Locations

Where we work: the Gulf first, then the US and Europe

We design, build and protect software for organisations in the Gulf first, then in the United States and Europe. We work remotely: video calls, workshops and weekly demos planned around your working day, with written plans in English and Arabic. This page explains how that works and what changes when you build for the Gulf.

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How we work with clients remotely

Every engagement runs remotely. You and the team meet on video, work from one shared plan and see the product move every week. We plan calls around your working day, not ours.

  1. A first call or a written brief. Tell us about your product and who it is for. We reply with questions and a proposed plan, usually within one business day.
  2. Workshops. We run short video workshops on scope, key flows and security, and write down what was decided.
  3. A written plan. Design, build, security and timeline in plain language, in English and Arabic, so everyone who has to approve it can read it in their own language.
  4. Weekly demos. Each week you see working software, not a status report, and you can change priorities before a change becomes expensive.
  5. A security review before launch. Every project starts with a threat review; before launch you get a prioritised fix list. See how we work.

Calendars matter as much as time zones. The Gulf countries do not use daylight saving time, but working weeks differ: the UAE federal week runs Monday to Friday, while Saudi Arabia and Qatar keep Friday and Saturday as the weekend. Ramadan and the Eid holidays change working hours everywhere. We ask about your week in the first call and plan around it.

What changes when you build for the Gulf

Most of the work is the same as anywhere: clear design, clean code, careful testing. Five things change, and each deserves a decision early, because they are expensive to retrofit. The guide to launching software in the Gulf goes deep on them; this is the summary.

  • Arabic first, right-to-left. Arabic is not a translation layer added at the end: layouts, forms, search and type are designed for it from the first sketch. See Arabic and RTL design and the guide to bilingual Arabic and English products.
  • Data protection. Each country has its own personal data protection law, and some zones inside a country have their own regime. It shapes consent, retention, transfers and what you log. We design with awareness of these laws; you confirm the details with qualified counsel.
  • Payments and identity. Cards, wallets such as Apple Pay and buy-now-pay-later are part of checkout in several markets, and some countries have a national digital identity for sign-in. Each has its own integration rules; check them before you design the flow.
  • The working week and the calendar. The weekend, Ramadan, Eid, summer travel and the sales seasons decide when a launch lands well and when it lands in an empty room.
  • Hosting and data location. Government-linked and regulated buyers often ask where data is stored and which cloud region runs the product. The answer shapes the architecture and the threat model, so ask it in week one.

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United Arab Emirates

A federal personal data protection law sits beside separate regimes in the DIFC and ADGM free zones, so the first question is often which regime applies to you. Read software development and security for UAE businesses, or go straight to mobile development or cybersecurity in the UAE.

Saudi Arabia

A national personal data protection law and a national cybersecurity authority shape what buyers expect from suppliers, and the weekend falls on Friday and Saturday. See the Saudi Arabia page for design, web development and the local calendar.

Qatar

Qatar has its own personal data privacy law and a national cybersecurity agency, with a Friday and Saturday weekend. The Qatar page covers mobile development and cybersecurity for Qatari organisations.

Other Gulf countries, the United States and Europe

The Gulf is our first market, and we also work with teams in the United States and Europe: senior engineering and security depth for US product teams, privacy-conscious delivery for regulated and growing European organisations. We do not have pages for these places yet, or for Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman. If that is where you are, tell us about your product and we will say plainly whether and how we can help.

The legal and regulatory points on these pages are awareness, not legal advice. We design with awareness of these rules and we do not promise compliance or issue certification. Confirm what applies to you with qualified local counsel.

Where we work in the Gulf

Questions we get asked

  • You work with us over video and in writing. A first call or brief leads to a scoped plan, then we build with weekly demos where you see working software, a shared plan you can read in English and Arabic, and a security review before launch.

  • English and Arabic, in every project. Products are built to work left-to-right and right-to-left from the start, and plans can be written in both languages for your team. If your users need more languages, we design so that adding them is routine.

  • The Gulf countries do not use daylight saving time, so slots stay stable through the year, but the weekend and public holidays differ by country and by employer. Tell us your week and your holiday calendar, and we plan calls, demos and releases around them.

  • We work remotely with clients, and most projects run well that way: workshops, demos and reviews all work on video. If an on-site meeting would help your project, ask when you get in touch and we will tell you what is practical.

  • Yes. We also work with teams in the United States and Europe, and with teams in other Gulf countries such as Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman, on request. We do not have pages for those places yet, so a short call or a written brief is the best way to start.

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