Bring us the problem.
Some problems need an answer. Others need working software.
nCubo can help you find the architecture, build the product, or structure the application as an ongoing commercial relationship.
A problem first. Technology second.
We work with your team to understand the problem, challenge assumptions and find an architecture that can actually be built.
Explore
Understand the system, constraints and unanswered questions.
Model
Turn the problem into something that can be reasoned about and tested.
Prototype
Build enough to challenge the assumptions that matter.
Engineer
Take the solution into production when that is the right next step.
We can work as an extension of your technical team under a retained or hourly model.
This is usually the right fit when you need ongoing access to senior engineering, architecture or distributed-systems expertise without defining a full product build upfront.
We prefer to work directly with a technical counterpart on your side — ideally an architect or senior engineering lead — so decisions stay close to the problem.
The method depends on the problem. The standard does not.
When the answer needs to become a product.
When the problem needs a product, nCubo can take responsibility for the full engineering scope: domain, architecture, backend, distributed systems, application development, infrastructure integration and production.
- Domain
- Architecture
- Product
- Production
Built as a system we expect to live, change and keep being understood.
You are the expert in the problem. We are responsible for turning it into working software.
For these engagements, we typically take the engineering roles required to deliver the product and coordinate closely with a technical counterpart on the client side.
How engagements are structured
Retained engineering
Ongoing access to senior engineering under a retained or hourly model.
Best suited to architecture, distributed-systems work, technical guidance, production support and evolving scopes.
End-to-end development
nCubo takes responsibility for building the product, working closely with your technical counterpart.
The client brings the problem and domain expertise. We bring the engineering system around it.
Application leasing
You do not have to fund the full build upfront.
A recurring commercial model for products where nCubo participates beyond delivery.
We book for capacity, not volume.
nCubo is intentionally small and senior-led.
One or two substantial new projects a year.
We commit capacity deliberately so the team can stay close to each system from architecture through production.
We tend to stay with the systems we build.
Once an engagement begins, we tend to stay with it. Many relationships run for one to three years as the product moves from architecture to production and then into evolution and support.
After delivery, support can continue under retained hours or an SLA.
C# / .NET is our primary engineering environment.
Around it, we work across distributed infrastructure, messaging, identity, observability and data platforms.
Built across cloud, web, mobile, desktop, TV and other devices.
- Cloud, containers & orchestration
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Messaging, events & webhooks
- Kafka
- Svix
- Realtime & distributed communication
- SignalR
- Distributed data
- Cassandra
- API & identity
- APISIX
- Keycloak
- Observability, APM & search
- Grafana
- Elastic
- APM
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Matomo
Delivery surfaces
- Cloud
- Web
- Mobile
- Desktop
- TV
- Other devices
Problems we've already had to solve.
The systems we build today carry the lessons of systems we've already had to keep running, scale, change and integrate.
Peak load
Complex transactions blocking each other under heavy concurrency.
Zero downtime
Changing production systems while people were still using them.
Customer infrastructure
Running and supporting software in environments we don't control.
Integration
Building systems that have to coexist with other platforms, providers and teams.
Long-running systems
Software that has continued evolving in production for years.
Use the software. You do not have to buy the build.
Some products can be structured so the client makes a lower initial commitment than a traditional custom-development purchase.
nCubo carries more of the development risk and earns its return over time, once the product is operating.
Our incentive is aligned with the product working.
Custom development
You fund the build.
The project is structured as a traditional software development engagement.
Application leasing
The application is provided through an ongoing commercial relationship.
The upfront acquisition model is replaced by recurring use of the software.
Not every problem should become a project.Not every project should become a purchase.
Start with the problem.
We can figure out the engagement model after we understand what needs to be solved.
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