Services
Four ways we help. Most clients start with one and stay for another.
What we do
Small senior teams that own the outcome. Each service has its own page with the approach, team and pricing.
Platform modernisation
We move ageing systems to modern architecture one slice at a time, without a risky big-bang rewrite.
- Monolith to services
- Cloud migration
- Data platform rebuilds
Product engineering
A full product team (design, engineering and delivery) that builds new products with you.
- Discovery and prototyping
- Web and mobile apps
- APIs and integrations
Cloud and reliability
We cut cloud bills, fix flaky systems and set up the monitoring your on-call team deserves.
- Cost reviews
- Platform reliability
- Security hardening
Team augmentation
Senior engineers who join your team, raise the bar and leave it stronger.
- Tech leads
- Platform engineers
- Coaching
How we work
Every engagement follows the same four steps, so you always know where things stand.
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Discover
Two weeks with your team and your users to agree what success looks like and what to build first. Fixed at AED 95,000.
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Shape
A thin, working slice in production within six weeks, so we learn from reality early.
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Build
Fortnightly releases with demos, a shared roadmap and spend reported in dirhams against the estimate.
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Hand over
Documentation, pairing and a plan so your team owns it confidently. Thirty days’ notice to stop at any point.
Two ways to pay
We’ll suggest the one that fits the work, and many clients use both.
| Time and materials For builds that will change as you learn | Fixed scope For work that can be clearly defined | |
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| Typical use | Modernisation, product builds, team augmentation | Discovery, reviews, a defined pilot |
| How you pay | Monthly, against approved timesheets | In stages, against agreed deliverables |
| Changing direction | Any fortnight, at no extra cost | Through a change request |
| Risk margin in the price | No | Usually 15–25% |
| Spend reported every fortnight | Yes | Yes |
| Optional monthly cap | Yes | Not needed |
Either way, you can stop with 30 days’ notice and keep everything we’ve built.
Ask for a quoteDay rates and fixed prices
Published so you can budget before you call us.
Engineering
Day rate per person
- Principal engineer or architectShapes the target architecture and the order of work
- AED 5,000–6,500
- Tech leadLeads the engineers, owns quality and releases
- AED 4,500–5,500
- Senior engineerBackend, frontend or mobile
- AED 3,500–4,500
- EngineerPaired with a senior engineer
- AED 2,500–3,500
Platform, data and design
Day rate per person
- Senior platform engineerCloud, infrastructure as code, observability
- AED 3,800–4,800
- Senior data engineerPipelines, warehouses and event streams
- AED 3,800–4,800
- Product designerResearch, prototypes and interface design
- AED 3,200–4,200
- Delivery leadPlans, reports and keeps the roadmap honest
- AED 3,800–4,800
Fixed-price work
- Two-week discoveryFixed price, credited against the build if you go ahead
- AED 95,000
- Cloud cost reviewThree weeks, savings ranked by effort
- AED 75,000
- Architecture reviewTwo weeks, written report and a sequenced plan
- AED 55,000
Day rates exclude 5% VAT. Where a rate sits in its range depends on experience; rates are the same in all three studios and fixed for 12 months from signing. Every engagement is quoted in writing before work starts.
From the people who hired us
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Estimates within ten per cent, every fortnight, for a year. I’ve never had that from a supplier before.
Director of Technology, UAE insurerClutch review, July 2026
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They came to help us firefight and left us a team that doesn’t need to. Four of their habits are now in our engineering handbook.
Meera IyerHead of Engineering, Marfa Freight
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We’d been told a rewrite was the only option. Kestrel showed us another way and delivered it.
Faisal Al ShamsiCOO, Ruwaq Bank