Custom software and AI systems, built in Zürich for startups and SMEs.
Tools that handle the repetitive work for your team. You talk directly to the person building them, start to finish.
What I can build for you.
Every engagement starts with your business problem.
AI Solutions
AI tools for document-heavy work, internal workflows, and customer-facing features. They extract information, draft content, and route tasks in daily operations.
Web Applications
Web apps for customers and teams: portals, dashboards, admin tools, and workflow systems that hold up under production load.
Automation & Integration
Connect the tools you already use so data flows between them and workflows trigger automatically. Good for approvals, handoffs, document flows, and repetitive operational tasks.
Planning & Technical Direction
Figure out what to build before the budget goes in the wrong place. Technical direction, tradeoffs laid out honestly, realistic scope, and a plan you can actually work from.
What I've built.
AI Proposal Generator for Sales Teams
A tool that turns sales call transcripts into draft proposals and contracts. It pulls out the relevant details automatically and produces editable documents for review before sending. Built for real daily use in a consulting firm's sales process.
The person behind the work.
I'm Janis. I run Hiestand Digital from Zürich. I work with startups and SMEs that have a real problem to solve and need someone who can think it through and build it properly.
Before going solo, I built software for the Swiss pension fund industry. Complex domain, regulated environment, no room for error. Before that, I built a music project from scratch that reached over 37 million streams. Different fields, same pattern: figure out the problem, build the thing, ship it.
I like projects where the problem is clear but the solution isn't obvious yet. That's where good engineering makes the biggest difference. Happy to talk. You can also find me on LinkedIn.
From first call to launch.
Discovery & Planning
Free 30-minute call to talk through your goals and constraints. Within 48 hours you get a detailed plan with approach, timeline, milestones, and pricing.
Iterative Development
Short phases with regular check-ins and working software throughout. You talk directly to the person doing the work, without project managers in between.
Launch & Beyond
Thorough testing, launch, and complete handover documentation. 30 days of post-launch support included.
Good software starts with clear thinking.
Let's build something that works.
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Projects I take on: AI tools, web applications, and internal tools for startups and SMEs.
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