Studio

Fourteen people, one ramp.Senior from the first call.

Since 2017 we have designed, built and launched products for startups, from a studio in Lisbon and a remote team across CET.

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The Slipway studio on Rua da Boavista: long shared desks, a wall of printed screens and daylight from tall windows
2017 Founded in Lisbon
14 Designers and engineers
60+ Products launched
CET Studio and remote team

Three rules.No exceptions.

Written on the studio wall in 2017. We have not needed a fourth.

Two Slipway designers reviewing printed screens laid out on a table

Friday design review: every screen, before you see it.

  1. 01

    Seniors do the work.

    Everyone on your project has shipped products before. Nobody learns on your budget, and nobody hands you to a junior after the pitch.

    For you: The people on the first call are the people on the board.

  2. 02

    Show it working.

    We prefer a staging link to a status report. If it is not on staging by Friday, it is not done.

    For you: A build you can test on your own phone, every week.

  3. 03

    Small scope, shipped.

    We cut a feature before we cut quality. A smaller launch that works beats a big one that slips.

    For you: A launch date we can both keep.

Four leads, four stages.One of them runs your project.

Each lead owns one stretch of the ramp. All four review your work every Friday.

Mara Lindqvist, Product lead at Slipway, smiling in the studio

Mara Lindqvist

Product lead
Your first call

Runs workshops and scope. Usually the first person you talk to.

OwnsConception
Tomás Reyes, Engineering lead at Slipway, at his desk

Tomás Reyes

Engineering lead

Picks the stack and reviews every pull request before it reaches staging.

OwnsImplementation
Ines Okafor, Design director at Slipway, in the studio

Ines Okafor

Design director

Owns the design system and signs off every screen before you see it.

OwnsRefinement
Jonah Park, Mobile lead at Slipway, holding a test phone

Jonah Park

Mobile lead

Runs releases: store reviews, launch day and the first 30 days live.

OwnsDeployment

Behind them: ten designers and engineers, all senior, all in-house.

How we hire.Slowly, and always paid.

We add one or two people a year. Four short steps, and any work we ask for is paid.

  1. 01
    30 min

    Intro call

    A conversation with the lead you would work with. No puzzles, no trick questions.

  2. 02
    60 min

    Walkthrough

    Show us something you shipped and tell us what you would change now.

  3. 03
    1 day

    Paid trial day

    A real brief with the team, paid at your day rate, in the studio or remote.

  4. 04
    Within a week

    Written offer

    Salary, equity and start date in writing, with feedback either way.

What we look for

  • Work you shipped and can talk about honestly
  • Clear writing, in English
  • Care for the last ten percent

Open roles.Lisbon or remote, within CET.

Three seats open for 2027. Apply with a short note and one thing you shipped.

No role for you yet? Send your work to hello@slipway.studio

Tell us what you're building.Get a scoped plan and a fixed quote.

A senior lead reads every request and replies within one working day, usually Mara.

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