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Software engineering studio · Johannesburg, South Africa

Engineering
the systems
your business
runs on.

Techtides builds web platforms, mobile apps, backends and AI systems for organisations that need software to hold up under real load. Scoped tightly, shipped in short cycles, documented and handed over clean.

Wireframing an app on a tablet
5
Years shipping
20+
Systems delivered
React · Next.js/Node · Python/Flutter · Swift · Kotlin/PostgreSQL · Redis/AWS · Azure/LLM & ML pipelines/POPIA-aligned delivery/
01 - Capabilities

Six practices, one
delivery team.

You get one accountable team across the whole stack, not a chain of handoffs between vendors.

01

Web platforms

Customer portals, internal tools and public sites built on modern frameworks, with performance budgets and accessibility checked before launch.

02

Mobile applications

Native iOS and Android, or a single cross-platform codebase when the roadmap calls for it. Store submission and release management included.

03

Backend & integration

APIs, data models and integrations into the systems you already run - payments, ERP, identity - with monitoring and rollback from day one.

04

AI & automation

Document processing, forecasting and assistive tooling built on your own data, with evaluation criteria agreed before a model goes near production.

05

Product & UI design

Interface design and prototyping tied to the build, so what gets approved is what gets shipped. Design systems where more than one team consumes them.

06

Growth engineering

Analytics, search and campaign infrastructure wired properly, so marketing spend is measured against revenue rather than impressions.

03 - How we work

Four stages. Fixed
checkpoints.

Each stage ends with something you can review: a written scope, a working build, a signed handover.

STAGE 01

Scope

Two workshops, then a written scope with cost, sequence and the risks we can see.

1–2 weeks
STAGE 02

Design

Clickable prototype of the critical paths, reviewed with the people who will use it.

2–3 weeks
STAGE 03

Build

Two-week cycles, a deployed environment throughout, and a demo at the end of each one.

6–16 weeks
STAGE 04

Run

Monitoring, a support agreement, and documentation your own team can build on.

Ongoing
04 - Clients
“They took a process no one wanted to own and turned it into software our operations team actually asks for changes to.”
Operations director · national distributor
“Estimates held. When something slipped we heard about it in the same week, with the options already worked out.”
Head of digital · financial services group
06 - Next step

Tell us what
needs building.

Send the brief, or the rough version of it. You get a written response within two working days: what we would build, in what order, and what it costs.

Typical engagement
6–16 weeks, fixed scope per stage
Working hours
SAST, overlapping EU and US East
Also available
Team augmentation and technical due diligence