Maren SolvikVancouver
Co-founder · Engineering▸ Now: Ledgerline 3.0 sync engine$ cd ~/tessvik/studio
The studio
Tessvik started in 2016 as two engineers who were tired of handing products over the wall. Ten years later there are 38 of us and we still don't.
Est. 2016 · Vancouver + Porto · 38 people
compiling /studio …
(01) — What we believe
We build software for companies that will still be running it in ten years. That changes how we write it, test it and hand it over.
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Tessvik is 38 designers and engineers in Vancouver and Porto. One team takes your product from the first sketch to the on-call rota, so nothing gets lost in a handover.
Plan. Build. Ship. Run.
Products shipped
140+
since 2016
Uptime we run
99.97%
last 90 days
To first release
6 wks
median, new builds
Deploys a week
31
across client apps
Platform status · all client services · 90 days● Operational
90 days ago2 minor incidents · 41 min totalToday
(03) — How we behave
Six rules we don't bend.
They're written on the wall in both studios, and in every statement of work.
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Ship small, ship often
Nothing waits for a big release. Work goes out behind a flag the week it's ready.
▸ 31 deploys a week across client apps
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Write it down
Decisions, estimates and incidents all get a page. Memory is not a process.
▸ Every project has an architecture record
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Numbers over adjectives
Each project names the metric it has to move before we design anything.
▸ Reviewed monthly with the client
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One team, end to end
The people who design it build it, ship it and answer the pager for it.
▸ No handover between agencies, ever
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Calm is a feature
No heroics, no 2 a.m. launches. Canary, watch, then roll forward.
▸ Zero rollbacks in the last 12 months
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Leave it better
Your team should own the product the day we leave, and like what they find.
▸ 90 days on call after every handover
(04) — Where we work
Our best work happens when nobody is rushing. Quiet rooms, long runways, and a rule that meetings end when the decision is made.
— Studio handbook, page one
(05) — Team
Their desks, not their faces.
38 people in Vancouver and Porto. Every project gets a named team that stays from the first sprint to the on-call rota.
Duarte LealPorto
Co-founder · Product▸ Now: Harbrook waitlist flow
Ines VargaPorto
Staff engineer · Platform▸ Now: Orbitra ARM migration
Theo AchterbergVancouver
Design lead▸ Now: Mapleform dark-mode tokens
Priya RamanVancouver
ML engineer▸ Now: Quillmate eval suite
Kofi MensahPorto
iOS engineer▸ Now: Tidewell offline ticketsAiko Brandt
Frontend
Beatriz Couto
QA lead
Cal Whitaker
Backend
Dara Quinn
Delivery
Emil Sørbye
SRE
Farah Idris
Product design
Gus Moreau
Android
Hana Koval
Data
Isak Lund
Backend
Joana Reis
Frontend
Kai Tanaka
Security
Lena Obi
Research
Marc Duval
DevOps
Noor Haddad
ML
Olek Wisniewski
Frontend
Paula Serra
Delivery
Rui Matos
Backend
Sade Adeyemi
Design
Tomas Hel
Platform
Uma Patel
iOS
Aiko Brandt
Frontend
Beatriz Couto
QA lead
Cal Whitaker
Backend
Dara Quinn
Delivery
Emil Sørbye
SRE
Farah Idris
Product design
Gus Moreau
Android
Hana Koval
Data
Isak Lund
Backend
Joana Reis
Frontend
Kai Tanaka
Security
Lena Obi
Research
Marc Duval
DevOps
Noor Haddad
ML
Olek Wisniewski
Frontend
Paula Serra
Delivery
Rui Matos
Backend
Sade Adeyemi
Design
Tomas Hel
Platform
Uma Patel
iOS
(06) — Studios
Two studios, sixteen working hours.
Vancouver
412 Keefer St, Vancouver BC V6A 1Y1
22 people · product, design, mobile
03:29
● Closed · on call
Porto
Rua do Almada 88, 4050-031 Porto
16 people · platform, AI, delivery
11:28
● Open now
Working day, UTCOverlap 16:00–18:00 UTC
▬ Porto 08–17▬ Vancouver 16–01│ Now
(07) — Start
hello@tessvik.devWant to work with us?
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We reply within one working day, with a named engineer.