Website development
SoftDeck plans, designs and builds fast, accessible websites around your business goals. Your team gets clear analytics and a codebase they can maintain.
Marketing sitesLanding pagesPerformanceAnalytics
Services for small business
One senior partner for your website and software.
SoftDeck aligns your website, product and search work with one business goal. Hire the studio for a focused project or ongoing engineering support. You work with the engineer responsible for delivery.
SEO and GEO
SoftDeck improves your site structure, schema and content so search engines can index it and AI assistants can find and cite your expertise.
Technical SEOSchemaContent structureAI search
Software and AI products
SoftDeck builds full-stack products and production AI features, including secure APIs, retrieval, background jobs, usage controls and structured outputs.
ReactNext.jsOpenAIRAGAPIs
Modernisation and integrations
SoftDeck upgrades legacy applications, moves services to the cloud and connects enterprise systems while keeping your core workflows intact.
AWSOAuth/OIDCOpenAPICI/CD
Selected work
Recent work and measured results.
SoftDeck has shipped AI SaaS products, modernised university software and helped process more than $11 million in financial transactions.
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Founder Tawanda Nyakudjga designed and built this AI workspace for church teams from concept to production.
The product runs 25+ specialised agents across 14+ workflows, with RAG, background generation, Stripe billing and usage metering.
Next.js · Laravel · Hono · PostgreSQL/pgvector · Docker
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Application modernisation · Senior full-stack developer
UNSW
The team rebuilt a legacy university application with a Symfony REST API and a React single-page application.
The team delivered ahead of schedule and saved an estimated $300,000. The new architecture improved testing and let teams release services independently.
React · TypeScript · Symfony · OAuth/OIDC · Azure AD
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Financial SaaS · Full-stack developer
VCEX
VCEX gives investors access to pre-IPO opportunities through a venture capital exchange platform.
Tawanda helped build the product, APIs, microservices and AWS delivery system that supported more than $11 million in transactions.
Laravel · Vue.js · React · Node.js · MySQL · AWS
Live products
Live products you can explore.
Explore three public products across SaaS, mobile polling and community services.
Real-time polling software
Instant Polls
Instant Polls gives meetings and events live audience feedback, branded polls, sentiment analysis and response insights.
Live pollingAudience engagementAnalytics
Mobile and web platform
4MySay
4MySay lets communities answer public questions and share their views with decision makers through its mobile and web apps.
Mobile appPollingAdmin platform
Community website
AFM Perth
AFM Perth brings the church's services, ministries, events and donations into one accessible website.
WebsiteEventsCommunity
Founder-led digital studio
Work with the engineer making the decisions.
SoftDeck helps Sydney businesses plan, build and run websites and software. The work can include the brief, product design, engineering, search optimisation and production support.
Founder and senior full-stack engineer Tawanda Nyakudjga leads each engagement and makes the product and engineering decisions. He brings more than nine years of experience across government, education, finance, insurance and SaaS.
What you can hire SoftDeck for
Website strategy and information architecture
Responsive, accessible website development
Technical SEO audits and implementation
Schema markup and AI-readable content structure
Full-stack product and API development
AI agents, RAG and structured generation
Enterprise authentication and integrations
Cloud delivery and production support
Education
UNSW application modernisation
Financial services
VCEX and LifeBid platforms
AI SaaS
ActiveGospel product and infrastructure
Government
Public-sector software delivery
Agriculture
Production product engineering
Small business FAQs
Common questions about websites, SEO and AI.
SoftDeck builds websites and software, handles SEO and GEO, and prices each project according to its scope. Tawanda leads the work.
What services does SoftDeck offer for small businesses?
SoftDeck offers website development, SEO and Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO), full-stack software, AI product development and legacy application modernisation. Founder and senior engineer Tawanda Nyakudjga leads each engagement.
Do you build websites for small businesses in Sydney?
Yes. SoftDeck plans, designs and builds fast, accessible websites for small businesses in Sydney, including marketing sites, landing pages and web applications. Projects can include analytics and launch support.
What is GEO and how is it different from SEO?
SEO helps your website appear in search results. GEO (Generative Engine Optimisation) structures your content so AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude can find and cite your business. SoftDeck handles both search channels.
How is SoftDeck different from a digital agency?
Founder and senior engineer Tawanda Nyakudjga leads each SoftDeck engagement from planning through production. He makes the product and engineering decisions and brings more than nine years of experience across government, education, finance and SaaS.
How much does a website or SEO project cost?
SoftDeck prices each project according to its scope. Email support@softdeck.com.au with your business goal, current setup and required outcome. SoftDeck will recommend a next step and provide an estimate.
Work with SoftDeck
Need a stronger website, product or search presence?
Tell us your business goal, current setup and required outcome. Tawanda will reply with a recommended next step for your website, software or search work.