ARCHITECTURE SOLUTIONS ON DEMAND

Software Architecture

Bring in senior software architects to shape the right target architecture, take the risk out of delivery, and stay hands-on from discovery through to production.

Decisions that age well

Architecture on demand means pulling in senior architects for a single decision, a fresh initiative, a candid review, or a complete solution definition, and keeping them close while your team builds. You get clear recommendations, concrete artefacts, and hands-on support that lasts well beyond the slide deck.

  • Architecture Strategy & Advisory

    Set the direction before delivery gets expensive. We define the target architecture, line technology up with business goals, guide your stack and cloud choices, and plan for scale, modernisation, and growth. Typical outputs: target architecture for the next 3-12 months; build vs. buy and SaaS vs. custom analysis; technology and cloud selection guidance; a modernisation and transformation roadmap.

  • Solution Design

    Turn requirements into architecture your team can build. We design end-to-end systems, APIs, integrations, cloud setups, data platforms, and security boundaries, with deliverables concrete enough to execute against. Typical outputs: system, component, and data-flow diagrams; API and integration architecture; architecture decision records (ADRs); technical specifications for delivery teams.

  • Architecture Reviews & Audits

    Get a senior second opinion on the systems you already run. We probe scalability, performance, security, cloud spend, and architectural risk, then separate the quick wins from the longer-term work. Typical outputs: findings reports with prioritised recommendations; quick wins and longer-term fixes; scalability, security, and cost-optimisation actions; effort estimates and delivery de-risking.

What our clients say

See how companies experience working with us, from the first idea to a user-friendly digital solution.

Jim Kennedy
DRVN and OR have worked together since the earliest days of DRVN, and the relationship our teams built made the collaboration feel as if we were one company. OR's team was extremely knowledgeable and helped us deliver a very complex rewrite of a legacy connected vehicle system.

Jim Kennedy

CEO, DRVN

Jim Kennedy

CEO, DRVN

Philip Bahr
OpenResearch proved to be an exceptionally capable and reliable partner on a forward-looking IT project. The cooperation was always positive and I am already looking forward to the next projects.

Philip Bahr

Project Manager, Bestattung Wien

Philip Bahr

Project Manager, Bestattung Wien

Peter Windischhofer
We are very pleased to work with OR in the implementation of experiments and pilots. I would especially like to emphasize how quickly and thoroughly the entire team works.

Peter Windischhofer

Co-Founder, refurbed

Peter Windischhofer

Co-Founder, refurbed

Grow with an architecture workshop

A hands-on session that helps your team make sharper architecture decisions and take the risk out of delivery, with clear, prioritised next steps.

Architecture Review & Roadmap

Architecture Review & Roadmap

Target audience: CTOs / Engineering leaders / Software Architects Duration: Half day

In a focused, hands-on session we go through your current architecture together, scalability, coupling, cost, and the main risks, and turn what we find into a prioritised target architecture and a roadmap you can act on.

Frequently asked questions

The questions we hear most often about this service.

Can you review or design the architecture for a complex system?

Yes. We design architectures for new systems and review existing ones, looking at scalability, integration risk, cost, security, and the build-versus-buy question. You get a clear, prioritised set of recommendations you can act on, whether or not we do the build.

Can you give a second opinion on an architecture we already have?

Yes. We provide independent architecture reviews and second opinions, assessing scalability, risk, cost, and security, and hand you a clear, prioritised view you can act on, whether or not we do the build.

When is the right time to involve you on architecture?

As early as it is useful. A short architecture engagement before you commit to a direction usually saves far more than it costs, but we also review and course-correct systems that are already in production.

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Ready to shape the right architecture?

Bring us a decision you are wrestling with, and get a straight, experienced answer.

Get in touch

Your personal contact

Manuel Bogner

Manuel Bogner

CTO

manuel.bogner@openresearch.com