Why Engram?

There’s an epidemic in our industry.

Cautious, copy-paste products with a shiny coat of paint. Teams drowning in tools and meetings. Burned-out engineers, missed deadlines, and little joy in the work. Engram Software was founded to counter all that—a studio that treats attention as a budget and latency as a cost. The “growth-at-all-costs” mindset rewards safe, beige defaults, leaving us with apps that all look and feel the same. We build for real people and communities, not abstract markets, creating products worth admiring—not emulations of others.

Our ethos is simple: use only technologies that earn their keep in production. Prioritize stability, then add edge features only when they open revenue or remove real pain. Precision matters. Where others ghost or pad estimates, we stay transparent, communicative, and present until the handoff is almost boring.

Larger clients sometimes fear we’re too small; smaller ones fear we’re too experienced to afford. Both are usually surprised. We plan meticulously, move efficiently, and deliver lasting value at any scale. We’re a tight-knit, steady powerhouse built on focus, honesty, and great work. Let’s talk—you’ll see we’re the right fit.

Who is Engram?

Leo Stratus

Leo is the founder of Engram Software, which he started a few years ago after leaving yet another company chasing the elusive “unicorn” dream. Like many before it, that company was adamant about how unique and groundbreaking they were, and yet somehow managed to look and act just like every other one in the field. That contradiction stuck with him. Convinced there had to be other people—companies, programmers, and designers—who felt the same way, he started Engram Software to do things differently. Since then, Engram has been collaborating with smart, grounded teams who are tired of posturing and just want to get things done—with minimal fuss and clear communication.

Eric-Martin Gaspar

A lifelong tinkerer, Eric started his coding journey at Flatiron School. Since then he’s worked on a variety of projects across multiple languages and frameworks, and continues to seek opportunities to learn and grow as a developer. Outside of tech, his passions are Muay Thai and cycling.

Rushaine McBean

Rushaine McBean is a Senior Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience building scalable backend systems and full-stack apps. Skilled in Ruby/Rails, TypeScript/Node.js, Python, and Golang, she’s led engineering at Justworks, Stitch Fix, Splice, and Teachable, specializing in API design, microservices, and cloud platforms. A dedicated community leader, she organized the Manhattan.js meetup (2014–2019) and has spoken at RailsConf, JSConf Texas, and The Lead Developer NY. Rushaine holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Hunter College and pairs deep technical expertise with a passion for knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Katie Mills

Dr. Katie Mills is the former technical lead for Docker's training team, where she traveled the world teaching engineers and devops teams across financial, government, medical, ecommerce and tech sectors how to leverage containerization and Kubernetes to deploy software rapidly and confidently. Today, she runs numerous internal as well as public-facing containerized services in her engineering role, and consults on containerization strategy and implementation for Engram.

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