Questions from CTOs and procurement teams
Straight answers to the questions CTOs, engineering leaders and procurement teams ask before choosing a nearshore software development partner. DevsReady is a boutique custom software development company from Romania, specialized in fintech and banking systems built with Java, Spring Boot and React.
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DevsReady is a boutique custom software development company from Romania, specialized in fintech and banking systems built with Java, Spring Boot and React. It was founded by Emanuel Neculai, a hands-on software architect with over 12 years of experience building complex systems in finance, banking and high-traffic platforms. DevsReady works as a nearshore engineering partner for banks, fintech companies and enterprises.
DevsReady works with banks, fintech companies, enterprises and system integrators that need a reliable engineering partner. Its delivered work includes platforms for some of the largest banks in Europe and the modernization of an internal system for one of the largest sports betting platforms in the world. Romanian small and mid-sized companies are served separately through devsready.ro.
DevsReady has built a corporate internet banking platform and a secure remote advisory platform for wealth management, both for major European banks. The team also provides evolutive maintenance for a retail banking web platform used by a banking group across the CEE region, made the digital applications of a large European bank accessible, and helped migrate the player monitoring system of a global sports betting platform. Client names are not published, and every case study is described on the home page.
Verified client reviews are published on the DevsReady profile on Clutch (clutch.co/profile/devsready), and the company also has a profile on GoodFirms. Company news is shared on the DevsReady LinkedIn page, and the founder writes about software engineering on Substack.
DevsReady grew out of a mentorship program and still runs free mentorship programs and paid internships, because the company believes great engineers are grown, not only hired. Every engineer owns their code end to end, from design to deployment and production monitoring, and shares the same standards: clean code, solid fundamentals and no untested code in production.
Romania is an EU member state, so a Romanian partner works under the same EU legal framework as its clients in the European Union, including the GDPR. It is in the Eastern European time zone, close to the working hours of the UK and continental Europe. DevsReady itself builds Java and Spring Boot systems for large European banks, which is the kind of work nearshore Java teams are usually hired for.
Romania uses Eastern European Time (UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer): one hour ahead of Central European Time and two hours ahead of the UK. A normal Romanian working day therefore overlaps with most of the UK and continental European working day. The US East Coast is seven hours behind, so the shared hours are the US morning and the Romanian afternoon.
Yes. DevsReady works in English and Romanian, and engagements with international clients are run in English. You talk directly with the engineers and the architect who lead your project, without intermediaries.
Yes. For Romanian companies DevsReady runs a separate Romanian-language website, devsready.ro, focused on custom software, process automation and integrations with e-Factura, e-Transport, ANAF and the ERPs local companies already use. The international site, devsready.io, is dedicated to banks, fintech and enterprise clients.
DevsReady offers four engagement models: a proof of concept, a full development team, staff augmentation, and architecture and migration. You can start with a proof of concept to validate an idea, hand over a whole project to a dedicated team, add engineers to your existing team, or bring in architects to design a system or modernize a legacy one.
DevsReady builds your proof of concept at no cost when you choose to move forward with the company. It goes from signed contract to working prototype in about one month, so you can validate the idea and the team before committing to the full project.
The first step is a conversation about your goals, systems and constraints. For a new product, the proof of concept goes from signed contract to working prototype in about one month. The exact start date and team composition for staff augmentation or a dedicated team are confirmed during that first discussion, based on the profiles you need.
A full development team is a complete, dedicated team of business analysts, software engineers and QA specialists. It works end to end, from discovery to production, so there are no gaps or handoffs between separate vendors.
DevsReady engineers join your existing team and work inside your workflows, tools and culture. You scale up without the overhead of hiring: DevsReady handles the talent, while your team keeps ownership of the product and the roadmap.
Yes, when the scope is well defined. A fixed scope suits a clearly specified module, integration or proof of concept, while a product whose requirements will keep changing is usually better served by a dedicated team or staff augmentation. The scope, deliverables and terms are set out in a statement of work.
DevsReady quotes every project individually instead of publishing a price list. The cost depends on the scope, the integrations with your existing systems, the engagement model, the seniority mix, the team size and the duration, and you receive a quote after a discovery call. The proof of concept is free when you choose to continue with DevsReady.
The first working result comes quickly: the proof of concept goes from signed contract to working prototype in about one month. The duration of the full project depends on its scope, its integrations and the team size, and it is planned with you once the proof of concept has validated the approach.
DevsReady does not publish a rate card. The cost of an engagement depends on the model (staff augmentation, dedicated team or a fixed scope), the seniority mix, the team size and the duration, and you receive a quote after a first discussion. The proof of concept is free when you choose to continue with DevsReady.
The core stack is Java, Spring Boot, Quarkus, React and Angular. The team also works with Kafka, Elasticsearch, Oracle, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift and AWS, as well as .NET, C#, Go, Kotlin and Python where a project needs them.
Yes. Legacy system migration, technical upgrades and architecture design are one of the four DevsReady services, led by engineers with deep experience in finance and banking. For example, the team led the replacement of a monolithic .NET application with Java and Spring Boot microservices deployed on AWS, and it provides evolutive maintenance for a live, multi-country retail banking platform built with Java, Spring and React.
On a corporate banking platform for one of the largest banks in Europe, DevsReady delivered payments and transactions, direct debit agreements, a virtual branch with digital forms created by the bank, secure order signing, task and process management, and activity logs with a full audit trail. On a separate project, the team built real-time video meetings and secure document sharing between wealth management clients and their advisors.
Yes. DevsReady provides evolutive maintenance for the retail banking web platform of one of the largest banks in Europe, continuously delivering new features, enhancements and fixes on a live, mission-critical system. The same approach applies to other platforms: new capabilities while keeping the system stable, secure and compliant.
Yes. The team uses AI tools daily for code completion, quick prototyping and exploring architectural options, but the engineer always makes the final call. Every architecture decision and every line that goes to production is reviewed and owned by an experienced engineer.
Yes. DevsReady has delivered production systems for major European banks, where high performance, strict security and regulatory compliance are daily requirements, including secure order signing and full audit trails. As an EU-based company it works under the GDPR, while DORA and PSD2 obligations sit with the financial institution, which passes the relevant requirements to its technology suppliers through contracts and vendor due diligence. DevsReady works within the security rules, environments and processes set by the client, and specific controls are discussed during your vendor assessment.
Through engineering ownership and review on every change, not a separate check at the end. Every engineer owns their code from design to deployment and production monitoring, no untested code goes to production, and every architecture decision and line that reaches production, including code written with AI tools, is reviewed and owned by an experienced engineer. The security rules, environments and processes follow the ones your organization sets.
Yes. DevsReady helped a large European bank make its digital applications accessible to users with disabilities, in line with international accessibility standards. The work covered WCAG-compliant UI components, navigation and form controls for screen readers and keyboard users, and the refactoring of existing web interfaces.
Yes. Confidentiality is standard in DevsReady banking work, which is why the client names in the case studies are not published, and an NDA can be signed before you share project details. The engagement itself is set out in a written contract agreed with you, such as a master services agreement with statements of work.
Ownership of the source code and intellectual property is set out in the contract before work starts. For custom software built for a client, the usual arrangement is that the client owns the code and the IP created for them, and the terms are agreed with you in writing.
You choose whether DevsReady hands the system over to your team or stays on to keep it evolving. Evolutive maintenance is an established DevsReady service, already running on a live, multi-country retail banking platform, and the scope of support, response times and hours of cover are agreed in the contract for each engagement.
Send a short description of your project through the contact form on devsready.io, by email at contact@devsready.io or by phone at +40 735 891 972. The first step is a conversation to understand your goals, followed by a proof of concept and then the full development of the solution.
Tell us about your project, your systems and your constraints. You will talk directly with the architect who would lead it.