Engineering services, scoped before they start.
We design, build, automate and operate business software — from a corporate website to a management system, an automated back office or an embedded engineering team. Every engagement begins with a written scope and a price, so you know what you are approving.
How we engage
Auto Dev Labs is a Nairobi-based engineering company with a dedicated team of experienced software engineers — each with 3+ years of hands-on delivery across web, mobile, cloud and automation work, under one contract with shared standards and someone accountable after launch.
Every engagement is scoped in writing and quoted before work begins. You see working software as it is built rather than a status report, and we tell you plainly when something falls outside what we can responsibly take on.
- 3+ years of hands-on engineering experience per engineer
- Written scope and fixed price before any build
- Code and infrastructure owned by you, not by us
- A direct line to the engineers doing the work
The catalogue
What we can take on
Design & build
Taking an idea or a requirements document through to working, maintainable software.
Custom Software Development
Software built around how your business actually works.
Read moreWeb Development
Corporate websites, e-commerce and web applications that hold up under real traffic.
Read moreMobile App Development
Android and iOS applications, built once where a shared codebase makes sense.
Read moreMVP & Prototype Development
A working first version, small enough to fund and real enough to test.
Read moreUI/UX Design
Interfaces designed to be used, not just to look good in a screenshot.
Read moreAutomation & intelligence
Removing manual work and connecting the systems a business already runs on.
Cloud & operations
Hosting, deploying, monitoring and keeping software running after launch.
Advisory & teams
Technical direction, and engineering capacity that plugs into your own team.
How we choose technology
The stack follows the requirements, not the other way round.
Every service page lists the ecosystems our engineers work in. Read those as options, not commitments — the choice for your project depends on what you already run, who will maintain it, and what it has to integrate with.
We favour mainstream, well-documented tools with a large hiring pool, so you are never dependent on us to keep the system alive. If a decision would tie you to something obscure or proprietary, we will say so before you commit to it.
Fits your existing systems
If your team already runs on Microsoft, or your data lives in PostgreSQL, that constrains the sensible options — and we work inside those constraints.
Maintainable by others
We pick tools a future engineer can be hired for. Clever and obscure is a liability you inherit after we hand over.
Proportionate to the problem
Not every project needs Kubernetes. We match the complexity of the infrastructure to the actual load and team size.
No lock-in by default
Standard formats, portable containers and your own cloud accounts, so moving away from us stays possible.
How we work
The same six steps on every engagement
- 01
Discovery call
A free 30-minute conversation about the problem, the constraints and the budget range. If we are not the right fit, we say so on this call.
- 02
Scope & written quote
We define what the first release includes and excludes, then quote it as a fixed price in a statement of work you can take to procurement.
- 03
Design & architecture
Screens and data model agreed before the build. Changing a diagram is cheaper than changing a shipped feature.
- 04
Build in increments
Short cycles with something reviewable at the end of each. You see progress in a working environment, not in a status report.
- 05
Test & launch
Functional, performance and security checks, a staged rollout with a rollback path, and a launch date agreed rather than announced.
- 06
Handover & support
Documentation, training and code in a repository you own — followed by a support retainer if you want us to keep it running.
Engagement models
Four ways to work with us
Fixed-price project
A defined scope, a fixed price and milestone invoicing. Best when the requirements are clear enough to write down.
Websites, defined systems, integrations
Monthly retainer
An agreed pool of hours each month for maintenance, support and continuous improvement, with a written response commitment.
Live systems, ongoing improvement
Dedicated engineers
Engineers embedded in your team at a monthly rate, taking direction from your leads and working in your repository.
Existing product teams needing capacity
Advisory
A fixed-fee review with a written recommendation, or ongoing technical advice without a build attached.
Build-versus-buy and audit decisions
Not sure which of these you need?
Describe the problem rather than the solution and we will tell you what it would take — or that you do not need us. The first 30-minute call is free and there is no proposal deck at the end of it.