useful, dependable experiences across iOS and Android, whether you are launching an MVP or strengthening a product already in market.
React Native · Native apps · App storesCloud systems
Secure, scalable architecture and integrations that fit the work, with particular depth in AWS serverless applications and modern data flows.
AWS · Azure · Google CloudTechnical direction
Practical help making the next important decision: product scope, architecture, team shape, recovery, modernization, or delivery planning.
Discovery · Roadmaps · Staff augmentationAI-assisted delivery
Move faster with AI. Keep senior judgment in the loop.
Razor Sharp uses modern AI tools to accelerate discovery, prototyping, implementation, testing, and documentation. Experienced engineers use that leverage while retaining ownership of the work.
01 / Accelerate
More momentum
AI helps us explore options, draft routine code, build test coverage, and turn feedback into working improvements sooner.
02 / Supervise
Senior-led decisions
Senior developers remain responsible for architecture, code review, security, correctness, and the tradeoffs that shape the product.
03 / Assure
Software built to last
Every release is held to the same standard for reliability, maintainability, performance, and fit, regardless of how it was accelerated.
Selected work
Software that found its place in the real world.
Across safety, finance, architecture, infrastructure, and field operations.
01RSC / WORK
Unified operations
United Roofing
A unified web and mobile application designed to bring field and office workflows into one coordinated system.
Project profile02RSC / WORK
Native app augmentation · 2023
Serve Technologies
On-shore product development for existing Android and iOS apps, including new features, a stronger user experience, performance work, and app-store delivery.
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Web & mobile MVP · 2023
We-Watch Corporation
A proof of concept evolved into a production-minded MVP with mobile apps, incident reporting, an AWS serverless backend, and Slack moderation workflows.
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Work-alone monitoring · 2022–23
Be Safe
A safety platform for remote workers with live location updates, fall detection, panic mode, shift-aware privacy, and a web console for supervisors and operators.
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Financial clarity
Vision
A web and mobile product built to make complex financial information easier to understand, access, and act on.
Project profile06RSC / WORK
Community social app · 2017–19
Block Talk
Android development and ongoing iOS and back-end support for a fast-growing community app, including news-feed, Gmail, and city-expansion integrations.
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Project management PWA · 2017
Perkins+Will
A responsive project-management application built with React and Redux, with deep Box integration and in-browser PDF previews for construction files.
Project profile08RSC / WORK
Pipeline simulation MVP · 2016
SimFlo
An on-time MVP around a complex pipeline simulation engine, pairing a C# wrapper and REST API with a focused React web client.
Visit projectHow we work
Enough process to create certainty. Enough flexibility to keep momentum.
We assemble the right mix of product and engineering skill for each engagement, then keep decisions close to the people doing the work.
- 01
Get clear
We learn what the business needs, who the product serves, and what success must look like.
- 02
Make the plan
We turn the idea into a clear scope, technical direction, delivery plan, and working team.
- 03
Build in the open
Two-week delivery cycles keep progress visible and create frequent, useful checkpoints.
- 04
Ship & support
We release with care, document the system, and stay available after the first launch.
The company
Local accountability. Broad technical depth.
Razor Sharp Consulting is a Calgary-based custom software studio serving businesses big and small across North America.
Founded by Mike Cottingham, RSC brings together experienced developers around the real shape of each project. The team has delivered work across telecommunications, healthcare, oil and gas, mining, safety, finance, and startups, all without shipping the work offshore.
Meet us on LinkedIn“I am so impressed with Razor Sharp. It seems like Michael and his team know everything there is to know about software engineering and building amazing apps.”
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