About

Small, by design.

Kaptivate is a senior engineering practice rather than a staffing pyramid. The people you meet in the first conversation are the people who design and write the system. That constraint is the reason the work holds up.

How we operate

Fewer people, further in.

A larger firm would put a sales team in front of you, an account manager between you and the work, and whoever is on the bench behind it. We do not have those layers, so the engineer who scoped your project is the one who builds it and the one who answers the phone in year two.

  • Written before built Scope, architecture and decisions are documented and agreed before code is written, and kept current as things change.
  • No lock-in of any kind Your accounts, your repository, your data. Nothing we build requires us to keep operating it.
  • Direct access to engineers No account management layer. Questions are answered by the person who wrote the code, usually the same day.
  • Built to be inherited Conventional technology choices, documented clearly, so the next engineer to open it is not surprised.

Clients

Who we work with.

Government departments, manufacturers, professional services firms and software companies. The common factor is a process important enough that the software supporting it has to be correct and maintainable.

Government & education

  • City of Berkeley
  • Alabama State Department of Education

Industry & manufacturing

  • Whitmore Manufacturing
  • Magrite

Professional services

  • Norman Consultants
  • Abracadata
  • Sparkles

Software & media

  • Class Action Buddy
  • Skrollo

The firm

Details for your records.

Working languages
English, Dutch
Contracting
NDA, MSA, SOW
General enquiries
info@kaptivate.io
Coverage
Remote, worldwide
Timo Bakker

Get in touch

Tell us what you're dealing with.

We would rather hear the problem in your own words than read a formal brief. Send a couple of lines about what is going on, or book a call and talk it through — no obligation, and no sales process at the other end of it.

If we can help, we will tell you how we would approach it. If we are not the right fit, we will say so early and tell you who is.

Timo Bakker · Kaptivate