Forward-Deployed Engineering (FDE) · AI-accelerated
From idea to working software in days, not quarters.
HDT Software embeds with your team, turns the requirement into a prototype, then into an MVP running on proper infrastructure. Agentic development with Claude Code gives the speed. More than twenty years of enterprise IT keeps it secure and supportable.
A typical engagement
Day 1–2
Sit with the people who own the problem
Week 1
Working proof of concept, on real data
Weeks 2–4
MVP in production: IaC, CI/CD, monitoring
Then
Documented handover, or we stay on to evolve it
Indicative. Scope sets the pace.
What we do
Hands-on delivery, from first prototype to production.
Senior engineering paired with AI agents now covers ground that used to take a whole project team. These are the areas we work in.
Prototype to MVP
Turn a requirement or an idea into working software fast, validate it with real users, then harden what works.
Agentic development & AI automation
AI agents and assistants wired into your real processes and APIs, built with guardrails and humans in the loop.
Cloud, IaC & CI/CD
Azure and AWS environments defined as code with Terraform or Bicep, deployed through automated pipelines.
Custom tools, integrations & websites
Internal tools, API integrations and fast, secure websites, built for the people who will use them every day.
Incident response & postmortems
Help when things break: stabilise, find the root cause, write the postmortem and fix what allowed it.
IT service management modernisation
Move from legacy service desks to modern platforms, with the processes, data and integrations to match.
- years in enterprise IT
- 20+
- users on the largest platform delivered
- 3,000+
- support staff live on go-live day
- 800+
- working languages: EN, FR, ES
- 3
Why HDT
Senior experience, startup speed.
Our background is 24/7 operations at HP, platform migrations for EU and UN organisations and a datacenter rescued against a public opening date. We now pair that experience with AI-assisted engineering to deliver much faster.
Fast, with AI as a force multiplier
Agentic development with Claude Code shortens the path from requirement to tested, reviewed code. We stay accountable for every line.
Embedded, not remote-controlled
We work inside your team and your tools, talk to the people who own the problem and ship in short loops.
Secure and compliant from day one
GDPR, DPIAs and least-privilege access are part of our everyday work, not an afterthought.
Senior hands, room to scale
You work directly with the senior engineer doing the work. Larger scopes bring in trusted specialists we have worked with for years.
How we work: the FDE model
Engineers deployed into your team, not tickets thrown over a wall.
- 01
Embed
Understand the users, the systems and what “done” really means. Agree on a first slice worth building.
- 02
Prototype
Build a working version within days, with AI agents doing the heavy lifting and you reviewing early.
- 03
Harden
Make it production-ready: infrastructure as code, CI/CD, tests, security review and monitoring.
- 04
Hand over
Documentation and knowledge transfer so your team owns it, or we stay on to evolve it with you.
Looking for ITSM4Outlook?
HDT’s Outlook integration for IT service management is now a legacy product. Documentation and release notes remain available for existing customers.
Have something that needs to ship?
A project to get off the ground, a system to rescue or an interim role to fill: tell us about it.