who you work with
Nobody on your project is junior, and nobody disappears halfway
Juan Henriquez · Principal Engineer
Owns architecture and code quality on every build.
< nearshore · santo domingo >
Senior engineering in your time zone
Software consulting, development, design and maintenance for companies in the US, the Caribbean and Europe. Bilingual teams, seniors only, and a working demo every Friday.
- GMT−4
- Live with every US time zone
- 3
- Languages · ES · EN · NO
- 100%
- Seniors only
- SLA
- Operations & support
< clients >
Companies that trust us. From Dominican enterprises to startups in the US and Europe.
< platforms >
Suppliers and partners. The platforms and providers we build on.
< services >
What we do
A small, senior team that covers the full cycle: from the first conversation to on-call for a system in production. Pick a pillar or hand us the whole product.
< why cacao >
Nearshore, in the DR
Offshore economics without the friction: same hours, same language, a short flight away. An indicative comparison — we refine it with your numbers.
| Criterion | Cacao · DR | Offshore Asia | Hiring in the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time zone | GMT−4, live | +10 to +12 h | Local |
| Language | Native ES · EN · NO | English as 2nd language | English |
| Seniority | Seniors only | Mixed, high turnover | Senior |
| Relative cost | $$ | $ | $$$$ |
| Visiting the team | 2 h from Miami | 20 h + visa | — |
| Kick-off | 2 weeks | 4 to 6 weeks | 3 to 4 months |
< how we work >
Four phases, no surprises
Cacao grows here, and that is how we work: close, direct and with no middlemen.
Ritual · every Friday 10:00 you see working software
- 01
Discover
Scope, risks and a plan you can hold us to. 1 to 2 weeks.
- 02
Design
Clickable flows and prototypes before building anything.
- 03
Build
Two-week iterations, with something working in each one.
- 04
Run
Monitoring, patches and on-call once in production.
< contact >
Tell us what you want to launch
You'll hear back within one business day, in English, Spanish or Norwegian. No forty-slide sales deck.
- [email protected]
- Phone
- +1 (829) 382-3787
- Office
- Enriquillo 10, No. 401, Sector Quisqueya · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Dominican Republic
< tell us your idea >
We make it work