01
Map the boundaries
We mapped every command path — unlock gate, set climate, surface status — and decided which side of the hardware/cloud/app boundary owned state, retries, and security.
PropTech · IoT · Mobile
LuxeLocker
Native mobile + IoT access for a US storage operator.
Tenants manage their unit, gate access, and climate from their phone — including time-bounded access for family and contractors — on a Dockerized AWS backend with one-tap store releases.
Industry
PropTech · IoT · Mobile
Platforms
iOS (Swift) · Android (Kotlin) · AWS
Status
Live in production
The challenge
What needed to be true
Storage operators are under pressure to digitise. Customers expect to manage their unit, gate access, and climate from their phone — and to grant time-bounded access to movers or family. That's a mobile app, an IoT layer, and a cloud backend, all moving in lockstep.
Most operators have none of those in-house. Stitching together a mobile shop, a hardware integrator, and a cloud consultancy usually means three timelines and a system nobody owns end to end.
LuxeLocker wanted one partner to deliver all three as a single coherent product.
How we approached it
The approach, step by step.
02
Go native where it counts
Swift on iOS and Kotlin on Android for BLE and cellular reliability on IoT command paths, plus the platform security features tenants expect.
03
Own the release pipeline
A Dockerized AWS backend with CI/CD wired in from week one, and full App Store / Play Store submission handled in-house.
What we built
Shipped, not slideware
Every line below is built and running — the features that make LuxeLocker a real product, not a prototype.
Native iOS and Android apps for tenant and admin use cases, built from scratch.
IoT integration for remote gate access, climate control, and real-time unit status.
Time-bounded guest and vendor permissions, audit-logged.
AWS backend on EC2, S3, and RDS — Dockerized with reproducible builds.
CI/CD pipelines for one-tap App Store and Play Store releases.
Push notifications and store submissions handled end to end.
Tech stack
The tools behind it
Chosen for the job, not the résumé. The stack that LuxeLocker actually runs on.
SwiftKotlinAWS EC2AWS S3AWS RDSDockerCI/CDIoT
Results & impact
Where it landed
The platform is live on both app stores. Tenants manage units, gates, and climate from their phones; operators run the admin side; mobile, IoT, and cloud all run as one platform owned by a single team.
Live on App Store & Google Play
Mobile + IoT + cloud in production
One team, one platform
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