Innovation One, DIFC · Dubai, UAE

The engineering partner for problems that don't fit a template.

Production AI for telecoms, financial institutions, and regulated enterprises. Built for the Gulf, deployable anywhere.

Some problems require an engineer,
not a subscription.

Building AI for the Gulf is not the same as deploying a Western tool with Arabic as an afterthought. Your customers speak Arabic, your agents work across dialects, and your regulators expect governance that generic platforms were never built for. We build AI systems that handle Arabic as a primary language. Not a translation layer.

01

AI Knowledge & Agent Intelligence

Enterprise knowledge systems that understand Arabic, English, and regional languages natively. Intelligent search, ranked responses, knowledge gap detection, and live re-indexing for contact centres, agent portals, and customer-facing applications.

02

AI & Data Engineering

Production data pipelines, LLM integration, vector search, and real-time analytics designed for scale from the start. We design the architecture, write the infrastructure as code, and deliver a system your team can operate independently.

03

Regulated & Compliance AI

AI systems for industries where failure is not an option: life sciences, financial services, and healthcare. Audit-ready outputs, traceable reasoning, and governance-first design. Aligned to GxP, SAMA, and enterprise compliance frameworks.

04

Product Development

Web, mobile, and API-first platforms built for the team that inherits them. Documented architecture, infrastructure as code, and a complete handover. Your engineers own it, extend it, and operate it without us.

05

Web3 & Digital Assets

Digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions and luxury brands. Smart contracts, tokenised assets, and on-chain verification systems. Built to the same standard as everything else we build.

06

AI Adoption Practice

For enterprises setting AI strategy under UAE Vision and Saudi Vision 2030 commitments, we work alongside leadership to assess readiness, select tools, and run structured rollouts. In regulated industries where governance matters as much as capability.

Principal-led delivery.
No layers. No surprises.

You work directly with the architects running your engagement, not account managers relaying messages to a team you never meet. Every s-team engagement is principal-led from scoping to handover.

We operate on a fixed fee tied to deliverables. We document everything. When the engagement ends, you own the code, the infrastructure, and the data. Your team can operate and extend it without us. No lock-in, no retainer dependency.

Principal-led from day one
The architects who scope the work are the architects who build it. No handoff to juniors mid-engagement.
Fixed-fee delivery
Scoped precisely, priced once. No hourly billing, no change-order surprises mid-project.
You own everything
Code, data, cloud infrastructure: all in your accounts from the start. Full IaC, runbooks, and architecture documentation at handover.
Built for your team to run
We design for independence. Your team should never need to call us to keep the lights on.

Selected engagements

A selection of engagements. Each one required something that did not exist before we built it.

FinServ / RegTech USA / Global

Talisai

Explainable AI Risk Platform: AML, supply chain, people risk

Recognised by Enterprise Security Magazine as a Top 10 Provider of Automation Security. Full platform build from scratch: architecture, backend, frontend, and cloud infrastructure across three risk domains.

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Stack  Python · Azure · ASP.NET · ReactJS · CosmosDB · Docker
Cybersecurity Europe / Global

KeyTalk

Certificate Intelligence Platform: 50+ CT log servers, billions of entries

Turned the complete Certificate Transparency dataset into a proprietary, continuously updated sales intelligence platform. Ingestion, analytics, API, and portal. Fully owned by KeyTalk at handover.

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Stack  AWS Glue · S3 · ClickHouse · FastAPI · React · Terraform
Life Sciences USA / Global 5+ years

Repligen

Digital Transformation: embedded technical partnership

Five-year embedded partnership with Repligen Corporation (NASDAQ: RGEN), a global bioprocessing leader. Cloud migration, document intelligence, and deep integration across SAP, Snowflake, ServiceNow, and Microsoft 365.

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Stack  Document Intelligence · SAP OData · Snowflake · M365
Travel / Web3 USA · Denver Intl Airport

Kbean / Inssa

Smart Tourism Platform: seven-year architecture partnership

Lead architecture partner across seven years of product evolution. Built a creator marketplace with proprietary IP now deployed live at Denver International Airport, one of the ten busiest airports in the United States.

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Stack  React Native · ASP.NET Core · Azure Cosmos DB · GCP · Ethereum
Luxury Global Web3

Hublot

Luxury NFT Experience: digital collectibles for a Swiss watchmaker

Web3 and NFT infrastructure for one of the world's foremost Swiss luxury watchmakers. A digital collectibles experience built to earn its place alongside a $50,000 watch.

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Stack  Ethereum ERC-1155 · ReactJS · NestJS · Azure · Metamask
DeFi Global

SwapUp

DeFi Protocol: decentralised swap architecture

Architecture and development of a decentralised swap protocol: on-chain swap logic, liquidity mechanics, and a frontend trading interface. Built and deployed for live use.

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Stack  Solidity · Smart Contracts · Web3 · DeFi

We build in the same domains we consult in.

One product in market. One approaching launch. The same engineering standard we hold for clients, we hold for ourselves.

EdTech · Global

Jugnu

AI-powered learning for Cambridge students

Millions of students across the MENA region and South Asia prepare for Cambridge O and A Level examinations every year. Jugnu is an AI-powered learning platform for the Cambridge curriculum: past paper practice, concept explanations, and performance tracking. Built for students who are preparing seriously.

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Life Sciences · Compliance AI

GxP AI

Compliance AI for life sciences · Early access

Life sciences companies operate under some of the strictest documentation requirements in any industry. GxP AI is being built to help pharma and biotech teams deploy AI without compromising regulatory standing: audit-ready outputs, traceable reasoning, and GxP-compatible workflow integration aligned to 21 CFR Part 11.

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Two principals.
Twenty years of architecture across four continents.

s-team was founded by two engineers who'd spent decades inside large enterprises and decided to build for themselves.

Umer Bin Tahir

Co-founder & Principal Architect

20 years in enterprise architecture across life sciences, regulated telecoms, and production AI. Engagements include US biotech manufacturing intelligence, multilingual AI platforms for GCC operators, and a certificate intelligence platform for a UK cybersecurity firm. At s-team he leads architecture and client delivery.

Microsoft Most Innovative Use of Technology Award

Irfan Bashir Malik

Co-founder & Emerging Technology Lead

Ex-Microsoft engineer with two decades in digital infrastructure, emerging technology, and enterprise AI. Built on-chain infrastructure for Hublot, architected a seven-year platform evolution for a GCC retail operator, and delivered digital transformation across financial services and telecoms. At s-team he co-leads delivery and heads the emerging technology practice.

Ex-Microsoft, SharePoint Developer Support (USA)
ConsenSys Certified Ethereum Developer

Two senior engineers. No middle layer. No juniors on your engagement.

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Working on something the standard vendors cannot solve?

We take on a limited number of engagements each year. Inquiries are reviewed directly by the principals — not a sales team.

Submit an inquiry  → Phone +971 54 544 7890
Location Innovation One, DIFC, Dubai