Custom Software Development & Penetration Testing in Atlanta, GA
Atlanta is the southeast's fintech and logistics capital — Transaction Alley moves over 70% of US card payments. That density of payment processors, supply-chain operators, and venture-backed SaaS creates two constant needs: serious custom software, and serious security around it.
QUANT LAB USA delivers both, from a Georgia HQ just down I-75. Metro Atlanta sits at the center of distribution networks reaching the entire eastern seaboard, and our clients there typically need the same things: Stripe-grade billing, real-time ops dashboards, pen test reports that survive procurement, and a single accountable engineer who picks up the phone.
Why Atlanta businesses choose QUANT LAB USA
Atlanta's software demand is unusually broad. Transaction Alley — the corridor running from Alpharetta through Buckhead to downtown — hosts FIS, Global Payments, NCR Atleos, Equifax, InComm, and a deep bench of card-processing and ACH vendors. The Port of Savannah feeds an inland logistics complex anchored by Norfolk Southern, UPS at Hapeville, and the freight density along I-285 and I-75. Hollywood South — Georgia's film tax credit pulled Tyler Perry Studios, Trilith, and Eagle Rock into metro Atlanta — generates a steady demand for scheduling, crew, location, and budget tooling that vertical SaaS does not solve cleanly. Add Tech Square's startup density around Georgia Tech and you have one of the most software-hungry mid-market cities in the country.
Most ATL software shops are either bloated consultancies or solo freelancers. We sit in the middle: founder-led delivery with enterprise-grade engineering practices. No offshore handoff, no junior outsourcing — William Beltz scopes, builds, and ships. That matters when you are pitching a Fortune 500 buyer in Buckhead and your security posture is part of the deal, or when a Hollywood South production needs a custom scheduling tool that doesn't exist on the shelf.
What we ship for Atlanta clients
Fintech-grade Stripe & Licensing Systems
Subscription billing, metered usage, multi-tenant entitlements, dispute workflows. Typical: $10k–$35k.
Logistics & Operations Dashboards
Real-time dispatch, freight tracking, and warehouse inventory tools consolidating legacy WMS feeds. Typical: $25k–$80k.
Penetration Testing for SOC 2
Web app, network, wireless, AD, MITRE ATT&CK engagements before your next SOC 2 audit. Typical: $8k–$28k.
Custom CRMs for Mid-Market
Replace a HubSpot or Salesforce stack with software you own. Typical: $25k–$90k.
Film & Production Workflow Tools
Scheduling, location, crew, and budget tooling for Atlanta's production economy. Typical: $20k–$60k.
Algorithmic Trading & Quant Tooling
Production trading systems with hard risk controls and broker integrations. Typical: $25k–$120k.
Local proof of work
Two of our flagship Atlanta-metro builds are live and public. Northcrest Fence & Gate — serving Alpharetta, Roswell, Johns Creek, Milton, and Marietta — replaced their handwritten clipboard intake with a mobile-first estimate flow, automated PDF proposals, and a unified admin portal. Turnaround dropped from 1–3 days to under 30 minutes. Bridgepointe Painting — luxury contractor across Cobb, Roswell, Sandy Springs, and Buckhead — runs on a bespoke platform with deep QuickBooks Online sync covering customers, vendors, items, and chart-of-accounts. Bookkeeping reconciliation time dropped meaningfully because the file no longer requires manual entry from spreadsheets.
Beyond those, our operational work powers tooling for J5 Sales OS, Wilder Recovery, and UEhub — internal platforms purpose-built for sales, recovery operations, and education workflows respectively.
- Same-state with full I-75 corridor coverage from Macon
- Fintech, logistics, film/production, and SaaS specialization
- Pen test reports that map directly to SOC 2 CC controls
- Modern Next.js / TypeScript / PostgreSQL / Docker stack
- Fixed-scope quotes — no T&M billing surprises
How we work with Atlanta teams
We are Macon-based, which means full Eastern Time overlap and an 80-minute drive up I-75 when an engagement warrants in-person work. Most kickoffs run as a video call followed by a single on-site afternoon — typically in Buckhead, Midtown, Sandy Springs, or Alpharetta — to walk the workflow we're replacing. From there, build cycles run weekly: every Friday you get a deployed staging URL, written notes on what changed, and the next-week plan. Most Atlanta engagements close on fixed-scope, fixed-price proposals with a written acceptance milestone, not open-ended T&M. Atlanta procurement teams move fast and expect senior accountability — that is exactly the engagement model we run.
FAQ
Do you work with Atlanta fintech and payment companies?
Yes — Stripe Connect, ACH, and PCI-adjacent architectures are core to our practice. Transaction Alley is the densest fintech corridor in the southeast and most of our local fintech work originates there.
Can you support a SOC 2 readiness window?
Yes — pen testing reports map to SOC 2 CC controls and customer due-diligence questionnaires. We schedule pre-audit tests 60–90 days ahead of your Type I window.
Where do you meet Atlanta clients?
We travel into ATL regularly — most often Buckhead, Midtown, and Sandy Springs — and run most discovery remotely with on-site visits as scope warrants. Macon to Atlanta is roughly 80 minutes on I-75.
Do you work with the Atlanta film and production ecosystem?
Yes — Georgia's film tax credit pulled the production base here, and we've scoped scheduling, crew, and budget tooling for production-adjacent operators.
What is your typical timeline for an Atlanta MVP?
Most Atlanta SaaS and ops platforms ship a usable MVP in 8–12 weeks with a fixed-scope quote. Full builds run 3–6 months.
Do you handle Georgia state sales tax for SaaS products?
Yes — Georgia treats most SaaS as non-taxable digital service, but multi-state Stripe Tax setup matters when you sell across state lines. We wire it up correctly at billing time.
Are you available for in-person kickoffs in Atlanta?
Yes. For engagements above ~$25k we plan one or two in-person sessions at your office, typically inside the Perimeter.
Do you offer ongoing maintenance after launch?
Yes — we offer monthly retainers covering hosting, security patching, and small feature work, or you can take the codebase fully in-house. No lock-in.
Industries we serve in Atlanta
All industries- Fintech
Trading systems, brokerage integrations, Stripe-grade payment infrastructure.
- SaaS
Multi-tenant architecture, billing, onboarding, customer success tooling.
- E-Commerce
Custom carts, subscription billing, Shopify alternatives and migrations.
- Construction
Estimating engines, lead routing, project tracking, QuickBooks sync.
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