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Svelte-first product engineering that drives measurable growth.

Q: What does Nortware do?

Nortware is a product engineering and UX design consultancy. We design and build high-performance web applications, design systems, and complex B2B, SaaS, FinTech, and Web3 interfaces for founders and enterprise teams.

Q: What technologies do you specialize in?

SvelteKit and Svelte 5 are our specialty; we deliver the deepest value there. We also take on Vue, React, TypeScript, Astro, and GraphQL projects when that matches your stack. Design systems, migrations, WCAG accessibility, and performance work apply across frameworks.

Q: Do you only work with Svelte?

No. We are Svelte-first, not Svelte-only. Many engagements are SvelteKit or Svelte 5, but we are happy to contribute to Vue, React, or other modern front-end codebases when that is the right fit for your product and team.

Q: Who should hire Nortware?

Teams that need a senior hands-on partner for frontend architecture, UX architecture, or end-to-end product delivery, especially when migrating frameworks, launching a new SaaS surface, or shipping regulated FinTech/Web3 experiences.

Q: How do I start a project or freelance engagement?

Email norton@nortware.ltd with a short brief (goals, timeline, stack, and constraints). We take on select B2B and freelance engagements including design system work, greenfield builds, and performance or migration projects.

Q: Where is Nortware based and do you work remotely?

Nortware is led from Bulgaria and collaborates remotely with clients across Europe and internationally. Project communication is async-friendly and aligned to product team workflows.

Nortware is a B2B product engineering and UX design consultancy led by Norton Andreev. SvelteKit is where we go deepest, but we also partner on Vue, React, and other modern front ends when that is what your product needs. Design systems, SaaS, and measurable impact stay the focus.

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+23% YoY Revenue Growth

Contributed to Couchbase Capella SaaS annual subscription revenue growth to $142.9M.

€3.5M Bond Offering

Developed the complete frontend for a fully sold-out tokenized bond investment platform.

< 800ms Load Times

Achieved sub-800ms load times on Dusk Block Explorer through parallel API and GraphQL engineering.

Proven Track Record

Selected Case Studies

A curated selection of client projects emphasizing performant design, technical execution, and cross-functional collaboration.

Couchbase Capella

Played a key role in Capella's evolution, delivering award-winning innovations that drove significant business growth (23% YoY revenue increase to $142.9M in fiscal 2023), recognized as Best Cloud Data Management Solution 2023-2024.

Key Achievements

Led strategic technology migration (React to Svelte), enhancing performance and developer experience while maintaining visual consistency.
Implemented advanced features including Capella iQ (AI coding assistant), enhanced replication capabilities, and improved Single Sign-On.
Expanded cloud infrastructure support across AWS, GCP, and Azure, including App Services and Private Link for enterprise deployments.
Collaborated with product and design teams to refine user workflows, contributing to platform maturity and adoption.

Kurrent UI Kit & Handbook

Contributed to Kurrent's migration from a legacy Stencil design system to @kurrent-ui/kit, a shared Svelte 5 library powering core application interfaces. Initiated the development of the UI Handbook, establishing a team-wide standard for UX patterns and coding guidelines.

Key Achievements

Ported and redesigned legacy Stencil components to Svelte 5, prioritizing WCAG accessibility compliance, proper keyboard navigation, and focus-trapping behaviors.
Developed advanced layout and input controls, including custom card-selection fields, transition-safe layout grid systems, and responsive data tables for queue and cluster administration dashboards.
Created interactive preview tools for the design system's playground, enabling developers to search and inspect design tokens, theme colors, and icons in real time.
Initiated and built the team's UI Handbook as an Astro-based Starlight site, defining canonical guidelines for layout spacing, destructive-action safeguards, and product copywriting.

AI Code Agent Evaluation & Training

Reviewed and annotated frontend code submissions to support the training and evaluation of AI-driven code agents.

Key Achievements

Reviewed and annotated submissions with a focus on Svelte and modern JavaScript frameworks.
Identified bugs, architectural issues, and quality improvements through detailed, standardized code review annotations.
Collaborated on calibration and workflow optimizations to ensure consistent evaluation standards and high signal quality within a transparent, async, and distributed environment.

Locking System Configurator

Designed and delivered the complete frontend architecture and user experience for a complex locking system configurator as part of a major e-commerce redesign.

Key Achievements

Built a custom design system ensuring visual and interaction consistency across components, now adopted by the wider engineering team.
Delivered a fully localized, WCAG-compliant experience in English and German with a contextual in-app help guidance system.
Partnered with stakeholders to refine configurator design through iterative feedback cycles, ensuring practical alignment with business workflows.
Developed with SvelteKit, emphasizing responsiveness and modularity. The design system established became a core reference for the platform's frontend development.

BWRE Capital Bond Investment Platform

Developed the complete frontend for a tokenized bond investment platform supporting a sold-out €3.5 million bond offering.

Key Achievements

Built frontend architecture integrating Dusk Token, enabling investors to enhance returns through structured yield mechanisms.
Implemented compliant KYC/AML flows via Onfido integration and seamless third-party wallet connectivity using web3modal.
Designed intuitive Portfolio page providing clear visibility of bond investments and generated yields.
Delivered under tight timeline while ensuring scalability for easy expansion of future bond offerings.

Dusk Web Wallet

Contributed significantly to the development and maturation of Dusk's Web Wallet, a critical privacy-focused tool for the Dusk ecosystem, from advanced development through robust 1.0 release and subsequent feature enhancements.

Key Achievements

Implemented core features including dark mode support, auto-sync mechanisms, and w3sper.js integration for improved usability and reliability.
Led platform modernization with SvelteKit 2 and Vite 5 upgrades, ensuring long-term performance and maintainability.
Developed partial unstaking, reward claiming, and multi-profile account switching capabilities to enhance user asset management.
Supported transition to open-source model, enabling community-driven feature development and improved product transparency.

Dusk Block Explorer

Played a pivotal role in the development and launch of the new Dusk Block Explorer, delivering real-time blockchain insights through a performant, responsive interface.

Key Achievements

Achieved sub-800 ms load times through performance optimization.
Developed Account and Provisioners pages providing detailed views of balances, transaction histories, staking details, and rewards.
Delivered critical performance enhancements by re-architecting transaction data retrieval, transitioning to parallel API execution and consolidating into optimized GraphQL queries.
Enhanced data visibility with stake maturity information, transaction nonce data, and transfer direction indicators.

Dusk Documentation Platform

Contributed to the development and refinement of Dusk Network's official documentation platform, ensuring a seamless developer onboarding experience for the privacy-centric blockchain ecosystem.

Key Achievements

Structured complex cryptographic and protocol documentation to be highly accessible and intuitive for incoming developers.
Optimized platform navigation and searchability to accelerate developer onboarding and integration times.
Collaborated with engineering teams to maintain accurate, up-to-date SDK and API references.

What We Do

B2B & Freelance Capabilities

We provide specialized engineering and design services tailored to help companies ship faster, scale seamlessly, and deliver outstanding user experiences.

Frontend Architecture & Engineering

Building high-performance, accessible web applications, Svelte-first, with hands-on experience in Vue, React, and TypeScript codebases. Design system work, framework migrations, performance tuning, and modular architectures built for scale.

Svelte, Vue & React Delivery
Performance Optimization
TypeScript Architecture

Product Design & UX Architecture

Blending technical execution with UX research, interactive prototyping, and product strategy. We design custom design systems and B2B/B2C SaaS interfaces prioritizing WCAG accessibility compliance and seamless user flows.

Custom Design Systems
WCAG AA/AAA Compliance
Interactive Prototyping

Technical Consulting & Strategy

Guiding product lifecycle decisions, developer tooling, and compiler or process optimization. We help teams integrate AI-driven features (LLMs), establish engineering standards, and accelerate development velocity.

AI Coding Assistants
Compiler & CI Optimization
Tech Stack Migration

Norton Andreev

Founder & Lead Consultant

🎓 BEng Software Engineering (1st Class, Top of Class) 🏆 Mappin Medal & Best Dissertation 📍 University of Sheffield

The Founder

Bridging Engineering Discipline & Product Vision

I am a Svelte-first front-end engineer and product designer, with strong delivery across Vue, React, and modern TypeScript stacks when that is what the project requires. I blend technical execution with UX research, prototyping, and product strategy, shipping B2B and B2C products that drive measurable impact, from enterprise SaaS to Web3 and FinTech.

Through Nortware, I partner directly with founders and product teams on high-stakes work, whether that means a SvelteKit greenfield, a React or Vue product surface, migrating frameworks, architecting a design system, or optimizing performance. The goal is always the same: a product that ships well and performs in the real world.

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Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Quick answers for teams evaluating a freelance or B2B engineering and design partner.

What does Nortware do?

Nortware is a product engineering and UX design consultancy. We design and build high-performance web applications, design systems, and complex B2B, SaaS, FinTech, and Web3 interfaces for founders and enterprise teams.

What technologies do you specialize in?

SvelteKit and Svelte 5 are our specialty; we deliver the deepest value there. We also take on Vue, React, TypeScript, Astro, and GraphQL projects when that matches your stack. Design systems, migrations, WCAG accessibility, and performance work apply across frameworks.

Do you only work with Svelte?

No. We are Svelte-first, not Svelte-only. Many engagements are SvelteKit or Svelte 5, but we are happy to contribute to Vue, React, or other modern front-end codebases when that is the right fit for your product and team.

Who should hire Nortware?

Teams that need a senior hands-on partner for frontend architecture, UX architecture, or end-to-end product delivery, especially when migrating frameworks, launching a new SaaS surface, or shipping regulated FinTech/Web3 experiences.

How do I start a project or freelance engagement?

Email [email protected] with a short brief (goals, timeline, stack, and constraints). We take on select B2B and freelance engagements including design system work, greenfield builds, and performance or migration projects.

Where is Nortware based and do you work remotely?

Nortware is led from Bulgaria and collaborates remotely with clients across Europe and internationally. Project communication is async-friendly and aligned to product team workflows.

Let's Work Together

Have a B2B or freelance opportunity?

We are accepting select engagements, Svelte-first or otherwise (Vue, React, and modern TypeScript stacks welcome). Design systems, UX architecture, migrations, and performance-critical SaaS or FinTech interfaces. Share your timeline, stack, and goals; we typically reply within one business day.

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