We will be your dev team
Finding devs for a startup is tough — they're the real unicorns. On top of being technically talented, they need to be fully aligned with your vision, and ready to take risks. That doesn't mean you won't find them. But it doesn't mean you should wait for them to move forward with your project.
Why a DevTeam-as-a-Service approach is far more valuable than waiting months or years for your dream team.
We're comfortable with new projects and ongoing ones — happy to reinforce your team or take over your development operations.
Startup specialists
Accompanying startups in their development is our specialty, from the critical early stages to scaling up. We value agility as a mindset and a competitive advantage — and we believe happiness is one of the key success factors. 10 years and 100+ startups later, it's still our recipe.
Only talented people
We don't compromise on excellence. Our founder has led multiple companies to success, our tech leads are trailblazing PhDs. We lay solid strategic and technological foundations with senior profiles — then you hire the juniors who grow with your company.
Across-the-board expertise
A good product needs solid UX, positioning, and marketing, not just development. Working with a team of varied profiles gets you on-demand access to every skill startup success requires — every step covered, on your terms.
Partnership, no ownership
We don't want your company. We're going to get involved in almost every conceivable way, but we won't take any equity. This gives you total freedom in reassessing the relationship as time goes on — no strings attached, you evaluate us based on the results we bring. Success takes time, but it usually speaks for itself.
No technology religion.
Whatever your needs are — web, mobile, AI, database — we have experience and knowledge with most available technologies. Having a diverse team of senior devs allows us to cover a lot of ground.
We always choose technology based on relevance to the project, and build sustainable products that satisfy every stakeholder. Our developers come from successful companies such as Amazon or Teads — they know how to build robust software, but also to ship tactical code in a hurry.
We deliver massive value to ambitious entrepreneurs who understand that surrounding themselves with the right people is the key to success.
Umedia
A film production company that has invested $670M in over 500 movies. They came to us when they hit a plateau. We helped them increase their investments by 60% without growing the team — modeling their business and automating the recurring tasks that held them back.
Yields.io
The founder came to us with an idea while still holding a day job. We challenged it and built the first version of the product, which helped raise €1.25M from VC firms. Six years and a few rounds later, the company has 35 people, and we're still working together daily, mainly through coaching sessions.
Sharingbox
We helped Sharingbox simplify the sequence of actions needed to deploy their technology in the real world. We mapped their internal processes and built the tools to standardize them, making the company twice as efficient — which also eased knowledge transfer when the founders came to exit.
e-maprod
We helped e-maprod reorganize their team by putting all the cards on the table, hiring the right people, and giving teams a real sense of ownership so they could run autonomously — while optimizing internal workflows so they could stop relying on spreadsheets.
Frequently asked questions
Can 26lights reinforce an existing development team?
Yes.
We can start a new product, reinforce an existing engineering team, temporarily add senior capacity or take responsibility for part of an existing application.
Our engineers are accustomed to working directly inside client teams rather than operating behind an account-management layer.
What makes your engineering team different from a traditional development agency?
Our engineers work closely with people who understand product, business and growth.
They are expected to question what should be built, not simply execute specifications.
This is especially important for SMEs and scale-ups, where architecture decisions often have direct consequences for operations, hiring and growth.
Will you rewrite our existing system using your preferred stack?
Not unless there is a compelling reason.
Existing software represents accumulated business knowledge and investment.
We first understand what works, what creates risk and what actually needs to change. In many cases, progressively improving an existing system is safer and economically smarter than replacing it.
Who are we?
At 26lights, we believe that launching or running a company is an incredible but challenging journey — finding good partners is one of the toughest challenges. We're a team of passionate people with skills ranging from IT to business to management. Our main drive is to work on projects that excite us and that we believe in. Does this resonate with you? If so, let's have a chat!
