About

A new company built on years of enterprise systems work.

Layer 8 is a founder-led software company building custom enterprise systems on top of an explicit architectural platform already proven through real products and open-source components.

Why Layer 8

Explicit architecture first. Layer 8 turns security, contracts, concurrency, and runtime behavior into platform concerns instead of per-feature reinvention.

Built for enterprise complexity. Security, scalability, and service behavior are designed into the architecture rather than patched in later.

Platform-agnostic by design. Systems can run across Kubernetes, containers, or process-level environments with reduced lock-in.

Founder access. Early customers work directly with the people shaping the architecture, delivery model, and implementation decisions.

What we believe

Most software projects do not fail because engineers are weak. They fail because complexity compounds faster than teams can control it.

Long timelines, fragile deployments, endless meetings, constant firefighting: these aren't people problems. They're architecture problems.

Layer 8 was created to make architecture explicit, move recurring infrastructure concerns into the platform, and let small teams build serious systems without inheriting the usual chaos.

What we deliver

Custom enterprise applications for business operations, back-office workflows, infrastructure tooling, and other high-complexity domains.

Working scope delivered in weeks, with larger systems shipped incrementally instead of through long opaque programs.

Ongoing support for evolution, operational changes, and follow-on delivery after the first scope is live.

Systems designed to stay understandable as they grow, instead of transferring complexity into every future change.

Leadership

Founder-led, technically deep, early and focused.

Sharon Aicler

Co-Founder

Staff / Principal Engineer & Platform Architect

20+ years building large-scale distributed systems. Turns complex architectures into reliable, scalable production platforms while reducing unnecessary complexity. Recently focused on AI-driven infrastructure, building systems like Layer 8 and Probler.

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Harold Lowenthal

Co-Founder

Senior Cloud, Network & Platform Architect

20+ years delivering customer-facing solutions. Turns complex infrastructure and networking challenges into scalable, production-ready architectures across AWS, Kubernetes, and hybrid environments. Known for strong ownership, clear communication, and delivering reliable systems at scale.

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Interested in being an early Layer 8 customer?

We are early as a company, but not early in understanding complex systems. If the fit is right, we can scope a first engagement quickly.

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