Who We Are
Sloates & Coan is Nick Sloan and Sean Coates. We’re a focused development team that builds iOS apps, macOS apps, and web applications for clients who care about quality.
We started working together because we share the same philosophy: software should be built well, communication should be clear, and clients should know exactly what they’re getting. We’ve seen what happens when projects get bloated with too many people and too little accountability. We’re the opposite of that.
Nick Sloan
Nick is a software engineer and engineering leader with nearly 20 years of experience. He’s built products from zero, grown teams, and made the architectural calls that hold up years later. As Head of Engineering at Matter Neuroscience, he delivered the product that helped close a $26M Series A. As CTO and co-founder of UpContent, he built infrastructure that’s still running in production over a decade later.
Sean Coates
Sean is a seasoned software developer with extensive experience architecting and building web applications, and backend systems. He’s known for pragmatic problem-solving and a focus on delivering real value rather than over-engineering.
Why Hire a Small Team?
You get senior people, not juniors. When you hire us, you get us. Not a project manager who delegates to junior developers you’ve never met. Decisions happen fast. No committees, no approval chains. We discuss, decide, and move.
We’re accountable. There’s nowhere to hide in a two-person team. Our reputation is on the line with every project, and we take that seriously.
Less overhead, more output. You’re paying for your project, not for layers of management.