About — Manchester, UK
A small practice that would rather be right than busy.
Montavire exists because the two ways of buying software both have a hole in them. Consultancies think without building. Development shops build without thinking. We do the same job as an internal senior hire, on the problems that justify one.
01 — Who you’re actually hiring
Years of building systems that other people have to run.
We’ve spent that time on production software for retail, logistics and financial services — supply chain platforms, marketplace and fulfilment integrations, recruitment systems, storefronts and the backends that supply them. The common thread is that none of it was greenfield. All of it had to work alongside something that was already running.
We also build AI into businesses that already have a working operation. That is a different job from building an AI product: it means integrating with systems that predate the idea, and being honest about which parts of a process should stay human.
Most of the work arrives through people we’ve built for before.
Thin — a name and two specifics would make this page work much harder
02 — How we operate
Four commitments
No bench, no utilisation target
Nobody here needs to be kept busy, which is why we can afford to tell you not to build something.
One project at a time, mostly
It limits how much work we can take. It also means you are never the account that gets attention when something louder goes quiet.
You own everything from day one
Code, infrastructure, accounts, documentation. We don’t hold anything you would have to buy back.
Success is you not needing us
A retainer that runs forever is a sign the handover failed. We would rather be recommended than retained.
03 — Where we are
Manchester. On site when the problem needs it, which is more often than most people expect.
Embedded work is easier in a room. We’ll spend the first stretch of any engagement where the work actually happens — the warehouse, the office, the floor — and go remote once we know enough for that to be honest.
Still the fastest way to find out. Ask.
Discovery is free — you get a written proposal either way