Custom software development for mid-sized companies

Four services, one way of working: a written assessment first, a fixed-fee discovery sprint, then a fixed-scope build with milestones — code, accounts and documentation owned by you.

Services

What “custom software” means here

We build business applications that sit between your people and your systems of record: the portal your customers log into, the tool your operations team uses every day, the integration layer that keeps ERP, CRM and SaaS in sync, and the modernised version of the application you cannot switch off.

We do not build marketing websites, mobile games or consumer apps, and we do not resell a platform. If a product you already own can do the job, the assessment will say so.

What we decline

  • Projects under CHF 10,000 or unpaid pitches and spec work.
  • Marketing websites, themes, mobile games and consumer apps.
  • Staff augmentation without technical ownership.
  • Work that requires claims we cannot support.

Engineering standards on every project

Architecture before code

A short discovery produces the decisions that are expensive to change later: data ownership, integration contracts, identity, hosting.

Tests, CI/CD and review

Automated tests for the rules that matter, a pipeline from commit to production, and review of every change by a senior engineer.

Security by default

Identity delegated to a proven provider, least privilege, dependency scanning, audit logs, third-party penetration test before external go-live.

Operable and documented

Monitoring, runbooks, infrastructure as code and documentation written for the team that comes after us.

Mainstream technology

TypeScript, Java/Kotlin, React, PostgreSQL, AWS/Azure or Swiss hosting. Chosen so that any competent team can maintain the result.

Bilingual delivery

Documentation, user interfaces and meetings in English or German — your choice, per project.

Led by a software engineer (since 2008) with roles at

  • Deutsche BörseGerman stock exchange, 2014–2018
  • SAPSenior Software Engineer, 2019–2022
  • UnbluSenior Software Engineer, 2022–2024
  • InfosysSoftware Engineer, 2008–2012

Founder’s employers — not Monolith clients.

FAQ

Common questions

Which industries do you work in?

Industries are open; our background is strongest in financial services and enterprise software (the founder worked at Deutsche Börse, SAP and Unblu), and our projects for large companies were in Germany and the USA. What matters more than industry is the shape of the problem: a process or data that needs a proper application.

Do you offer fixed prices?

Yes, after the discovery sprint. Before it, we give indicative ranges in writing. Retained teams are priced monthly.

Can you take over an existing codebase?

Yes. We start with a fixed-fee review: build and run it, read the code, list risks, add monitoring. Then we agree on what to stabilise, extend or replace.

Have a system that needs building, connecting or replacing?

Describe it in a few sentences. You get a written, engineer-level reply within two business days — no sales call required.