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Sector · Retail & commerce← All industries
Retail software development
that survives peak.
Headless storefronts, OMS, PIM, loyalty, and fulfilment. We engineer for the 3am spike, the Black Friday morning, and the checkout page that converts in 600ms.
42
projects in sector
Peak-ready
checkout engineering
<600ms
performance target
Multi-region
storefront deployments
Selected clients · 2008 – today
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What this sector teaches you
Scale is the easy part.
The hard part of retail isn't the traffic. It's the catalogue, the tax rules, the returns flow, the loyalty math, and keeping the storefront personal at scale. Anyone can put a CDN in front of a product page. Fewer can ship a fast checkout on a 400-million-SKU catalogue.
We build headless commerce on Shopify, BigCommerce, commercetools, and bespoke cores. Integrations with every OMS and ERP you've heard of. Custom storefronts that load in under 1.2 seconds on a 3G phone in Mumbai.
Selected work
Things we've shipped
in retail.
A sample of what we've built in this sector. We omit client names by default and share them under NDA when you want to dig into a specific engagement.
- Research platform
Frontir: emerging-markets research.
A mobile survey and market-research platform for African and emerging-market consumer data, sold as insights to corporates, NGOs and governments.
ReactReduxPHPSlimAWS - E-commerce platform
Ordermint: E-commerce platform.
A web app for online retail, built with Django, AWS, Python, jQuery and Bootstrap. Catalogue, inventory, checkout and fulfilment run off one backend, so what shoppers see is always what the business can actually sell.
DjangoAWSPythonjQueryBootstrap - Custom application
Servora: Custom application.
A web app for a focused workflow, built with Vue, Django REST Framework and PostgreSQL. The core workflow is modelled properly once, so data stays consistent and the product is straightforward to extend.
VueDjango REST FrameworkPostgreSQL - E-commerce platform
Bulkbridge: E-commerce platform.
A web and mobile app for online retail, built with React, React Native, Node.js, Express, MongoDB and AWS. Catalogue, inventory, checkout and fulfilment run off one backend, so what shoppers see is always what the business can actually sell.
ReactReact NativeNode.jsExpressMongoDBAWS - E-commerce platform
Freshdash: E-commerce platform.
A web and mobile app for online retail, built with Angular, Ionic and Django. Catalogue, inventory, checkout and fulfilment run off one backend, so what shoppers see is always what the business can actually sell.
AngularIonicDjango - E-commerce platform
Domotix: E-commerce platform.
A web app for online retail, built with Django and Python. Catalogue, inventory, checkout and fulfilment run off one backend, so what shoppers see is always what the business can actually sell.
DjangoPython - E-commerce platform
Arcadia: E-commerce platform.
A web app for online retail, built with Django REST Framework and Python. Catalogue, inventory, checkout and fulfilment run off one backend, so what shoppers see is always what the business can actually sell.
Django REST FrameworkPython - Custom application
Omnistock: Custom application.
A web app for a focused workflow, built with Django REST Framework and Python. The core workflow is modelled properly once, so data stays consistent and the product is straightforward to extend.
Django REST FrameworkPython - E-commerce platform
Diagnova: E-commerce platform.
A web app for online retail, built with Django, HTML, JavaScript and jQuery. Catalogue, inventory, checkout and fulfilment run off one backend, so what shoppers see is always what the business can actually sell.
DjangoHTMLJavaScriptjQuery - Custom application
POSnova: Custom application.
A web app for a focused workflow, built with React. The core workflow is modelled properly once, so data stays consistent and the product is straightforward to extend.
React - Business platform
Trackwell: Business platform.
A web app for customer relationships, built with React, Django, Django REST Framework and PostgreSQL. Every account, conversation and next step lives in one place, so the team sells from shared context instead of private inboxes.
ReactDjangoDjango REST FrameworkPostgreSQL - Custom application
Scoutmark: Custom application.
A web and mobile app for a focused workflow, built with React, React Native and Django REST Framework. The core workflow is modelled properly once, so data stays consistent and the product is straightforward to extend.
ReactReact NativeDjango REST Framework - Custom application
Freshkind: Custom application.
A web app for a focused workflow, built with Django REST Framework. The core workflow is modelled properly once, so data stays consistent and the product is straightforward to extend.
Django REST Framework - E-commerce platform
Triplink: E-commerce platform.
A web app for online retail, built with React, Django, Django REST Framework and PostgreSQL. Catalogue, inventory, checkout and fulfilment run off one backend, so what shoppers see is always what the business can actually sell.
ReactDjangoDjango REST FrameworkPostgreSQL - E-commerce platform
Scalecart: E-commerce platform.
An online retail platform built on Laravel and AWS. Catalogue, inventory, checkout and fulfilment run off one backend, so what a shopper sees is always what the business can actually sell.
LaravelAWS - E-commerce platform
Fieldroute: E-commerce platform.
Laravel on AWS, built for a client selling through channels that did not share a catalogue, stock or order view. One backend holds all three now, which is what stops the overselling.
LaravelAWS - Custom application
Zonely: Custom application.
Web and mobile from a single Django backend, built with React and React Native. Staff and customers work against the same records, so nobody spends the morning reconciling two versions of the truth.
ReactReact NativeDjango - Custom application
Recipa: Custom application.
A React web app and a React Native companion sharing one Django backend. The workflow is modelled once and consumed by both, which is what stops the two clients quietly drifting apart.
ReactReact NativeDjango - Custom application
Candy: Custom application.
A React Native app over a Django REST Framework backend, built to run one retail workflow end to end. Modelling that workflow once, rather than per screen, is what keeps the data consistent as the product grows.
React NativeDjango REST Framework - Custom application
Vendora: Custom application.
Built with React Native and Django REST Framework for a team that needed one dependable workflow rather than a suite of half-used features. The data model came first, which is why extending it later costs hours instead of a rewrite.
React NativeDjango REST Framework - Custom application
Eaterly: Custom application.
React Native on the front, Django REST Framework behind it, scoped deliberately to a single operational workflow. Edge cases are handled in the model by design, not patched into the interface as they surface.
React NativeDjango REST Framework - Custom application
Cafepos: Custom application.
Built with React, React Native and Django for an operation that needed the counter and the back office working from the same data. One model, two clients, no overnight sync to go wrong.
ReactReact NativeDjango - Custom application
Shish Cafe: Custom application.
A web app for a focused workflow, built with WordPress. The core workflow is modelled properly once, so data stays consistent and the product is straightforward to extend.
WordPress - Retail platform
Commercia: Retail platform.
A web app for point of sale, built with Odoo. It replaces the disconnected till, stock book and end-of-day spreadsheet with one system the whole shop runs on.
Odoo - Custom application
Retailic: Custom application.
React on the web, React Native on mobile, Django underneath. The core workflow is defined in one place, so a change lands in both clients at once instead of being written twice and diverging.
ReactReact NativeDjango - Mobile app · Computer vision & scoring
Shed Happens: photo-score shed antlers.
A mobile app for antler collectors: photograph a shed antler dropped by a deer, elk or moose and computer vision measures it — beam length, point widths, root spread — then maps those measurements to a standard scoring card. Each scored find lands in the collector's profile, where a community of pickers share and compare what they've found.
React NativeComputer visionDjangoDjango REST Framework - Legacy systems integration
Meridian: legacy-to-new systems bridge for a FTSE 100 grocer.
A FTSE 100 grocery retailer was caught between three generations of technology: older, inflexible legacy systems, rigid vendor solutions that couldn't be bent to fit, and new systems still being built. Enigmatix engineered the bridging software that made these complex interactions work — the unglamorous connective tissue inside mission-critical retail systems. The brief was explicitly interim: the software needed to last 12 to 18 months while replacements landed. It was still in active production five years after it was written, inside mission-critical systems — a verdict the client's senior engineering manager summarised as software that "stood up well". Interim code that outlives its replacement plan by a factor of three is the quietest kind of engineering proof.
Systems integrationLegacy modernisationREST APIs
Where you call us
The four problems we're hired to solve.
Headless storefront builds.
Next.js or SvelteKit on the front, commercetools / Shopify Hydrogen / custom GraphQL gateway on the back. Measured on CLS, LCP, and conversion.
Unified commerce and OMS.
Stock, orders, fulfilment, returns across channels. One source of truth for the customer, the warehouse, and the finance team.
Personalisation at scale.
Recommendation services, loyalty engines, targeted promotions. Built on real-time event streams, not nightly batch jobs.
What we ship here
Four things we've built repeatedly.
Headless storefronts.
React / Next.js on the front, GraphQL gateway, edge-cached, personalised. Core Web Vitals green on every page.
OMS and warehouse glue.
Order orchestration, stock reservation, split shipments, partial returns. The boring ops work that makes the rest possible.
PIM and catalogue tools.
Enrichment workflows, translation, media pipelines. Built to let 40 merchandisers work in parallel without blocking each other.
Loyalty and promotions engines.
Rules DSL, eligibility services, redemption flows. Fast enough to score every basket in real time, flexible enough for marketing to own the rules.
How to engage
Three ways to work with us
in retail.
Pick the shape that matches the commitment. Each model ships the same engineering standard. The difference is commercial and operating fit.
Dedicated teams
A cross-functional pod owning a workstream end-to-end.
Offshore development centre
A fully-managed engineering arm built in-region.
Staff augmentation
Senior engineers plugged straight into your team.
Not sure which fits?
Book a 30-minute call with our retaillead. Bring the problem; we'll talk through which engagement actually matches the work.
Trusted by our clients
What partners
tell us.
Most clients renew for a second engagement. The ones who don't usually hire someone from our team to run the project in-house.
We are a mental health charity and not tech-minded. We needed to improve our patient registration system but wanted a company that we can relate to. Hassan took the time to meet with me and patiently went through our process to find a personalised solution for us. Hassan's team did a great job streamlining our process and connected our registration system to our patient management software. Whenever we have a glitch, they resolve this quickly. Enigmatix Global provides a personal and efficient service and we have adopted them to be our IT provider.
Tien Kuei
CEO · Power to Live Foundation
I am writing to wholeheartedly recommend Enigmatix Global as a premier bespoke software development agency. Our journey with them has been nothing short of exemplary, far exceeding our initial expectations. While many agencies can develop based on strict specifications, Enigmatix Global demonstrated an incredible commitment to our project that was truly unparalleled.
Robert McPherson
Managing Director · RBM Global Ltd
Dragonfly has been working with the team at Enigmatix Global for several years now on building out our web-based platform and APIs. One of their strengths is quickly building out a multi-disciplinary team to work on the development and delivery of features with different technical requirements. Their support has allowed us to accelerate our development work without building an internal team. They have also worked seamlessly with other third parties both during the acquisition of Dragonfly and development of our mobile app. Enigmatix Global has been instrumental in bringing our ideas to life and providing guidance to help us make the best technical decisions. I would recommend getting in touch with them if you're looking for support.
Rebecca Palser
COO · Dragonfly
Retail · Frequently asked
Answers for retail & commerce buyers.
Yes. Headless storefronts with a composable back end: catalogue and PIM, cart and checkout, order management, promotions, and the integrations into payments, fulfilment, and tax. Headless is worth it when you need several front ends or fast merchandising change; when you do not, we will say so rather than sell you the architecture.
With load testing against realistic traffic shapes, not averages, and with capacity headroom agreed before the event rather than discovered during it. Caching strategy, queue-backed checkout, graceful degradation of non-critical surfaces, and a runbook your team holds. The goal is that peak day is boring for everyone.
All three, and the decision belongs at the start of the engagement. Platform builds win on time-to-market and operational simplicity; custom wins when your commercial model does not fit the platform's assumptions. Most of our retail work is a hybrid, with a platform handling commodity commerce and bespoke services carrying whatever makes the business distinctive.
27 projects delivered in this sector. We staff engagements with engineers and delivery leads who've shipped in Retail & commerce before. The domain literacy is learned, not looked up.
We work to PCI DSS, consumer protection, tax regimes per market, and accessibility law. Every engagement starts with a compliance review so there's no ambiguity about which regimes apply. Every release ships with the audit trail your compliance team needs.
Yes. Most of our engagements connect to Shopify, BigCommerce, commercetools, Magento, plus OMS, PIM, and ERP back-ends. We adopt your existing integration patterns rather than imposing a new one, and we write data contracts before we write integration code.
We design for peak-ready checkout (Black Friday), sub-600ms performance budgets, and multi-region CDNs from day one, not as a post-launch afterthought. Performance budgets, SLO commitments, and ops runbooks are written into the statement of work.
Either. Retail & commerce engagements run under all three of our engagement models. Dedicated teams, offshore development centres, or embedded staff augmentation. We pick the shape that matches your operating model, not our preferred one.
Discovery typically runs two to four weeks from first call to signed statement of work. First-engineer start dates follow within another week or two. The exact timeline depends on the shape and on the clearance or onboarding your environment requires.
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