genova · software engineering firm

Software, built like craftsmanship.

Production-grade systems for maritime, logistics and fintech. Designed and delivered by a small team of senior engineers — not assembled, not outsourced.

We work directly with the people who run the business, and we own what we ship.

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systems we build

Distributed by design. Observable by default. Resilient where it matters — at sea, on the line, in production.

What we mean by digital artisans

Small team. Direct ownership. Built for the real world.

A senior team, end to end

No layers, no juniors learning on your project. The people who scope the work also write the code and run it in production.

No outsourcing

Everything is built in-house. You always know who owns each part of the system, and who to call when it matters.

Designed, not assembled

We don't glue templates together. Architecture, data model and operational concerns are decided deliberately, for your constraints.

Built for systems that run

We build software that has to work — under load, at sea, on a factory floor, or against a clearing house. Reliability is the baseline.

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Services

What we build.

  • Backend & distributed systemsServices that stay correct under concurrency, failure and growth.
  • Data-intensive platformsReal-time, event-driven pipelines and the storage that backs them.
  • Logistics & optimization systemsRouting, scheduling and operations tooling used by real teams.
  • Maritime & IoT solutionsOnboard software, telemetry and integrations with industrial protocols.
  • MVP to production scalingFrom a focused first version to a system that holds up at scale.

Selected work

Real systems, operating in the field.

Abacus Marine
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case study

FleetSurvey

Abacus Marine

A fleet-management platform connecting onboard operations with shore offices. It brings vessel data, fleet and crew documentation, certificate expiry workflows, notifications and yacht GPS traceability into one operational system.

fleet managementonboard / onshorereal-time data
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AGF
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case study

AGF

Maritime data operations

A configurable, high-throughput maritime ETL framework for AIS, weather and vessel-reporting data. It enabled the rapid onboarding of a 400+ vessel fleet, with scalable ingestion, transformation, storage and operational data delivery.

ETLAIS & weather400+ vessels
Quantum
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case study

Quantum CRM

Studio Quantum Genova

The operational core for a service centre: appointment scheduling with conflict resolution, client registry integrations, operator shifts, digital consent, guided treatment workflows and interfaces to laboratory equipment.

schedulingdigital consentoperator workflows
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Capabilities in practice

The building blocks behind the work.

Systems that connect

Onboard, onshore and third-party systems working as one operational whole.

Data that moves

Reliable pipelines for real-time ingestion, transformation and delivery.

Workflows people use

Clear interfaces for the operators who schedule, decide and act every day.

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How we work

From concept to production.

  1. 01

    Understand the constraint

    We start with the real problem — the operational, regulatory or technical constraint that decides what good looks like.

  2. 02

    Ship a focused MVP

    A small, honest first version in production quickly. No throwaway prototypes, no parallel codebases.

  3. 03

    Scale on solid ground

    We harden, instrument and grow the system as it earns its place. No overengineering before it's needed.

  4. 04

    Stay close

    No handoffs to a different team. The people who built it keep running it with you.

Systems that run in production.

Built around real constraints.

Owned end-to-end by the people who built them.

Contact

Work directly with senior engineers.

Tell us what you're building, the constraint that's shaping it, and where it needs to be in six months. We'll reply ourselves.

info@proximity-sw.com
Proximity
Via Gropallo 4
16122 Genova, Italy
VAT IT02638500997