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98LABS // SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
The softwareengineering labbehind ambitiousproducts.
We build new products, modernize legacy systems, take AI to production, and plug seasoned engineering pods into your team.
PRODUCT · PLATFORM · AI APPLICATIONS
Products. Platforms.
AI Applications.
One engineering mindset, three places we apply it.
Platforms
Enterprise systems built to survive scale, audit, and time.
AI Applications
AI put to practical use — solving real problems where it matters.
How 98Labs engages.
Three ways to put seasoned engineers behind your roadmap.
01
Build something new
Products · Platforms · AI applications
We take a new product, platform, or AI application from first scope to production — then hand over a codebase your team owns.
02
Modernize what exists
Replatform · Refactor · Right-size
We untangle legacy systems, cut cloud spend, and break vendor lock-in — modern, maintainable architecture without halting the business.
03
Embed a pod
Seasoned · Sprint cadence · Embedded
We embed a seasoned engineering pod that runs on your cadence and ships like part of the company.
Scope. Shape. Build. Ship.
Every engagement runs the same way — short loops, working software, no status theater.
- P·01
Scope
A working session, not a sales call. We map the problem and the constraints — and tell you straight if we're not the right lab.
- P·02
Shape
Short discovery with a seasoned team. We de-risk the unknowns first: architecture spikes, not hundred-page specs.
- P·03
Build
Two-week sprints, a demo at the end of every one. You see working software, not slide decks.
- P·04
Ship
Production is the finish line, not a handoff cliff. Docs, CI/CD, and a codebase your team owns outright.
Human-centered engineering.
The phrase on our nameplate, made concrete.
H·01
Seasoned engineers.
Every pod is staffed by engineers who've shipped production systems. The people you meet are the people who build.
H·02
Software is for people.
We optimize for the humans on both sides of the screen — the users who rely on it and the engineers who maintain it.
H·03
Straight answers.
If a simpler approach works, we say so. If we're not the right lab, we say that too.
H·04
Leave it better.
Every system we touch ends up easier to change than we found it — the code, the docs, and the team around them.
Proof, not promises.
A few engagements and what they changed. Client names available on request.
Core banking, modernized across 700 branches.
The frontend, middleware, and custom APIs behind a premier Philippine universal bank's core banking migration — a team peaking at 50 engineers.
- 700 branches nationwide
- 4M customers · 3K MSME clients
- 5-year engagement
From zero to a live derivatives marketplace.
The entire trading platform behind Green Tiger Markets — a futures marketplace bringing price transparency to volatile energy markets, built from the ground up by a team of five.
- Metals pilot in Europe
- Energy: Africa + Philippines
- 3-year engagement
Ideas that became earning products.
The engineering team behind QuadX's early years — prototypes, commercial products, and internal tools that automated the manual side of logistics.
- Several products to market
- Peak team of 15
- 4-year engagement
The people who build.
No sales layer — these are the people you'll talk to.
Brian Tan Seng
Co-founder · CEO
Driven to solve complex problems by identifying and eliminating customer pain points.
Hans Christian Torres
Co-founder · COO
Leveraging strong relationship-building to deliver pragmatic solutions for complex business challenges.
Allan Danos
Co-founder · CTO
Aligning robust systems architecture with corporate strategy while scaling high-performing engineering organizations.
Richard Malibiran
Founding Engineer · Technical and Solutions Architect
Bridging the gap between stakeholder vision and engineering execution through robust technical architectures.
Erickson Leynes
Founding Engineer · Technical and Solutions Architect
Translating high-level designs into concrete, secure, and production-ready technical frameworks.