Bespoke software for companies that
cannot afford to get it wrong.
We build mission-critical systems for organizations that treat technology as a competitive asset — with the technical depth of a big tech and the accountability of a boutique. Every engagement is led by a senior partner, not delegated to a junior team.
What's included
- Custom LLM integrations (OpenAI, Anthropic, open-source) embedded directly into your existing workflows — not bolted on as a separate product
- Computer vision systems for quality inspection, document processing and visual cataloguing, with audit-ready accuracy metrics
- Intelligent search and recommendation engines that cut navigation time and surface the right content for each user
- Automated data-extraction pipelines that replace manual keying between ERPs, spreadsheets and legacy databases
- Model fine-tuning and RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) architectures trained on your proprietary knowledge base
- MLOps infrastructure: versioning, monitoring, drift detection and retraining pipelines so models stay accurate over time
For one enterprise retail client, an AI-powered catalogue search we built reduced average product lookup time from 3 minutes to under 30 seconds — a 90% reduction in operational friction, independently audited and sustained across 12+ months in production.
What's included
- End-to-end platform architecture and engineering for systems that handle high transaction volumes, complex business rules or regulatory requirements
- SAP integration and enterprise middleware — we've shipped intelligent logistics routing platforms integrated natively with SAP S/4HANA
- Legacy modernization: strangling monoliths into modular service-oriented architectures without disrupting live operations
- Multi-tenant SaaS platform infrastructure with per-client data isolation, billing integration and admin console
- High-availability database design — relational and document-store, with replication, failover and backup automation
- API-first design and comprehensive documentation so your teams and partners can build on top of what we create
We designed and shipped an intelligent last-mile delivery brokering platform — think Uber logistics — fully integrated with SAP, for a large-scale distributor. The system manages carrier selection, route optimization and delivery confirmation in real time, cutting dispatch processing overhead by over half.
What's included
- iOS and Android native apps built in Swift and Kotlin, or cross-platform in Flutter where the product roadmap demands it
- SaaS platform development — multi-tenant, subscription-ready, with in-app billing, onboarding flows and usage analytics from day one
- UX research and design system creation: we run user interviews, map journeys and build a component library your team can extend independently
- Augmented reality and 3D experience engineering — including spatial product visualisation for retail and e-commerce
- Monetisation architecture: freemium tiers, usage-based billing, marketplace integrations and revenue reporting dashboards
- App Store and Play Store launch strategy, including ASO review, compliance checks and first-week monitoring
For a premium wine brand, we built a 3D virtual cellar with augmented reality, letting customers inspect bottles, read tasting notes and visualise their collection spatially before purchasing. We also shipped a recycling-reward app where users convert responsible disposal into redeemable points — turning an ESG commitment into a retention driver.
What's included
- CI/CD pipeline design and implementation: automated testing, branch protection, deployment gates and rollback automation for zero-downtime releases
- Cloud infrastructure design on AWS, GCP or Azure — right-sized, cost-optimized and compliant with your data residency requirements
- SRE-grade observability: distributed tracing, structured logging, alerting and SLO dashboards so problems are caught before users notice them
- Security hardening: static analysis, dependency scanning, secrets management and penetration-test remediation built into the delivery pipeline
- Structured roadmap evolution in two-week production releases, each feature tied to a specific KPI so every sprint has a measurable business case
- Incident management playbooks, on-call rotation setup and post-mortem culture embedded into your engineering org
Clients in continuous engagement with Devio ship to production every two weeks. Each release is preceded by automated regression suites, synthetic monitoring in staging and a feature flag gate — so new capabilities reach users gradually, with a kill-switch if something behaves unexpectedly. The result is software that grows stronger with each cycle, not more fragile.
What's included
- Dedicated squads of 2–8 senior engineers (front-end, back-end, mobile, data, DevOps) assembled for your specific stack and domain context
- Embedded squad lead who attends your sprint ceremonies, writes your ADRs and escalates technical debt decisions proactively
- Zero ramp-up theatre: we run a structured technical onboarding in week one so engineers are contributing code by day five
- Transparent delivery: shared project boards, daily async standups and bi-weekly retrospectives with your internal stakeholders
- Flexible squad composition — scale up for a launch push, scale back after — without the contractual drag of permanent headcount
- Knowledge-transfer protocol at engagement close: documented architecture, annotated codebase and training sessions for your team
Squad engagements start with a two-week technical alignment sprint at no risk — we read the codebase, map the architecture, identify the three biggest bottlenecks and present a prioritized delivery plan before the commercial agreement is signed. If it doesn't feel right, you walk away with a free technical audit.
What's included
- Weekly or bi-weekly strategic sessions with a Devio senior partner — on-site or remote — to review architecture decisions, vendor choices and build-vs-buy trade-offs
- Technology roadmap creation: a 12-month delivery plan with milestones, resource requirements and clear linkage to business KPIs
- Architecture governance: reviewing PRs for strategic impact, establishing coding standards and technical decision records (ADRs) your future CTO can inherit
- Vendor and tooling evaluation: unbiased assessment of SaaS tools, cloud providers, external agencies and outsourced teams you're considering
- Technical due diligence for M&A, fundraising or regulatory audit — structured code and architecture review with written findings and remediation roadmap
- Recruitment support: technical screening, interview design and team structure advice as you build your internal engineering org
The most costly mistakes in enterprise software — a monolithic architecture chosen at Series A that breaks under Series C load, a vendor lock-in that surfaces during a strategic pivot, a compliance gap found in due diligence — all trace back to a period when the company had no one in the room who had seen that pattern before. A Devio partner has seen it, and tells you before you build it in.
What's included
- Technical due diligence: structured code review, architecture assessment and security audit with a written findings report graded by business risk and remediation effort
- Legacy modernization strategy: phased migration plans that keep the current system live while the new architecture is built in parallel — no big-bang rewrites
- Architecture restructuring: decomposing tightly coupled systems into maintainable, independently deployable modules with clear domain boundaries
- Performance and scalability audit: load profiling, bottleneck identification and a prioritized optimization plan with projected capacity headroom
- Social impact platform modernization: we've re-platformed access-management systems for multi-site parish networks, healthcare providers and third-sector organizations
- Pre-launch readiness reviews: a time-boxed assessment before a major go-live, covering reliability, security, observability and rollback posture
Every consulting engagement concludes with a written Findings & Roadmap document: a prioritized list of issues ranked by risk and ROI, with time and cost estimates for each remediation item. It's a document your board can read, your engineers can execute and your investors can evaluate — not a deck full of frameworks.
From operational friction
to a system that compounds in value.
Four structured phases that move from the right question to a live product — each one connected to the next by evidence, not assumption.
A deep diagnostic conducted over one to two weeks. We map your actual processes — not the org chart version — interview real end-users in their working context and produce a prioritized list of the three highest-ROI opportunities. You get a clear brief, not a blank canvas.
We design the technical architecture, build a component-level design system and produce a navigable prototype tested with real end-users before a single line of production code is committed. This phase eliminates the most expensive category of mistake: building the right thing in the wrong way.
Two-week production releases, every sprint. Each feature has a nominated KPI it is expected to move — and after every release we measure whether it did. There are no surprise pivots at month six because the feedback loop runs every two weeks from day one.
Post-launch is where the real return is earned. SRE practices, continuous observability and a structured roadmap process keep your software stable, secure and growing in capability as your business does — turning your technology into a strategic asset that appreciates with every release.
Engineering with
intention — for companies
that play the long game.
Whether you need to modernize a critical platform, accelerate a product launch or put a senior technical mind in the room before a board decision — we're a two-hour response away. Tell us the problem; we'll tell you the most honest path forward.