Senior engineering,built in Dubai.
FlintLark FZCO is a Dubai-based engineering studio shipping AI platforms, custom software, mobile apps, and cloud infrastructure for UAE banks, insurers, hospitality groups, retailers, logistics operators, and government. The same engineering standard that ships at Checkout.com, BT Group, and a Lloyd's of London syndicate — registered and operating right here.
- IFZA-registered · Dubai Silicon Oasis
- 10+ years engineering
- UAE · UK · US · EU clients
- Arabic + English projects
Engineering that has shipped at scale
A studio built where you are.
If you are an enterprise buyer in the UAE, you have felt the gap. Local agencies that are fast and present, but technically shallow. International agencies with the engineering chops, but a four-hour delta and zero understanding of TDRA, NCEMA, Central Bank of UAE, or VARA. FlintLark sits in the middle: senior engineering with international heritage, registered and operating in the UAE.
IFZA-registered FZCO
Dubai Silicon Oasis. UAE VAT registration on file. Invoice in USD, AED, or EUR — whichever your finance team prefers.
UAE data residency on request
Architect for AWS me-central-1 and GCP me-central2 when sectoral regulation or board policy requires it. PDPL scoped in discovery.
Regulator-fluent
Central Bank of UAE, TDRA, NCEMA, VARA, RERA — we know who needs what. PCI DSS engineering experience from Checkout.com applies directly.
GST hours, same-day response
No four-hour delta to a London or Berlin team. Free scoping call within 48 hours. Reply within one business day on every inquiry.
Built for the UAE economy.
Seven sectors where we ship today. If yours is not listed, talk to us anyway — the engineering travels.
Banking & Fintech
Core banking modernisation, payment platforms, KYC and AML tooling, Central Bank of UAE-aware compliance. PCI DSS shipped at Checkout.com.
Insurance
Underwriting platforms, broker portals, AI claims triage, policy-document RAG. Live work at a Lloyd's syndicate is portable to UAE reinsurance.
Hospitality
Property management systems, booking engines, loyalty platforms, AI concierge agents. For hotel groups and short-let operators across the Emirates.
Logistics & Mobility
Last-mile platforms, fleet management, warehouse tooling, RTA-compatible integrations. Real-time tracking and route optimisation built right.
Retail & E-commerce
Headless commerce, Amazon.ae and Noon affiliate integration, loyalty programs, AI recommendation engines. DealHabibi is our reference build.
Real Estate
CRM and lead-management platforms, listings, virtual-tour integration, RERA-compatible workflows. Bilingual Arabic/English by default.
Government & Public Sector
Citizen-services platforms, internal workflow automation, AI-assisted document processing, secure data residency. UAE PASS integration on the roadmap.
What we ship for UAE clients.
Four engagement types. All shipped to production for paying clients.
AI platforms & agents
Multi-agent systems, RAG, LLM platforms. Production AI for banks, insurers, and enterprise — not demoware.
Custom software
Bespoke web and mobile platforms. Next.js, FastAPI, Spring Boot, NestJS. Architected for year-two scale.
Cloud infrastructure
AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform. Data residency in me-central regions when required. Internal developer platforms.
Technical leadership
Fractional CTO, architecture audits, AI strategy sprints. For boards that need a senior view without a hire.
What we've shipped — locally and globally.
DealHabibi
The UAE's Community-Driven Deals Platform
Built in 60 days · 500+ retailers · Live for Ramadan 2026
A community platform where UAE shoppers discover deals across 500+ retailers — Amazon.ae, Noon, Carrefour, and more. Community voting, real-time URL scraping, UAE-compliant content moderation, privacy-first analytics. Launched just in time for Ramadan 2026.
Skylar
AI Sales Coach used by Databricks-tier B2B teams
1,500+ practice calls/week · 30+ languages incl. Arabic
Co-architected and built the core AI engine for Skylar — used by B2B teams at companies like Databricks and Wove. LLM orchestration, RAG pipeline ingesting company-specific playbooks, real-time NLP feedback across 30+ languages including Arabic.
Leading Lloyd's of London Syndicate
Algorithmically underwritten broker platform
Directly portable to UAE insurance and reinsurance
AI and full-stack engineering across an algorithmically underwritten broker platform at global scale. LLM-powered underwriting decision support, RAG for policy-document analysis, NLP-based broker submission parsing.
How an engagement runs.
Most projects follow the same shape. NDAs signed before sensitive material is shared. Source code and IP transfer to you at every milestone.
Free scoping call
30-minute conversation. We listen, ask the right questions, and tell you in the first call whether we are the right team or who is.
Discovery sprint
2–4 weeks, fixed-price. Architecture, designs, build plan, fixed-price proposal. The output is yours to keep.
Build
4–24 weeks, milestone-based. Weekly demos. Production-ready code from sprint one. Hardening phase before launch.
Embed or hand over
Retainer-based ownership or a clean transition to your in-house team. No lock-in, no hostage clauses.
Four reasons clients pick us.
Senior engineers, not seat-fillers
Every engagement is led by someone who has shipped at Checkout.com, BT, a Lloyd's syndicate, or all three. No junior-led delivery.
AI-fluent by default
We ship AI in production, not in slides. 15+ LLMs live in our work today, with eval harnesses and guardrails as table stakes.
Flexible delivery
Embedded partner when you need a team. Single principal when you need surgery. We scale up and down to match the work.
Outcome-clear pricing
Discovery sprints are fixed-price. Builds are milestone-based. No hourly games, no surprise change orders, no lock-in.
How engagements price.
VAT applied where applicable. Invoiced in USD, AED, or EUR.
Discovery Sprint
Architecture, designs, build plan, fixed-price proposal for the full engagement. The output is yours to keep — even if the build goes elsewhere.
Scope a sprintFull Build
End-to-end product or platform build. Weekly demos, sprint reviews, hardening, security audit, handover. Most full builds land between $55k – $325k.
Talk through a buildEmbedded Retainer
Ongoing engineering ownership for clients who need senior-level eyes on the codebase indefinitely. Architecture, code review, mentoring, feature work.
Discuss a retainerAbove figures are starting points. Final scope and price set in discovery.
Common questions from UAE clients.
Yes. FlintLark FZCO is registered with IFZA in Dubai Silicon Oasis. Full UAE VAT registration on file. We invoice in USD, AED, or EUR — whichever works for your finance team.
Yes. PCI DSS engineering experience from Checkout.com applies directly. Central Bank of UAE-aware compliance work, KYC and AML tooling, audit-grade logging. We have shipped this calibre at a Lloyd's of London syndicate — we ship it here too.
Yes. We architect for data residency in AWS me-central-1 (UAE/Bahrain) and GCP me-central2 (Dammam/Doha) when required. UAE PDPL and sectoral data-residency rules are scoped in discovery.
Yes. RTL-aware design systems, locale-aware backends, Arabic NLP and AI integrations. Skylar's AI engine already supports Arabic among 30+ languages, and we have shipped bilingual UI work for UAE-facing products.
Free scoping call within 48 hours. Discovery sprint typically starts within 2 weeks. Full builds kick off the week after discovery output is signed off. We do not promise impossible timelines — we hit the ones we set.
Yes, when it matters. On-site for kick-offs, critical sprints, stakeholder meetings, and regulator-facing reviews. Async-first day-to-day, which keeps cost down and velocity up.
Generally yes — significantly — for the same engineering calibre. We are not the cheapest agency in Dubai; you can hire a five-person Karama shop for less. We are the agency you hire when the project has to ship and stay shipped.
Let's build something serious — in Dubai.
Tell us about the project. Reply within one business day, scoping call within 48 hours, signed discovery within two weeks. Email or book a call — whichever's faster for you.
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