Application Engineering

Build business applications that work the way your organisation works

We design, build, integrate and support business applications — from focused web and mobile applications to enterprise platforms.

Web Applications Mobile Applications Enterprise Applications APIs & Integrations Application Support

Engineering, not just development

Software should fit the business — not force the business to fit the software

Organisations often operate across spreadsheets, legacy applications, ERP systems, email and disconnected tools. We engineer applications around the way your teams actually work.

Our focus is practical: understand the requirement, design the right architecture, build with discipline, integrate where necessary and support the application over time.

What we engineer

Application capability across the lifecycle

Business Web Applications

Purpose-built applications for finance, operations, workflows, reporting and other business functions.

Mobile Applications

Mobile experiences that extend business processes to employees, field teams, customers and partners.

Enterprise Applications

Scalable applications that support complex organisational processes, controls and management information.

APIs & Integrations

Connect applications and data so information can move reliably between the systems your organisation already uses.

Application Modernisation

Improve ageing applications through redesign, modern architecture, integration and incremental replacement.

Application Support

Ongoing support, enhancements, monitoring and engineering capacity for business-critical applications.

How we work

From business requirement to working application

01 — UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM

Understand

Business requirements, users, processes, constraints and desired outcomes.

02 — DESIGN THE SOLUTION

Design

Architecture, user experience, data model, integrations and delivery approach.

03 — ENGINEER THE APPLICATION

Engineer

Development, testing, security, quality assurance and controlled releases.

04 — DEPLOY AND IMPROVE

Deploy

Go-live, support, enhancements and continuous improvement as the business evolves.

Engineering capability

The disciplines behind the application

Business Analysis

Requirements & process understanding

Architecture

Solution & technical architecture

UI / UX

Usable business interfaces

Development

Web, mobile & enterprise

QA

Testing & quality engineering

Integration

APIs & enterprise systems

Deployment

Release & production readiness

Support

Enhancement & lifecycle support

Where we start

Need something new?

Build a new application around a defined business requirement, with the architecture and engineering discipline to grow with the organisation.

Where we start

Already have an application?

Modernise, integrate, extend or support an existing application without having to replace everything at once.

Flexible capability

Need an engineering team?

Use Hourglass as an extension of your technology team for defined projects, ongoing development or application support.

Built for business

From one application to a platform

Start with a focused requirement and expand into connected applications as the organisation's needs evolve.

Let's build something useful

Have an application you need to build or modernise?

Tell us the business problem. We can help shape the technology solution.

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