Custom Software Development Company in Dublin

QServices is a custom software development company serving Dublin businesses in Tech, FinTech, and Pharma on fully remote engagements. We are not based in Dublin. We are India-based with GMT morning overlap for daily calls. See our services overview.

What Dublin buyers typically need from custom software

Dublin sits at the intersection of Europe's tech sector, one of the continent's most active FinTech markets, and a growing Pharma and life sciences industry. Projects from this market fall into three clear categories:

• FinTech platforms: Payment processing engines, lending portals, treasury dashboards, and reconciliation tools. These carry both EU GDPR obligations and Central Bank of Ireland authorisation requirements. Data handling and audit trails are first-class requirements from day one, not afterthoughts.
• Tech product companies: Internal tooling, developer APIs, SaaS platforms, and workflow automation for teams scaling their engineering output.
• Pharma and life sciences: Data collection systems, lab information management, regulatory submission tools, and clinical data pipelines that must comply with EU data protection law.

Under Central Bank of Ireland oversight, financial software in Ireland needs proper audit logs, access controls, and data residency documentation. EU GDPR adds data minimisation and right-to-erasure requirements on top. We build these controls into the first sprint, not as a retrofit.

How we work with Dublin clients

Our engineering team is based in India (IST, UTC+5:30). Dublin operates on GMT in winter and GMT+1 in summer. In practice, our team's afternoon maps directly to Dublin's morning. From roughly 7:30am to 12:30pm Dublin time, both teams are available for live calls. We schedule all standups and demos in that window.

A typical engagement runs like this:

• Weekly standup (30-minute video call) during GMT morning hours
• Async updates every two days via Slack or Microsoft Teams
• Sprint demos every two weeks, recorded if stakeholders cannot attend live
• Code review on GitHub or Azure DevOps with written comments for your team to read on their schedule
• On-site visits to Dublin available for major milestone reviews on request

We default to Microsoft Teams for Dublin clients, as many Irish businesses run on Microsoft 365. We adapt to Slack, Jira, or whatever tools your team already uses.

Relevant work in similar markets

We have not worked with Dublin companies directly. Our closest matched work is in FinTech, Dublin's strongest growth sector, with clients in the US and Caribbean.

The Varipay project reduced transaction fees by approximately 30 percent through optimised gateway routing and cut settlement times from three-to-five days to under 24 hours. The Analyst Intelligence platform delivered a 100x speed improvement in Excel data processing and attracted enterprise interest from Franklin Templeton and Goldman Sachs. Both projects involved regulated financial data, payment integrations, and strict audit requirements. The compliance and data-handling patterns from this work transfer directly to Central Bank of Ireland-regulated projects in Dublin.

What custom software costs for a typical Dublin project

Our custom software development pricing is quoted in USD. Dublin clients convert to EUR at the current rate. Project costs by scope:

• Small ($2,000–$8,000): Single-feature tools, internal apps, proof-of-concept builds. 80–200 hours.
• Medium ($8,000–$30,000): Multi-feature applications, CRM or ERP integrations, small SaaS products. 200–600 hours.
• Large ($30,000–$120,000): Full product builds, platform migrations, multi-system integrations. 600–2,000 hours.
• Platform ($120,000–$400,000): Complex platforms, enterprise software, long-term product engineering. 2,000–6,000 hours.

For Dublin's FinTech and Pharma sectors, add 15–25 percent for GDPR compliance controls, audit logging, and Central Bank of Ireland documentation. Each non-trivial external integration (payment gateway, legacy banking API) adds $3,000–$12,000 to the base estimate.

How to start working with us

Three steps to get a project underway:

1. Discovery call (30 minutes): We discuss your project, timeline, and constraints. No sales pitch, just a direct conversation.
2. Scoping document: We send a written scope covering delivery phases, team size, timeline, and a fixed price or time-and-materials estimate.
3. Project start: Once scope is agreed and signed, we begin with a two-week discovery sprint.

Use the contact form on this page to reach us. We respond within one business day during GMT morning hours.

Can you work with Dublin companies remotely?

Yes. We work with EU clients on fully remote engagements. Our team's afternoon overlaps with Dublin's morning, giving four to five hours of shared working time daily. All project communication is either live during that window or async via Teams or Slack.

On data residency: we deploy on Azure infrastructure in EU data centres, including the Ireland (West Europe) region, to meet GDPR requirements. We do not transfer personal data outside the EU without a written data processing agreement. Client data is not stored on systems outside the agreed infrastructure boundary.