EcDev Studio

Outsourced software builds with a discovery phase first

EcDev Studio is a software development firm that works on an outsourced basis for both startups and established businesses. The firm says its team has more than eight years of track record, and it describes its approach as combining technical expertise with careful design and easy client support. It builds web applications, online platforms, dashboards and serverless systems, and it says the work runs from the first conversation through to launch and ongoing support.

Discovery before design

The firm starts projects with a discovery phase, in which the team learns about the stakeholders and the end customers before any build begins. The purpose is to understand what the product must do in practice so that the finished product performs well for the people who use it. The firm presents this as the step that prevents later rework, and it says earlier startup products it has delivered helped it launch new clients' products with less effort and investment.

UI and UX design

The design service produces human-centred layouts and screens, and the firm treats the interface as part of how the product works. The firm treats the interface as part of the product's function, so the design is planned alongside the discovery work and then tested against the needs of the people who will use it.

Custom software across several industries

Custom software development is offered as full-cycle work, covering a product from requirements to delivery. Its developers have worked across financial technology, insurance, education, retail, healthcare and legal sectors, and it shares knowledge across its development teams so that lessons from one sector inform another. One example in its portfolio is an automated mortgage rate engine built for a home mortgage lender, integrated with a mortgage pricing platform so that borrowers can move through their home-buying journey without manual steps.

Solution architecture and business intelligence

Solution architecture defines the structure of a software project before development begins, shaping IT solutions to the particular requirements of the business. Business intelligence work turns a company's data into insight that supports its decisions, through software and reporting services that the firm builds to suit the client's information.

Cloud services, DevOps and quality assurance

The cloud and DevOps work combines the practices and tools needed to deliver products quickly while keeping them stable during continuous development. The quality assurance service is a testing process designed to prevent defects, rather than to find them only at the end of a build. The firm also offers consultancy, which it describes as a second opinion before a business makes major technology changes.

Clients and project types

The firm's clients range from startups that need a first product built with limited investment to established companies that need to modernise or extend an existing system. The firm presents its outsourced model as a way for clients to add a development team without building one internally.