AI-powered software development
Addcode builds custom software the modern way: a Dutch company to contract with, one senior engineering base in Chișinău, and AI-accelerated delivery. Better software for Dutch and German organizations, shipped faster — since 2008.
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Full-cycle software services, from first idea to long-term support — with AI in how we build, and in what we build for you.
Our engineers pair with state-of-the-art AI tooling across the whole lifecycle — design, code, tests, review. You get the same senior quality, in a fraction of the time.
We design and build AI into your products and processes: assistants, copilots, document intelligence and workflow automation — integrated with your existing systems.
And the rest of the delivery stack
Web, cloud and mobile applications built to fit your processes — plus modernization and refactoring of existing systems.
Structured testing, test automation and DevOps that keep quality high while you ship faster.
Experienced developers from our engineering base in Chișinău who plug into your team — nearshore, in your time zone and without long hiring cycles.
Areas of expertise
Main technologies
Nextcloud
Security, migration, administration and support for self-hosted Nextcloud — from a team that runs it in production every day.
We audit and harden your instance end to end: access control, encryption, patching and audit-ready configuration — so sensitive data stays under your control.
Moving to Nextcloud, or off an ageing instance? We plan and execute the cutover with files, shares and permissions intact — and without a week of downtime.
We operate the platform for you: updates, backups, monitoring, capacity and the app integrations your teams depend on — documented, not improvised.
A named engineer for the everyday: user questions, incidents, configuration changes and honest advice on what to do next — under agreed response times.
Not sure which of these you need? Tell us how your teams use Nextcloud today and we will advise.
A Dutch–German partner with one European engineering base
We have been building and testing software for organizations across the Netherlands, Germany and beyond since 2008.
We aim for long-term collaboration: we learn your domain, take ownership and keep improving your software.
You contract with Addcode BV in Deventer, and every project is executed from our single engineering and operations base in Chișinău — short lines, no buzzwords, just working software and honest advice.
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Why Moldova
Our single engineering and operations base sits in Chișinău — in a European tech region with a deep pool of senior engineers, a cost base fixed in law, and a working day that overlaps with yours.
Chișinău is one hour ahead of the Netherlands. Stand-ups, reviews and pairing happen live rather than overnight, and there is a full working day of overlap with every client we serve.
Moldova is an EU candidate country, aligning its legislation — including data protection — with European standards.
A strong technical university tradition and a fast-growing IT sector give us lasting access to senior engineers who work comfortably in English.
Chișinău is a direct flight from the Netherlands. Clients come over to meet the team, and having met people informally pays off in the daily work that follows.
Memberships
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Part of MITP since 2018, among the first selective intake of residents. The park's regime is guaranteed by law until 2035, so the cost base under a multi-year engagement does not shift.
mitp.mdWe are a member of ATIC, the National Association of ICT Companies of Moldova — the body that represents the country's IT sector, sets its standards and works with the universities that feed it.
ict.mdWe work side by side with leading organizations in the Netherlands and Germany.
Netherlands
Germany
Served from Deventer, from industrial software to fintech and healthcare.
Business cases
“Reassembling a former project team within a few weeks, and having it ready in time for the project start — we made it.”
Wolfgang Gottschalk — Senior Project Manager PMP, OSRAM
collaboration
international teams
locations, 2 continents
deadlines met
Tech stack
The collaboration between OSRAM and Addcode spans a multi-year period and several successfully completed projects — from developing a platform-independent app for wireless control of Luxeye sensors to introducing Agile Scrum, quality assurance and test automation into the development process. A fine combination of electrical engineering, IoT and app development.
As a leading supplier of innovative solutions in the electronics industry, OSRAM has a strong research and development team that continually works to position the company at the top of every one of its business areas. Meeting those standards means working only with experienced, technically gifted software developers and QA engineers.
Addcode was selected as a supplier on the strength of exactly that technical background and extensive software development experience. From the first moment, great importance was attached to building a strong team. After selecting developers and testers with the right knowledge and experience, a team was formed to work out a cross-platform app for controlling electronics. The necessary hardware expertise was built up quickly, and each Addcode team member's experience made for smooth integration and communication with OSRAM's R&D team — a team in which opinions and ideas could be exchanged constantly, through online meetings and workshops on the project site.
After a good start, however, the project had to pause. Because the electronics industry depends largely on end-user preferences and feedback, product development is closely tied to what the marketing department identifies as the market's need. The original concept had to be worked out further before it could be developed any further. To protect the project budget, it was decided to pause the current product development for the time being. That is not efficient for a project's progress, but responding flexibly to it is part of Addcode's role, and in consultation the team was redeployed onto other projects within Addcode.
After a pause of roughly half a year, OSRAM's marketing department presented an entirely new product design, with a detailed description of new features and UI / UX design. It was meant to bring several technologies together under one roof — which in practice meant four international teams from the United States and Europe had to work together. The technologies included .NET Core and Angular, some of them coupled to existing Node.js services, one of the specific competencies of Addcode's development team.
An additional hard requirement was that the newly developed product had to be presented to the public at the industry's most important trade fair — Light + Building in Frankfurt — taking place only half a year after the new project was announced. Making sure the right people were available, that deadlines were met and that quality was guaranteed was a challenge of real size.
The new project left the project managers a great many logistical and technological problems to solve. The existing development teams had not yet had the chance to work together, and were spread geographically across different continents. By holding strictly to Agile Scrum principles, and drawing on years of experience with this way of working, Product Owners, developers and testers set up and started processes in record time. Timing and synchronisation across different time zones had to be bridged by effective planning. Just two weeks after the announcement the kick-off took place at OSRAM's head office in Munich, where all project participants could meet — some of them again — for the project launch, and even enjoy an evening together in the city centre.
The project then continued immediately, following the usual working process. Daily Scrum meetings, sprint planning and retrospectives were supported by Addcode Scrum Masters. Where needed, improvements to the standard way of working were introduced to optimise the process for this situation.
With four development teams across three locations, and thanks to committed and experienced project participants, all functional and non-functional requirements were successfully implemented in line with best practices and the latest technologies. Every deadline set was met. Progress was demonstrated to management regularly, and the final approval for integration with the Lightelligence platform confirmed the recognition of OSRAM's management.
“We had the right rapport with Addcode from the very start. It is above all the flexibility Addcode offers as a nearshoring partner that brings us real advantages.”
Jan Jonquiere — Axilium
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Way of working
Axilium were looking for a software partner who could support them in renewing and extending their InvalPool application for the education sector. Technical knowledge was not the only thing that mattered — they also needed a company that could make a remote collaboration genuinely work. Addcode guided them well in that from the beginning, and made working remotely an advantage rather than an obstacle.
As a relatively small company in the east of the Netherlands, it can be hard to find the right people quickly for a given piece of development. The labour market is already stretched, and you compete with several large employers in the region. So Axilium looked further afield, came across Addcode online, and after a selection between four companies chose to take the next step with us. The contact created confidence immediately, it was clear from the start what they could expect, and the path to building a collaboration was explained plainly.
After the first call it was obvious they were dealing with professionals. Axilium were struck by the level of knowledge, and by how easily the communication ran — the team could just as well have been sitting on the second floor above them. Soon after, they confirmed they wanted to continue, and a team was assembled in Chișinău.
Within a month Axilium were around the table at the Chișinău office. Those days were a mix of getting to know each other, preparing the development work that was starting, and learning how each side works — with room for the informal side too. The working sessions covered InvalPool itself, but not in great detail: most of the time went into setting up structure and preparing the first sprints.
The cultural distance between the Netherlands and Moldova turned out to be smaller than expected. Similar ways of thinking and talking, and an approach to work that matched what Axilium were used to. The personal contact in Chișinău proved valuable in hindsight — once you have met people informally, the day-to-day dealings benefit. The building and the infrastructure are in good order, and the city itself makes a pleasant impression.
Axilium knew that some of the developers come from a partner company of Addcode. That took a little getting used to, but causes no problems in practice: Addcode remains fully responsible and accountable, and project management and QA sit with Addcode's own people.
Axilium had little experience with Agile Scrum at the time, and the start was not easy. Writing user stories in particular is a craft of its own: when you have been inside the subject matter for years everything seems self-evident, but it is not automatically so for everyone else. Addcode helped them get to grips with working in Agile Scrum, and the user stories are worked out together with the technical lead developer in the refinement meetings.
Addcode also took on the testing. Axilium could have handled part of that work themselves, but this way it was done by a professional tester. In practice it was sometimes awkward, since test work tends to pile up towards the end of a sprint. The answer was to let the sprints partly overlap, creating a constant flow of test work instead.
In the end Axilium are enthusiastic about the flexibility the collaboration has brought and the speed of response — from the first question to a working team took about a month. It does take real time to get everything under control, but that would be true of any form of outsourcing. Axilium had hoped to have more development capacity of their own alongside it; with the labour market as it is that is not on the cards, which makes the capacity and knowledge Addcode brings all the more welcome.
Three questions to Axilium
We simply cannot find enough good developers. That means calling in help. Nearshoring makes it possible to run projects of this size at acceptable cost.
We think an established Dutch company with an Eastern European arm is a good combination. Addcode guided us down the nearshoring path from the start. It gave us a feeling of trust.
The hardest part is making clear exactly what you want. Communication is essential here — inside your own company, and even more so once you outsource. Sound agreements about procedures, communication and expectations keep it manageable.
Our team
You contract with Addcode BV in Deventer — a Dutch company, under Dutch law. Every project is executed from our single engineering and operations base in Chișinău, run by Dutch management.
Netherlands
Addcode BV is your contracting party: the Dutch legal address, the agreements and the invoicing all sit here. Clients in the Netherlands and Germany alike contract from Deventer, under Dutch law.
Moldova
Our one engineering and operations base, under Dutch management. Everything we deliver runs from here — development, QA, project direction and your day-to-day contact — in one of Europe's fastest-growing tech regions.
Inside our Chișinău base
Tell us about your project — we usually respond within one business day.
We speak English, Dutch and German.
Phone
+31 (0)570 238 300
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