Karga Consultancy

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING & AI CONSULTANCY

We build the systems that growing businesses run on

E-commerce platforms, systems integration, AI automation and scalable cloud infrastructure — engineered in the UK for businesses across the UK and Europe.

15+
Years of combined engineering leadership
100+
Production systems delivered
99.9%
Average uptime across managed systems

We work across

  • E-commerce & Retail
  • Fintech & SaaS
  • Logistics
  • Healthcare
  • Professional Services

SOLUTIONS

Production-ready, scalable software systems

From AI operations to core infrastructure — end-to-end solutions that digitise your business.

Development, integration and long-term support on the platforms that power UK and European online retail.

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  • Shopify apps, theme development and consultancy
  • WooCommerce, Adobe Commerce (Magento), Shopware and headless storefront architectures
  • Payment, shipping and marketplace integrations with ongoing infrastructure support

We connect your accounting, marketplace, shipping and payment systems into one reliable flow of data.

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  • Xero, QuickBooks and Sage accounting & finance integrations
  • Amazon, eBay and Etsy marketplace connections
  • Royal Mail, DPD and DHL shipping, Stripe / Klarna / GoCardless payments, custom API development

From customer portals to native mobile apps — modern, fast and scalable client-side engineering.

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  • High-performance web applications built on Next.js & React
  • Cross-platform mobile with React Native / Flutter
  • App Store & Google Play publishing and release management

Chatbots, fine-tuning and AI automation that move manual processes into intelligent workflows.

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  • AI-assisted workflow automation with n8n
  • Custom LLM training, fine-tuning and enterprise chatbot development
  • Self-hosted model deployment for privacy-sensitive workloads

Finance, data and operations-focused SaaS products that unify market data and service architectures on a single platform.

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  • Market data integrations — exchange feeds, Binance, Kraken, Coinbase and similar APIs
  • Service architectures combining REST, WebSocket, webhook and batch data flows
  • Multi-tenant SaaS foundations: roles, billing, reporting and a scalable backend

Modern DevOps practice and cloud infrastructure that make deployment safe, fast and repeatable.

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  • CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
  • Containerisation with Docker & Kubernetes
  • Cloud architecture on AWS / GCP with full observability (Grafana, Datadog)

The foundation of your AI and decision-making: data warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines and BI dashboards for leadership teams.

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  • Snowflake / BigQuery / Postgres data warehouse architecture
  • ETL/ELT pipelines with dbt + Airflow
  • Metabase / Superset / Looker BI dashboards

Headless architectures that publish content to every channel, with fast and secure editorial tooling.

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  • Headless CMS (Strapi, Payload, Sanity) and WordPress at scale
  • Flexible content modelling and schema management
  • Multi-channel and multilingual publishing

Fully customised customer relationship systems shaped around your sales, support and operations teams.

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  • Custom CRM architecture and data model design
  • Workflow automation and role-based access control
  • Third-party API integrations (Slack, HubSpot, Meta)

Internal systems built around your processes — production, purchasing, finance and HR modules included.

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  • Modular ERP architecture (production, purchasing, stock, accounting)
  • Workflow automation, approval chains and role management
  • HMRC Making Tax Digital and e-invoicing compliance integrations

We move legacy applications to modern, scalable and cost-optimised architectures on AWS / GCP.

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  • Lift-and-shift, replatform and refactor strategies
  • Monolith → microservice / serverless transformation
  • Cost optimisation and right-sizing with FinOps

Security testing built into the development cycle, penetration audits and UK GDPR compliance processes.

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  • SAST / DAST and penetration testing (OWASP Top 10)
  • Secure SDLC: code review, secrets and dependency scanning
  • UK GDPR, Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001 compliance documentation

Technical, engineering-led digital marketing: search optimisation for both classic and AI search engines, paid acquisition and content. We do not offer social media management.

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  • SEO & GEO — technical SEO, structured data and Generative Engine Optimisation for AI search (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews)
  • Google Ads & paid search — campaign setup, tracking and conversion optimisation
  • Content marketing — technical articles and landing pages that rank and convert

TECHNOLOGY STACK

We work with modern, proven tools

We pick the right tool for each project — built on reliable, open-source and enterprise-grade technology.

WordPress
CMS
The world's most deployed CMS, with a rich plugin and content ecosystem.
WooCommerce
E-COMMERCE
E-commerce on WordPress — flexible stores and custom checkout flows.
Magento
E-COMMERCE
Enterprise-grade commerce — multi-store, B2B and complex catalogues.
TypeScript
LANGUAGE
Strict typing across DB, API and UI — zero runtime ambiguity.
PHP
LANGUAGE
Modern PHP 8.x with JIT and a full type system.
Python
LANGUAGE
The glue of AI, data pipelines and cross-service automation.
Go
LANGUAGE
Concurrent, statically typed runtime for high-throughput services.
Node.js
RUNTIME
Async, high-throughput services, realtime and BFF layers.
Next.js
FRAMEWORK
RSC, edge rendering and image optimisation — out of the box.
Laravel
FRAMEWORK
Eloquent ORM, queues, Horizon — mature DX and fast delivery.
NestJS
FRAMEWORK
TypeScript-first Node.js framework for modular enterprise APIs.
FastAPI
FRAMEWORK
Async Python framework with type-driven validation and OpenAPI.
React
UI
Component-based UI with the widest ecosystem and proven scale.
Tailwind CSS
STYLING
Utility-first CSS for fast, consistent design systems.
PostgreSQL
DATABASE
ACID, row-level security, JSONB and logical replication.
MySQL
DATABASE
Easy operations, predictable performance, read-scale replication.
MongoDB
DATABASE
Document database for flexible schemas and high write throughput.
Prisma
ORM
Type-safe TypeScript ORM with migrations and relational queries.
Redis
CACHE
Caching, pub/sub and queues — a millisecond-level data layer.
Elasticsearch
SEARCH
Full-text search, filtering and log analytics at scale.
Kafka
STREAMING
Distributed event streaming for decoupled microservices.
AWS
CLOUD
ECS/EKS, RDS, Lambda — infrastructure as code with Terraform.
GCP
CLOUD
BigQuery, GKE, Vertex AI — managed AI and data workloads.
Vercel
EDGE
Edge runtime, ISR and preview deploys — Next.js's natural home.
Cloudflare
CDN
Workers, CDN, R2 and Zero Trust — a programmable edge network.
Docker
CONTAINER
Reproducible images and multi-stage builds for lean containers.
Kubernetes
PLATFORM
Self-healing orchestration with rolling updates and HPA/VPA.
Terraform
IAC
Declarative, version-controlled infrastructure — plan, review, apply.
GitHub Actions
CI/CD
Matrix builds, reusable workflows and ephemeral PR previews.
GraphQL
API
Typed schemas, federated graphs and efficient queries.
Playwright
TESTING
End-to-end browser testing across Chromium, WebKit and Firefox.
Grafana
MONITORING
Dashboards, alerting and SLO tracking on Prometheus/Loki/Tempo.
Sentry
ERRORS
Error tracking with full stack traces and release health.

PROCESS

A disciplined engineering process, from discovery to production

Every stage is managed with technical documentation, reviews and measurable outputs.

  1. 1

    Discovery & Planning

    We translate your business goals into technical requirements. Scope, risk and technology choices are clearly documented.

  2. 2

    System Architecture

    A scalable, secure and maintainable architecture is designed; data model, service boundaries and integrations are defined.

  3. 3

    Development

    Short iterations on a trunk-based flow; code review, type safety and static analysis are the default.

  4. 4

    Testing & QA

    Unit, integration and end-to-end tests run automatically before every deploy, alongside performance and security testing.

  5. 5

    Deployment (CI/CD)

    Zero-downtime, rollback-ready deployment pipelines with GitHub Actions + Docker + Kubernetes.

  6. 6

    Monitoring & Scaling

    Post-launch SLO tracking, alerting, logs/metrics/traces and capacity planning.

CASE STUDIES

Measurable results for our clients

We treat every project like a product — from initial goals to production metrics.

SAAS • B2B

AI-assisted CRM for a sales team

PROBLEM
Manual lead scoring slowed the team down and opportunities slipped through.
APPROACH
We added a RAG-based AI layer to a custom CRM: automatic scoring and next-best-action suggestions.
RESULT
Lead conversion up by a third; first-response time cut by more than half.

CMS • MEDIA

Multi-brand headless CMS platform

PROBLEM
Five brands ran on five separate WordPress installs; publishing took days.
APPROACH
One headless CMS with a locale/brand schema and a multi-channel delivery API.
RESULT
Publishing time reduced by two-thirds; infrastructure costs cut almost in half.

DEVOPS • FINANCE

Zero-downtime deployment & observability

PROBLEM
Monolithic services, weekly maintenance windows and no visibility into production.
APPROACH
Microservice extraction, blue/green deployments on Kubernetes, end-to-end tracing with OpenTelemetry.
RESULT
From one deploy a week to many per day; mean time to recovery down from hours to minutes.

WHO WE WORK WITH

Trusted by teams across regulated and high-growth sectors

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Straight answers to what UK and European businesses ask us most.

Karga Consultancy is a London-based custom software development agency. We design and build bespoke software for growing businesses — e-commerce platforms, systems integration, AI automation, SaaS products, CRM and ERP systems, data platforms and cloud infrastructure — and support them in production across the UK and Europe.

We are registered in England and Wales (Company No. 15311819) with a registered office at 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ. We work with clients across the United Kingdom and Europe, both remotely and on site.

Every project is scoped individually. After a free discovery call we document the scope, risks and technology choices, then send a detailed fixed-scope or time-and-materials proposal within a few working days. Most engagements start with a focused first phase so you see working software early.

Our core stack includes TypeScript, PHP, Python and Go; frameworks such as Next.js, Laravel, NestJS and FastAPI; React and Tailwind on the front end; PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis for data; and AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes and Terraform for infrastructure. We choose the right tool per project rather than forcing a single stack.

Yes. We build integrations across WooCommerce, Magento and headless storefronts; marketplaces like Amazon, eBay and Etsy; accounting systems such as Xero, QuickBooks and Sage; and payment and shipping providers including Stripe, Klarna, GoCardless, Royal Mail, DPD and DHL.

Yes. We treat every project like a product. After launch we offer SLO tracking, monitoring, security updates and continued development through CI/CD pipelines, so your system stays reliable and keeps evolving.

We build with UK GDPR and EU GDPR in mind, integrate security testing into the development cycle, and can produce Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001 aligned documentation for regulated clients.

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Let's build your next scalable system together

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