About codebridgelab

codebridgelab is a boutique software engineering studio based in Porto, Portugal. We build custom software, web and mobile products, and long-term support for startups, SMBs and agencies across Europe. Every engineer on every engagement is senior — there's no junior team hidden behind a senior pitch.

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Same timezone, better value, GDPR-native

01
Same timezone
We work your working hours, not a 6-to-12-hour gap you have to plan meetings around.
02
Materially better value than a UK, US or Nordic studio
Porto's cost base means senior EU engineering without a Zurich or London rate card.
03
GDPR-native, not GDPR-adjacent
Data handling that's compliant by construction, under Portuguese and EU law, not retrofitted after a client asks.
04
English-fluent, in writing and on calls
No language layer between you and the people doing the work.

Company facts

Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00

Business hours

WET

Western European Time — Timezone

EN + PT

Languages

Porto

Porto, Portugal — Location

What we commit to

You own the code and the IP.

Everything we build transfers to you on completion and payment — no licensing traps, no dependency on us to keep running your own product.

Senior engineers only.

Every person on your engagement is senior. Nobody junior is billed at a senior rate, and nobody senior pitches the work only to hand it to a team you never meet.

EU-based, GDPR-native.

We operate under Portuguese and EU law, in your timezone, with data handling that's GDPR-compliant by construction, not by afterthought.

A written estimate before we start.

You get a written, fixed-scope estimate before any work begins — not a verbal ballpark, not a moving target.

How we hire

We hire senior engineers and designers only — people who've shipped production software before they joined us, not people learning on a client's budget. That's a standing hiring bar, not a claim about how long the studio has existed.

Talk to us.

Tell us what you're building, and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right studio for it.

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