From Syria to the worldمن سوريا إلى العالم

Syrian expertise,
built for the Gulf.

ExalTechs brings Damascus's most experienced software engineers to organizations across Saudi Arabia and the Gulf — dedicated and managed teams covering the full development life cycle, backed by 15+ years of delivery for government and enterprise.

STARWAYSpartner ecosystem
NHC · CST · Elm · EbharGulf clients
Bridge of experts: Syrian engineers crossing from Damascus to Gulf markets Backend AI engineer Project manager Data engineer QA engineer Solution architect DevSecOps UX designer DAMASCUSORIGIN · EXPERTISEGULF MARKETSRIYADH · DUBAI · KUWAIT · DOHABRIDGE OF EXPERTS
15+years in the Gulf
70+projects delivered
120+technical proposals
13+specialized roles
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0+projects delivered
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0+specialized roles

Powering digital transformation for leading organizations in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.

National Housing CompanyStarwaysCSTElmEbharNational Housing CompanyStarwaysCSTElmEbhar

Engagement models

Two ways to work with us. One standard of delivery.

Keep control of the day-to-day, or hand us the outcome. Both models run on the same engineering discipline.

Dedicated team

You manage. We staff.

Hand-picked engineers integrated into your workflow, tools, and rituals — your stand-ups, your backlog, your Jira.

  • Engineers interviewed and approved by you
  • Full-time, exclusive to your product
  • Onboarded into your tooling within days
  • Replace or scale a role with two weeks' notice
Managed team

We own delivery.

ExalTechs provides PM, architecture, QA, and DevSecOps. You get outcomes, reporting, and SLAs.

  • Project manager and architect included
  • Sprint reports and a weekly steering call
  • Defined scope, milestones, and SLAs
  • Quality gates and security built in
Comparison of engagement models
Which one is right for you?Dedicated teamManaged team
ControlFull — you run the teamShared — you set priorities, we run delivery
Speed to start1–2 weeks per role2–3 weeks for a full team
Your overheadYou manage day-to-dayMinimal — one steering call a week
Best forTeams with strong in-house leadsNew products, fixed outcomes, tight timelines

Our team

Every role in the life cycle. One office in Damascus.

Thirteen-plus specialized roles across delivery, engineering, and AI & data — senior engineers who sit together, work Gulf hours, and stay with your product.

Delivery & Analysis

  • Project Managers
  • Business / System Analysts
  • UX / UI Designers
  • QC & Test Engineers

Engineering

  • Solution Architects
  • Backend / Frontend Developers
  • Mobile Developers
  • Cloud Developers
  • Cloud & Network Engineers

AI & Data

  • AI Developers
  • AI Enterprise Architects
  • Data Scientists
  • Data Engineers
  • BI Developers

Why Damascus

A city of craftsmen for thousands of years — steel, inlay, silk. Our engineers work from one office, not scattered across freelance platforms, so quality holds and knowledge stays.

  • Modern officeDedicated floors, meeting rooms, and quiet zones for focused engineering work.
  • Power & connectivity redundancyGenerators, battery backup, and multiple ISP links — outages never reach your sprint.
  • Secure infrastructureManaged devices, VPN access, and least-privilege policies aligned with client security requirements.
  • In-person culture and senior mentorshipEvery squad has a lead on the floor. Juniors grow fast; seniors stay.
  • Gulf time-zone alignmentSame working day as Riyadh, Dubai, and Kuwait — real-time collaboration, not overnight hand-offs.
  • Arabic / English bilingual teamsRequirements workshops, documentation, and UI copy handled natively in both languages.
14specialized roles
55%senior or lead
3 wksto 80% productivity
70%below Gulf market cost

AI & Data

From raw records to decisions — one governed platform.

Data foundation first, models and assistants on top. Proven in production for government and enterprise clients in the Gulf.

  • Generative AI & LLMChatbots · RAG · agents · document intelligence
  • Machine learning & data scienceForecasting · anomaly detection · scoring
  • Data engineering & platformsLakehouse · pipelines · DAMA governance
  • BI & analyticsExecutive dashboards · self-service · KPIs
  • AI enterprise architectureStrategy · governance · responsible AI
AI and data platform: sources flow into a governed lakehouse, then into models, assistants, dashboards and APIs ERP / CRM systemsDocumentsStreams & IoT Ingestion & pipelinesAirflow · Spark · CDC · quality checks Governed lakehousecatalog · lineage · access · DAMA ML models LLM & RAG layer Semantic layer AI assistant Dashboards { } APIs & apps

Selected work

Solutions our team has delivered.

From enterprise portals to national platforms, AI assistants and data platforms — a selection of what our engineers have built for government and enterprise clients.

Government · Housing

Tanmwi — National Housing Platform

National platform for housing programs and beneficiary services: eligibility, applications, allocation and integrated payments, at citizen scale.

MicroservicesArabic UXIntegrationSLA ops
Enterprise · Digital workplace

Employee Hub

A single internal portal for HR services, requests, announcements and approvals — replacing scattered intranets and email workflows.

.NETReactAzure ADPower Automate
Government · Citizen engagement

E-Participation Platform

Consultations, surveys, ideas and petitions in one accessible platform, with moderation workflows and analytics for decision-makers.

AngularJavaWCAG AAAnalytics
AI · Analytics

Talk to Data — AI Assistant

Natural-language assistant that answers business questions from governed data: text-to-SQL, charts on demand, and cited sources, in Arabic and English.

LLMRAGText-to-SQLPower BI
AI · Document intelligence

AI Compliance Checker

Automated review of documents and submissions against regulations and policies, flagging gaps with explanations and audit trails.

Document AILLMRules engineAudit
Data platform · Governance

Modern Data Lake for Decision-Making

Lakehouse foundation unifying operational sources with a governed catalog, quality rules, and executive dashboards for evidence-based decisions.

LakehouseSparkDAMADashboards
Cloud · Landing zone

Azure Cloud Adoption

Cloud adoption program: landing zones, identity, networking, migration waves and FinOps guardrails, with security baked into the pipelines.

AzureTerraformDevSecOpsFinOps

Case study highlights

What clients say

"They joined our stand-ups on day one and shipped the first release in six weeks. It felt like an in-house team."
StarwaysProgramme Director
"The data platform gave our leadership a single set of numbers for the first time. Governance was built in, not promised later."
CSTHead of Digital
"Security reviews used to be our bottleneck. With their pipeline the gates run on every commit and audits became routine."
ElmCTO

Process, standards & DevSecOps

How we deliver: seven stages, security in every one.

The order matters: architecture before code, QA inside every sprint, and support after release.

  1. Discovery

    Goals, users, constraints

  2. Analysis & Architecture

    Requirements, target design

  3. UX Design

    Flows, prototypes, testing

  4. Agile Delivery

    Scrum / SAFe sprints

  5. Continuous QA

    Automated & manual gates

  6. Release

    Staged, reversible deploys

  7. Support & Evolution

    SLAs, roadmap, upgrades

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Agile / Scrum TOGAF PMI DAMA data management ISO-aligned quality Clean code & code review culture Documentation-first

DevSecOps

Security is built into every commit, not bolted on at the end.

Watch a commit move through the pipeline. Amber-dashed stages are security gates — a change that fails one never reaches the next.

CI/CD pipeline: Plan, Code, Build, Test, Secure, Release, Deploy, Monitor, with security gates at Build, Test, Secure, Deploy and Monitor. PlanBACKLOG · THREAT MODEL CodeREVIEW · SECRETS SCAN BuildSAST · DEPENDENCIES TestUNIT · E2E · PERFORMANCE SecureDAST · CONTAINER SCAN ReleaseSIGNED · APPROVED DeployIaC · POLICY AS CODE MonitorOBSERVABILITY · ALERTS Security gate Commit in flight

Swipe to see the full pipeline →

SAST / DASTStatic analysis on every pull request; dynamic scans against staging before release.
Dependency scanningSBOM generation and CVE checks on every build; vulnerable packages block the merge.
Secrets managementNo credentials in code. Vault-backed secrets, rotated, with pre-commit scanning.
Infrastructure as codeTerraform and policy-as-code reviews; environments are reproducible and auditable.
Container securityHardened base images, image signing, and runtime policies on Kubernetes.
ObservabilityLogs, metrics, and traces with SLO alerts — the pipeline doesn't end at deploy.
Cloud coverage: AWSAzureGoogle CloudOn-prem / hybrid

Request a proposal

Tell us the roles. Get a proposed team and quote in 48 hours.

Every proposal is tailored: team composition by seniority, engagement model, delivery plan, and commercials — all rates significantly below Gulf and European market levels.

  • Dedicated resources, managed teams, fixed-price or time & materials — you choose the model
  • Engineers interviewed and approved by you before kick-off
  • Minimum 3-month engagement; scale up or down each quarter
See a real proposal before you ask for one.A sample managed-team proposal: composition, delivery plan, standards, and an indicative rate card.
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FAQ

Questions Gulf buyers ask us first.

Can't find yours? Book a call or send a brief — we answer within one working day.

How fast can a dedicated team start?

Individual roles start within 1–2 weeks; a full managed team within 2–3 weeks. You interview and approve every engineer before kick-off.

Do your engineers work Gulf hours?

Yes. Our Damascus office runs on the same working day as Riyadh, Dubai, and Kuwait, so collaboration is real-time, not overnight hand-offs.

What engagement models do you offer?

Dedicated resources (you manage, we staff), managed teams (we own delivery with SLAs), fixed-price projects, and time & materials. Minimum engagement is three months.

Which roles can you provide?

Every role in the software life cycle: project managers, business and system analysts, UX/UI designers, QA engineers, solution architects, backend, frontend, mobile and cloud developers, DevSecOps, AI engineers, data scientists, data engineers, and BI developers.

How do you handle security and IP?

Every contract includes NDA and full IP assignment. Teams work on managed devices with VPN access and least-privilege policies; our DevSecOps pipeline applies SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, and secrets management on every commit.

Do you have experience with Gulf government projects?

Yes — 70+ projects and 120+ technical proposals across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, and Syria, including national housing platforms, e-participation, AI assistants, and data platforms for government and enterprise clients.

How we start

From brief to kick-off.

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Send a briefShare the roles, model, and scope.
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Proposed team in 48hCVs, cost estimate, and a start plan.
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Interviews & approvalYou meet the engineers and approve the line-up.
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Kick-off within 2 weeksTooling, access, and the first sprint planning.
From Syria to the world.
من سوريا إلى العالم

Damascus gave the world its steel and its patterns. We add software: teams that ship in Riyadh, Dubai, Kuwait, and beyond.

Damascus→ Riyadh→ Dubai→ Kuwait City→ Cairo→ your city

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