Engineering Intelligence

The AI era is here. Lead it.

We design, build and ship production-grade AI systems around your data, your workflows and the outcomes that matter to your business.

Why us

A partner that owns
the outcome with you.

Plenty of teams can build. Fewer can decide what to build, prove it works, and stand behind it once it is live.

Senior teams, no hand-offs

The people who scope your work are the people who ship it. No layers, no juniors learning on your budget.

Weeks to first value

We ship a working slice early, then compound on it, so progress is visible long before the final release.

Enterprise-grade by default

Security reviews, audit trails and AI guardrails are part of the build, not a retrofit before go-live.

Measured on outcomes

Every engagement is tied to a metric you already report on: cost per case, cycle time, conversion, retention.

12+
Years shipping software
60+
Products delivered
94%
Client retention
3 wks
Average time to first release
Trusted by ambitious teams
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Industries

Deep experience across regulated sectors.

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Selected Work

Twelve products.
Twelve distinct outcomes.

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AI in action

Intelligence that runs.

From machine learning pipelines to autonomous workflows, we embed AI where it creates real velocity — and measurable outcomes.

/ Process

A calm, predictable path from idea to production.

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  1. 01
    Discovery
    Week 1
  2. 02
    Research
    Week 2
  3. 03
    UX & Design
    Weeks 3 to 5
  4. 04
    Development
    Weeks 4 to 14
  5. 05
    QA & Security
    Weeks 12 to 15
  6. 06
    Launch
    Week 16
  7. 07
    Growth
    Ongoing
Step 01 · Week 1

Discovery

Business goals, users, constraints and risks, mapped in a week.

Discovery, step 01
Step 01
Deliverables
  • Product brief
  • Success metrics
  • Risk register
/ By the numbers

Measured in outcomes,
not slides.

Metric 01
capacity · 25
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88% of cap
Industries served
From regulated healthcare to high volume retail.

Every vertical demands its own vocabulary. We have shipped in 22 of them and counting.

About Z-Node

A UK consultancy that treats software as a long term partnership, not a project.

We work with founders, CTOs and boards to design, ship and evolve products that outlast the roadmap. Enterprise craft, at the pace your business actually moves.

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Our journey
  1. 2016
    Founded in Corby

    Started as a two-person consultancy shipping enterprise portals.

  2. 2019
    First £1M engagement

    Delivered a national field-ops platform end to end.

  3. 2022
    AI practice launched

    Built our first regulated LLM product in healthcare.

  4. 2026
    Today

    50+ products shipped across 7 countries and 22+ industries.

What we build

Base of engineering
from SME to Enterprise

From discovery to long term operation, accountable end to end on the outcomes we help you commit to. Scroll to explore.

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01Design

User Experience

Research led product design with accessible, brand aligned interfaces and scalable design systems.

Featured · Alexa Monroe · 3.4× conversion
Technology
FigmaStorybookWCAG 2.2Design Tokens
Business impact
  • Higher conversion
  • Consistent experience
  • Reduced design debt
User Experience
02Web

Website Engineering

Fast, accessible marketing sites and web platforms engineered for SEO, scale and conversion.

Featured · My Podcast Today · 4.6× session time
Technology
TypeScriptReactNext.jsNode.js
Business impact
  • Core Web Vitals ready
  • SEO first architecture
  • Editor friendly CMS
Website Engineering
03Mobile

Application Development

Native and cross platform apps engineered for stability, offline resilience and scale.

Featured · TelaDoc · 40,000+ monthly consultations
Technology
SwiftKotlinFlutterReact Native
Business impact
  • Consistent UX across devices
  • App store ready pipelines
  • Store ratings above 4.6★
Application Development
04Commerce

E-Commerce Development

Composable commerce, Shopify Plus builds and headless storefronts tuned for revenue.

Featured · Alexa Monroe · Luxury Shopify Plus
Technology
Shopify PlusNext.jsStripeAlgolia
Business impact
  • Higher AOV
  • Faster checkout
  • Editorial brand systems
E-Commerce Development
05Blockchain

Blockchain Development

Audited smart contracts, tokenised assets and Web3 platforms engineered for trust.

Featured · EmpowerCoin · £28M staked assets
Technology
SolidityEthereumHardhatThe Graph
Business impact
  • Audited contracts
  • On chain transparency
  • Institutional grade custody
Blockchain Development
06AI

Machine Learning

LLM, agentic and ML systems shipped into production with guardrails, evals and observability.

Featured · My Podcast Today · 4.6× session time
Technology
OpenAILangChainPineconePyTorch
Business impact
  • Reduce manual workflow cost
  • Personalised experiences
  • Faster decisions
Machine Learning
07Growth

Digital Marketing

Performance marketing, SEO and lifecycle programmes engineered around measurable outcomes.

Featured · Fidelium · £14M GMV year one
Technology
GA4GSCHubSpotMeta & Google Ads
Business impact
  • Lower CAC
  • Pipeline growth
  • Attribution you can trust
Digital Marketing
08Cloud

Cloud Services & DevOps

Architected, migrated and operated across hyperscalers with CI/CD, IaC and observability.

Featured · Swivl · 62% dispatch time cut
Technology
AWSAzureGCPKubernetesTerraform
Business impact
  • 99.99% uptime
  • Ship 3× faster
  • Elastic cost model
Cloud Services & DevOps
09Security

Cyber Security

Threat modelling, penetration testing and secure SDLC embedded across product and platform.

Featured · EmpowerCoin · PCI & SOC 2 by default
Technology
OWASPSOC 2ISO 27001Zero Trust
Business impact
  • Audit ready posture
  • Reduced breach risk
  • Continuous assurance
Cyber Security
10.NET

.NET Development

Enterprise .NET services, APIs and modernisation of legacy estates on Azure and hybrid cloud.

Featured · WISCO · 60+ dealer portal rollout
Technology
.NET 8C#AzureSQL Server
Business impact
  • Legacy modernisation
  • High throughput APIs
  • Enterprise integration
.NET Development
11Enterprise

Enterprise Software Development

Complex, integrated systems across finance, operations and customer estates.

Featured · WISCO · Enterprise dealer platform
Technology
SAPSalesforceSnowflakeKafka
Business impact
  • Unified customer view
  • Real time reporting
  • Board ready governance
Enterprise Software Development
12SaaS

SaaS Product Development

Multi tenant SaaS products from zero to one and one to scale, with billing, RBAC and analytics.

Featured · Fidelium · B2B marketplace, £14M GMV year one
Technology
TypeScriptPostgreSQLStripeKubernetes
Business impact
  • Faster time to market
  • Multi tenant by design
  • Revenue ready billing
SaaS Product Development
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