About
Who we are
How Bytehogs came to life
Bytehogs is a group of talented and driven engineers, designers and product specialists who live to bring cool ideas to life.
The Bytehogs team has been working together for years, well before when we were founded in 2020. We’ve worked together on rapid 2 week projects, to multi-year mega builds, always focused on getting the best things out the door for our clients.
Working Together
"Our USP is to treat every project with the same level of passion and dedication as if it were our own business."
Clayton SmithCEO, BytehogsHow we deliver
Make it personal
Our success is your success. We believe in treating your project with the same passion and dedication as if it were our own - going above and beyond just delivering the bare minimum.
Focus on the problem
We start every project by fully understanding the problem we are solving and validating the need for a new solution in the market. We are research-driven and focus on features that address customer pain points.
Collaborative
We take each project as a partnership to collaboratively find solutions that will truly delight your customers. We provide ongoing channels of support and communication throughout the product lifecycle.
Solutions oriented
No problem is too big. Our cross-functional team explores solutions to any problem, working with your team to build market-leading features.
Transparency Throughout
Software development is a dynamic process which multiple moving pieces. We operate a transparent process with our clients so they can be aware of any hurdles as they arise.
Coordinated delivery
We make our full development process visible to our clients with clear communication of sprint objectives and delivery so launch timelines can be coordinated effectively.
Rigorous testing
We employ our in house team of testers and write thorough testing criteria and unit tests for all development stories so you can launch with confidence.
Continuous optimisation
We believe in establishing long term relationships and invest the time and energy to learn about the problems our products solve. We work hard to keep your product ahead of the competition.
Ongoing support
We offer robust service agreements to ensure your product runs smoothly after launch with regular updates to features and services.
"Bytehogs helped Talia turn research and design into a real functioning product. They worked with us through all the unknowns to get us into the App and Play Stores. Thank you!"
Eleanor de KanterFounder & Chief Executive Officer, Talia
Meet the team
CEO
Clayton Smith
Clayton has over 10 years of experience as a full-stack engineer in a range of roles and industries. He has primarily worked with web and mobile applications, bringing visions to MVP and eventually onto scale into enterprise-grade software solutions. Clayton brings strong software architecture and data model creation experience, focusing on streamlining data points and reducing computing time where possible. In addition, he has worked extensively on headless API creation and third-party API integrations.
Chief Product Officer
Zeki Mirza
Zeki is an experienced Product Manager and Entrepreneur with exposure to all aspects of the full product life cycle, managing internal and remote teams, taking multiple mobile and web products from conception to launch. He possesses strong business acumen having launched market leading products for multiple clients. His analytical background ensures he taken takes a data-driven approach to decision making and feature prioritisation.
Head of Design
Mila Krus
Mila has over 11 years of experience and brings a strong background in delivering high fidelity material, solving product problems, executing product launches as well as conducting user testing, as well as facilitating product workshops. Mila helps clients understand each and every design decision and methodology needed to achieve the best results of a user-centered, habit-forming, and highly converting product.
Software Engineer
Toby Saunders
Toby is an innovative engineer building and maintaining stable websites and apps in fast paced, collaborative environments. Skilled in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React; plus modern libraries and frameworks. He is passionate about user experience and problem-solving to create great products.
