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About

About Syntorium: 24 people,
async-first.

Syntorium is an engineering and growth studio. We design, ship and then operate web platforms, mobile apps and the marketing systems around them.

platforms shipped
15+
disciplines in-house
12

Since 2019

3 markets: MENA,
the EU, the US.

The practice has run since 2019 in the UAE. The legal entity, Syntorium FZE LLC, dates from 2024. Remote engineers cover the EU and the US asynchronously.

client retention
98%
clients on retainer today
11

Two co-founders

Co-founder

CEO Ali R.
Warriach

Strategy, marketing and product.

In the journal · · 4 min readWhy we rebuilt our own site before spending a dirham on marketing.
Co-founder

CTO Ali A.
Dhillon

Engineering and operations.

In the journal · · 5 min readRebuilding syntorium.com: WordPress to Astro, measured.

How we work

The rules

6 rules we
work by.

Not on the list

0 strategy decks,
0 placeholders.

  1. Ship narrow. Iterate visible.

    Every project starts with the smallest production-shaped thing that can be deployed.

  2. Estimates are written, not negotiated.

    We give a number. If it's wrong, we wear it.

  3. Boring tools, defended choices.

    Stacks we'll still recommend in 2030, with the reasons documented.

  4. On-call from day one.

    We watch what we build. Most clients keep us on for operations after launch.

  5. No black-box deliverables.

    Repos, dashboards and runbooks are yours from the first commit.

  6. Fewer, better partners.

    We turn down most inbound work to stay deep with a few clients.

Surfaces and sectors

Surfaces

8 surfaces
we work on.

  • Web platforms
  • Backend systems
  • Mobile and desktop
  • Integrations and messaging
  • AI and automation
  • Design systems
  • Growth systems
  • Operations
All twelve services
Sectors

8 sectors we've
worked in.

  • Fintech and trading
  • ERP and internal tools
  • Retail and commerce
  • Hospitality
  • Customer operations
  • AI extraction
  • Logistics
  • Security and compliance
All sixteen projects

Tools and languages

Tools

26 of the tools
we use.

  • Astro
  • Vue
  • Nuxt
  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind
  • Laravel
  • Inertia
  • Flutter
  • Electron
  • Cloudflare
  • AWS
  • Hetzner
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Redis
  • Supabase
  • Stripe
  • Shopify
  • Puppeteer
  • Playwright
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • WordPress
  • Figma
Languages

3 languages
we work in.

  • English
  • Arabic
  • Urdu

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Sunday to Thursday, 09:00–18:00, GMT+4. Remote engineers cover the EU and the US asynchronously. We work in English, Arabic and Urdu.