Legacy System Modernization Company in Dublin

QServices is not headquartered in Dublin, but we work with Dublin clients across Tech, FinTech, and Pharma on remote legacy system modernization engagements with GMT morning overlap each working day. QServices is a remote-first software consultancy serving Ireland businesses in technology, financial services, and life sciences.

What Dublin buyers typically need from legacy modernization

Dublin sits at the intersection of European tech, regulated financial services, and global pharma operations. The modernization work that comes out of these industries has a common thread: systems built a decade or more ago that now block product delivery or create compliance risk.

• Tech companies: Aging .NET Framework or VB.NET monoliths that cannot support modern CI/CD pipelines or cloud-native deployment on Azure. Teams are stuck shipping on schedules dictated by the old stack, not business need.
• FinTech firms: Legacy core systems that complicate compliance with Central Bank of Ireland oversight and EU GDPR data handling obligations. Modernization touching personal financial data requires audit trail design and data residency controls within the EEA.
• Pharma and life sciences: Replacing spreadsheet-based or Access-era tools with validated, traceable workflows. Changes to systems in regulated environments require documented change control alongside the technical migration work.

Common project types in these markets include strangler-fig migrations from monolithic .NET applications to API-gateway architectures, decomposing tightly coupled databases into domain-bounded services, and replacing manual data pipelines with automated, auditable workflows on Azure. EU GDPR places obligations on both data controllers and processors: a modernization that moves data to new infrastructure must address data processing agreements and, if any data moves outside the EEA, a transfer impact assessment.

How we work with Dublin clients

Our engineering team is based in India (IST, UTC+5:30). Dublin runs on GMT in winter and GMT+1 from late March through October. A Dublin 9 AM standup falls at 2:30 PM IST, well within our working day. We book weekly calls in GMT morning slots and keep async communication running through Slack or Microsoft Teams across the full working week.

Before work starts, we prepare a scoping document covering deliverables, milestones, acceptance criteria, and cost. Code reviews happen in pull requests with written commentary, so your Dublin engineers can review asynchronously without joining a live call. Every two weeks we share a short written progress update and a recorded demo of completed work.

On-site visits to Dublin are available for project kickoffs or milestone reviews when the scope justifies travel. For most engagements they are not needed. Our full services overview covers how these remote engagements run from first call through final handover.

Relevant work in similar markets

We do not have published case studies from Dublin clients. The two projects below are the closest matches to Dublin's Tech and FinTech industries based on work we have actually shipped.

For Dublin's FinTech sector, the most relevant completed project is an analytics platform for an investment management company. Their workflow was spread across spreadsheets. We replaced it with a role-authenticated dashboard on Azure with automated data ingestion and real-time financial metrics, including category-based stock classification and earnings schedule tracking. Stack: ASP.NET MVC, .NET Core, Entity Framework, SQL Server, and Azure.

For complex legacy code migrations, the direct comparison is a VB.NET monolith modernization for a global Environmental Health and Safety software company. We rewrote the platform to .NET 8 and React on Azure, preserving all business rules including Management of Change workflows, incident tracking, and LMS training scheduling within a single modernized system.

What legacy modernization costs for a typical Dublin project

Engagements are priced in USD. Standard engineering rates start at $35/hour; senior-level work is $65/hour. Typical project costs by scope:

• Medium scope ($8,000 to $30,000): API modernization of a single service, single-domain database migration with data integrity rules preserved, or a strangler-fig proof of concept.
• Large scope ($30,000 to $120,000): Monolith decomposition across multiple domains, API gateway introduction, and cloud migration to Azure. Typical timeline: 16 to 26 weeks.
• Platform scope ($120,000 to $400,000): Full platform rewrite from VB.NET or .NET Framework to .NET 8, with CI/CD pipeline, Docker containerisation, infrastructure-as-code, and documentation handover. Timeline: 26 to 52 weeks.

Dublin clients in regulated sectors should budget an additional 15 to 25 percent for GDPR data handling design, Central Bank of Ireland compliance documentation, and audit trail requirements. Full pricing details are on our legacy modernization pricing page.

How to start working with us

Three steps to get a project underway. First, book a 30-minute discovery call where we ask about your current stack, your constraints, and what a completed project looks like. Second, we prepare a scoping document with a timeline, milestone structure, and a cost estimate. Third, once both sides agree on scope, work starts within two weeks of contract signature.

Use the contact form on this page to request a discovery call. We respond within one business day during GMT morning hours.

Can you work with Dublin companies remotely?

Yes. We have no office in Dublin. All client work is delivered remotely. Dublin runs on GMT (GMT+1 in summer), which gives us a daily overlap window from Dublin's 9 AM onward. Day-to-day communication runs through Microsoft Teams or Slack; code reviews go through pull requests on GitHub or Azure DevOps.

On data residency: EU GDPR requires that personal data processed on behalf of EU-based organisations remains within the EEA unless appropriate safeguards are documented. When projects involve personal data, we configure Azure resources within EU regions and assist with data processing agreement documentation. The Central Bank of Ireland publishes outsourcing and operational resilience guidance for regulated firms; we address those requirements at the scoping stage.