About Lineard
A studio built for serious engineering.
We're a Nairobi-based software engineering studio. No account managers, no offshore handoffs — just senior engineers who design, build, and ship systems that hold up in production.
Our story
Built in Nairobi for teams that need systems to work
Lineard exists because too many teams get sold demos instead of production systems. We are a software engineering studio — not a generalist agency — focused on payments, backends, and the automations that keep modern businesses running.
Our work sits at the intersection of fintech reliability and product velocity. That means webhook hardening, clear API contracts, observability from day one, and delivery rhythms that keep stakeholders informed without drowning them in updates.
Whether you are launching a new product or untangling an existing platform, you work directly with engineers who have shipped in production — not account managers relaying messages through a chain.
2023
Founded in Nairobi
Lineard started as a focused engineering studio — built to ship payment and backend systems without agency overhead.
2024
Production fintech delivery
We began shipping multi-rail payment stacks across Paystack, M-Pesa, and bank APIs for startups and SMEs in East Africa.
Today
Studio model at scale
We partner with product teams on integrations, backends, automations, and AI — with senior engineers on every engagement.
We are Lineard
How we show up on every project
A studio built around four non-negotiable principles — the same ones we apply whether we're wiring a payment gateway or architecting a multi-tenant platform.
Defined outcomes
Every project starts with one question: what does success look like for your business? We scope, estimate, and commit to that outcome — not a list of features.
Engineering rigour
We write code that holds up in production — with test coverage, observability, and documentation you'll still understand two years from now.
Transparent iteration
Weekly updates, staged releases, and a shared staging environment. You always know exactly where your project stands, no surprises at launch.
Built for scale
We design systems that grow with you — multi-tenant from day one, with the infrastructure decisions that won't force a painful rewrite six months later.
Why Lineard
Why Teams Choose Lineard
We are not an agency. We are an engineering studio — and the difference shows in every system we ship.
7+
Payment rails integrated
2+
Years in production fintech
0
Offshore middlemen
∞
Long-term support
We own every line of code.
No outsourcing. No handoffs. No excuses. Our engineers build directly — you get senior-level work with full accountability.
Built for prod, not for demos.
Every system ships with auth, error handling, logging, and monitoring already in place. Production-ready isn't a checkbox — it's a standard.
We speak payment in 7 dialects.
Paystack, Stripe, M-Pesa, Flutterwave, Airtel, MTN, bank APIs — we've integrated them all. No learning curve at your expense.
Born in Nairobi. Built for Africa.
We know the payment rails before you ask. Local regulation, local nuance, local speed — without the overseas timezone lag.
Fintech-grade security, always.
PCI-aware, webhook-hardened, encrypted at rest and in transit. Security is built in from line one, not bolted on at the end.
No Slack silences. Ever.
You'll always know where your project stands. Weekly syncs, real-time updates, and a team that picks up the phone when it matters.
Modern stacks that scale.
We pick the right technology for your growth stage — not whatever was trendy last year. Your systems won't need a rewrite in 12 months.
Studio pricing, not agency markup.
No bloated account management layers. You pay for engineering, and that's exactly what you get.
We don't disappear after launch.
Maintenance retainers, incident response, and system monitoring. We're still here six months after go-live — and ready when you need us.
Ready to ship?
Your next system is 48 hours away.
Book a 20-minute call. We'll scope your project, give you a clear timeline, and get your systems running before your competitors catch up.
No commitment required · Response within 4 hours · Zero agency fees