How do you handle our security review?

We expect it and prepare for it. We provide architecture documentation, data-flow diagrams, our own security practices, and we complete vendor questionnaires. We can also work inside your cloud tenancy.

Do you work with our internal IT team?

Almost always. They know constraints no discovery process would surface. We plan for joint working and knowledge transfer from the start, since your team operates this after we're done.

What about procurement and contracting?

We work with standard enterprise contracting including MSAs, DPAs, security addenda and defined SLAs. We've been through the process and won't be surprised by it.

Service 10 / 14

Enterprise Software

Enterprise software fails when it satisfies the buyer and frustrates the user. We build systems that clear security review, integrate with the estate you already run, and that your staff don't quietly work around.

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Typical duration: 20–40 weeks
Engagement: Team of 4–8 · Retainer
Right for you if: Organizations replacing systems older than some of their staff
Companies where compliance requirements shape the architecture
Businesses with complex approval and role hierarchies
Enterprises needing integration across many existing systems

Problems

You're probably here because of one of these.

If more than one sounds familiar, that's normal — they usually share a root cause.

The legacy system can't be changed

Decades of business logic in a codebase no one fully understands, on a platform approaching end of support.

Compliance is bolted on

Audit requirements handled with manual processes and spreadsheets because the system was never designed for them.

Staff work around it

The official system is so slow that everyone maintains a private spreadsheet. Your data is wrong and you don't know it.

Integration is manual

Data moved between departments by export, email and re-import. Slow, error-prone and impossible to audit.

Approach

How the work actually runs.

From first conversation to running in production. Typical end-to-end duration for enterprise software is 20–40 weeks.

01
Discovery
1–2 weeks
We map the problem before proposing a solution. Stakeholder interviews, constraint analysis, and a written scope you actually own.
- Process mapping across every affected department
- Legacy system audit and business-rule extraction
- Compliance and regulatory requirement analysis
- Phased modernization plan that avoids a big-bang cutover
02
Architecture & design
2–3 weeks
System design and interface design happen together, so the thing we draw is the thing we can actually build.
- Domain model validated with the people doing the work
- Role, permission and approval-hierarchy design
- Integration architecture for existing enterprise systems
- Audit, retention and data-governance model
03
Build
16–30 weeks
Two-week iterations against a shared board. You get a working deployed environment from week one and a demo every sprint.
- Incremental delivery, department by department
- SSO against your existing identity provider
- Configurable approval workflows and delegation
- Reporting layer with scheduled and self-serve reports
04
Hardening
1–2 weeks
Automated test coverage, load testing, accessibility audit and a security review before anything touches production.
- Unit, integration and end-to-end test suites
- Load and performance profiling under realistic traffic
- WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility audit and remediation
- Dependency, authentication and access-control review
05
Launch
1 week
Staged rollout with monitoring in place before traffic arrives. Rollback is tested, not assumed.
- Parallel running against the legacy system before cutover
- Role-based training and reference materials per department
- Phased rollout with a supported rollback at each stage
- Hypercare period with on-site or embedded support
06
Operate
Ongoing
We stay on. Response-time SLAs, proactive dependency upgrades, and a roadmap review every quarter.
- Uptime, error and performance monitoring with alerting
- Defined severity levels and response-time commitments
- Scheduled dependency and security patching
- Quarterly roadmap and architecture review

Included

What you get, spelled out.

Every item here is part of the engagement, not an upsell discovered halfway through.

SSO and directory integration

SAML, OIDC and SCIM against Entra ID, Okta or your existing directory.

Granular permissions

Role, department and record-level access with delegation and temporary elevation.

Configurable workflows

Approval chains your administrators can change without a deployment.

Immutable audit trail

Every change recorded with actor, timestamp and before/after state. Exportable for auditors.

Legacy integration

Connections to existing ERP, HR and finance systems — including the ones with no modern API — through an event backbone that decouples them from the new system.

Reporting and exports

Scheduled reports, self-serve queries and exports in the formats your auditors ask for.

Data governance

Retention policies, classification, and controlled deletion that satisfies regulation.

Phased rollout

Department-by-department delivery so value arrives early and risk stays contained.

Stack

What we typically build this with.

A default, not a rule. If your team already runs something else and it fits the requirement, we work in your stack.

TypeScript

Types across the whole stack. Most integration bugs stop being possible.

Node.js

One language across client and server. Shared validation, shared types, one hiring profile.

.NET

Where the enterprise already runs on Microsoft identity and tooling.

PostgreSQL

Our default. Transactional integrity, JSON, full-text search and row-level security in one engine.

Kafka

Durable event log for service-to-service communication. Consumers can be replayed and added without touching producers.

gRPC

Typed, binary service-to-service calls. Far cheaper than JSON over HTTP once services are chatty.

Azure

Where the organization already lives in Entra ID and Microsoft 365.

Docker

The same image in dev, CI and production. 'Works on my machine' ends here.

Kubernetes

At real scale only. Below it the operational cost outweighs the benefit, and we'll say so.

Self-hosted

Your own servers, your own datacentre, or a VPS you control. Same containers, same pipeline, no cloud lock-in.

Why Devsock

The difference is in how the work is run.

Ten dimensions where engagements usually go wrong, and what we do instead. Every claim in the right-hand column is something you can verify in the first two weeks.

DimensionTypical agencyDevsock

Estimates
TypicalAn hourly rate and a range that grows once work starts.
DevsockFixed scope and fixed price after a paid discovery. Changes are quoted before they enter a sprint.
Communication
TypicalA weekly status email written by an account manager.
DevsockDirect access to the engineers building it, a shared board you can read any time, and a demo every second week.
Code ownership
TypicalDelivered at the end, sometimes with a proprietary framework attached.
DevsockYour repository, your cloud account, from commit one. No proprietary layer, no licensing.
Testing
TypicalManual clicking before launch, if the timeline allows.
DevsockAutomated suites in CI, load testing at projected peak, and a WCAG 2.2 AA audit before release.
Architecture
TypicalWhatever the available developer knows best.
DevsockA written architecture decision record explaining what we chose, what we rejected, and why.
Security
TypicalAddressed if the client raises it.
DevsockDependency scanning in CI, least-privilege access, secrets management and a pre-launch review as standard.
Accessibility
TypicalOut of scope unless legally forced.
DevsockWCAG 2.2 AA designed in and audited. Keyboard and screen-reader tested, not assumed.
Handover
TypicalA zip file and a phone number that stops answering.
DevsockDocumented architecture, runbooks, and a paid handover period so your team can genuinely take over.
After launch
TypicalA new quote for every bug.
DevsockDefect fixes covered for 90 days. Support retainers carry response-time SLAs in the contract.
Saying no
TypicalEvery request becomes a line item.
DevsockWe'll tell you when a feature isn't worth building, or when the answer isn't software at all.

Work

What we've built, and what it changed.

Live products you can open and use. Each one names the constraint, the approach and what shipped.

All case studies

SaaS · Waste management

Roll Off Rolodex

rolloffrolodex.com

Next.js
TypeScript
React Native
PostgreSQL
Redis
Stripe
AWS

Multi-tenant SaaS platform and driver apps for dumpster rental operators

Challenge

Dumpster rental operators run bookings, fleet position, driver assignments and invoicing across spreadsheets, whiteboards and phone calls. Nobody knows where a container actually is, proof of service arrives days after the job, and billing gets reconstructed from memory at month end.

Solution

A multi-tenant SaaS platform with self-serve signup, subscription billing and tiered plans, paired with native driver apps on iOS and Android. Operators get real-time container status, driver scheduling with route optimisation, customer and contract management, and automated invoicing. Drivers receive job assignments and upload proof of service from the field.

What shipped

Native driver apps published to both the App Store and Google Play
Multi-tenant architecture with per-operator data isolation
Self-serve onboarding with a 15-day trial and three subscription tiers
Real-time inventory and container status tracking
Driver scheduling with route optimisation
Automated invoicing and payment processing

Renewable energy

ISSC

issc-int.com

Next.js
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS
Vercel

Corporate platform for an independent renewable-energy consultancy

Challenge

An independent monitoring and evaluation consultancy for renewable energy projects needed to establish credibility with government, industrial and hospital buyers — a sector where procurement turns on verifiable regulatory standing and a demonstrable track record, not on marketing copy.

Solution

A structured corporate platform built around proof rather than persuasion: service definitions for independent oversight and technical training, a credentials section surfacing regulatory compliance across SECP, FBR, PRA and PEC, team profiles establishing sector experience, and a documented track record of verified installations. Enquiries route directly to the consultancy team.

What shipped

Structured service architecture across oversight and training lines
Regulatory credentials surfaced as the primary trust signal
Track record documented across government, industrial and public-health installations
Team credibility profiles with sector experience
Enquiry capture routed to the consultancy team
Server-rendered and fully indexable

Training & certification

Global Consulting for Safety and Environment

globalconsulting-int.com

Next.js
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Tailwind CSS
AWS

Training platform with multi-country scheduling and certificate verification

Challenge

A QHSE training provider delivering internationally accredited certifications across Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Pakistan needed to publish a constantly moving multi-city schedule, take registrations online, and let employers independently verify that a certificate is genuine — the last of which is what makes an accreditation worth anything.

Solution

A training platform combining a published course schedule across multiple countries with online registration, a separate corporate training enquiry path, and a public certificate verification tool employers can use to authenticate credentials. Accreditation bodies and trainer profiles are presented as structured, checkable content rather than a logo wall.

What shipped

Public certificate verification for employers
Multi-country training schedule with online registration
Separate paths for open-enrolment and corporate training
Course catalogue spanning ISO, OSHA, IOSH, NVQ and Lean Six Sigma
Accreditation bodies and trainer credentials as structured content
Server-rendered and fully indexable

Further work sits behind NDAs. We can walk you through the architecture and measured outcomes of those engagements under mutual NDA.

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