How much overlap do you have with Dubai working hours?

We share seven and a half hours of your working day, from your 09:00 to your 16:30. Gulf Standard Time is ninety minutes behind Indian Standard Time, so your morning is our late morning and our day closes mid-afternoon in yours. It is the widest overlap of any market we serve, so a question asked at 10:00 in Dubai can be answered the same morning.

Can our data stay inside the UAE?

Yes, your data can stay inside the UAE, and the commitment covers more than the primary database. Backups, log aggregation, error reporting and any queue or cache are pinned to the same region, since those are where residency claims usually leak. Where a service we would otherwise use has no UAE region, we either replace it or raise it with you before build. The region choice, the sub-processor list and the exceptions all sit in the agreement.

Do you have a UAE trade licence or local office?

No, we have no UAE trade licence and no local office. We are an Indian LLP contracting as a foreign supplier of services. If your process requires an onshore licensed entity, we can work through your preferred contracting vehicle or a licensed local partner agreed with you.

Can you build Arabic and right-to-left interfaces?

Yes, we build Arabic and right-to-left interfaces, and the difficult parts are planned during design. Those include bidirectional text where Latin brand names and Western numerals sit inside Arabic sentences, mirrored icons and directional logic, Hijri alongside Gregorian dates, and an Arabic font stack that does not fall back to something unreadable. Arabic authorship and translation come from a specialist named in the engagement, because our engineers do not write Arabic copy.

United Arab Emirates · Global delivery09:00–16:30 GSTAED or USD

Engineering for UAE companies.

The UAE is ninety minutes behind India, so most of your working day is shared with ours. The commercial language is English, and demand for custom-built software is high relative to local engineering supply.

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Working with the UAE

Hours, money,
and paperwork.

The three things that decide whether a cross-border engagement works. Everything here is specific to the UAE.

Time overlap

09:00–16:30 GST

Gulf Standard Time is ninety minutes behind IST. Your 09:00 is our 10:30, and our day closes at your 16:30, which gives seven and a half hours of shared working day. That is enough for same-day iteration, live pairing and a call whenever one is needed. Where your week runs Sunday to Thursday, the overlap days are agreed in the engagement.

Currency and tax

AED or USD

Quoted and invoiced in dirhams or US dollars, whichever your finance team prefers. Nothing Indian is added on top: services exported from India are untaxed at source. As a non-resident supplier we do not charge UAE VAT either; you account for it under the reverse charge mechanism where applicable.

Data protection

Governing law: Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 (PDPL)
Authority: UAE Data Office
Our role: Processor, on your instructions
Named sub-processors, written consent before any addition.

Processing runs on your instructions under a data processing agreement, with cross-border transfer terms and named sub-processors. Where an engagement sits inside a financial free zone, DIFC Data Protection Law No. 5 of 2020 or ADGM regulations apply instead. Those free zone regimes are separate instruments from the federal law, and we contract to whichever one governs.

City by city

Local hours and
local rules.

The shared working window in local time, and any rule that applies in a city on top of the national ones.

Dubai
Dubai
09:00–16:30 GST
Gulf Standard Time
Onshore companies in Dubai fall under the federal Personal Data Protection Law, Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021.
Dubai International Financial Centre
Financial free zone, Dubai
09:00–16:30 GST
Gulf Standard Time
The DIFC has its own regime: Data Protection Law No. 5 of 2020, overseen by the DIFC Commissioner of Data Protection, applies instead of the federal law.
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
09:00–16:30 GST
Gulf Standard Time
The federal PDPL applies onshore. Healthcare entities regulated by the Department of Health Abu Dhabi also apply its ADHICS information security standard.
Abu Dhabi Global Market
Financial free zone, Abu Dhabi
09:00–16:30 GST
Gulf Standard Time
ADGM has its own regime: the Data Protection Regulations 2021, overseen by the ADGM Office of Data Protection, apply instead of the federal law.
Sharjah
Sharjah
09:00–16:30 GST
Gulf Standard Time
National rules apply, with no city-specific additions.
Ras Al Khaimah
Ras Al Khaimah
09:00–16:30 GST
Gulf Standard Time
National rules apply, with no city-specific additions.

What your procurement will ask

Answered
before you ask.

The questions procurement teams in the UAE typically ask, with our answers. Where we do not hold something, the answer says so.

Data residency inside the UAE

Supported. Both major cloud providers operate UAE regions, and residency is written into the agreement. Where a regulator requires in-country processing, that constraint shapes the architecture from the diagnose phase.

Trade licence and vendor registration

We contract as a foreign supplier of services and are not licensed onshore in the UAE. If your process requires an onshore entity or a local sponsor, we can contract through your preferred vehicle or through a licensed local partner agreed with you.

Arabic-language interfaces

Right-to-left layout, Arabic typography and bilingual content models are handled as engineering work, specified during design. Arabic copywriting and translation are commissioned from a specialist, who is named in the engagement. We do not author Arabic copy ourselves.

ISO certification for tender submission

All three are available with certificate numbers that can be verified independently. ISO 9001:2015 (706564/2026/R) is accredited under the IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement through EIAC, the Emirates International Accreditation Centre, which is the UAE's national accreditation body. ISO 27001:2022 (25-07-21156763) and ISO 20000-1:2018 (25-07-21156764) are audited certificates from a UK body that does not hold IAF accreditation, which matters where a tender pack scores accredited certification separately.

Certificate numbers, accreditation status and the verification route are published on our trust page. Check them without asking us.

Work we take on in the UAE

Common problems
we build for.

Common work for teams in the UAE. If one of these is yours, send us a brief.

Logistics and mobility platforms

Fleet, freight and last-mile operations where the paperwork is still WhatsApp and spreadsheets. We are building our own logistics product, AxleOne, for the same problem in India.

Travel and hospitality infrastructure

Operators with genuine expertise and no technology layer to sell it. We are building Voyazio, our own travel infrastructure product, for exactly this problem.

Government-adjacent digital services

Citizen-facing services and the integration work behind them, where accessibility, bilingual content and auditability are formal requirements.

Why we suit teams in the UAE

Seven and a half hours of shared working day, since the UAE is only ninety minutes behind India.
All three ISO certifications (ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 20000-1:2018), each with a certificate number you can cite in a tender.
We are building our own logistics and travel products, AxleOne and Voyazio, both in development, so we work on these domain problems ourselves.

Where we are not the right answer

We hold no UAE trade licence and have no onshore presence. For work that requires a licensed local supplier, we contract through your preferred vehicle or a licensed local partner agreed with you. Arabic content is written by a specialist we commission. Free zone data law is separate from the federal PDPL, and we confirm which regime governs before drafting anything.

United Arab Emirates · Questions

Asked from
the UAE.

General questions about pricing, process, IP and security are answered on the FAQ page.

How much overlap do you have with Dubai working hours?: We share seven and a half hours of your working day, from your 09:00 to your 16:30. Gulf Standard Time is ninety minutes behind Indian Standard Time, so your morning is our late morning and our day closes mid-afternoon in yours. It is the widest overlap of any market we serve, so a question asked at 10:00 in Dubai can be answered the same morning.
Can our data stay inside the UAE?: Yes, your data can stay inside the UAE, and the commitment covers more than the primary database. Backups, log aggregation, error reporting and any queue or cache are pinned to the same region, since those are where residency claims usually leak. Where a service we would otherwise use has no UAE region, we either replace it or raise it with you before build. The region choice, the sub-processor list and the exceptions all sit in the agreement.
Do you have a UAE trade licence or local office?: No, we have no UAE trade licence and no local office. We are an Indian LLP contracting as a foreign supplier of services. If your process requires an onshore licensed entity, we can work through your preferred contracting vehicle or a licensed local partner agreed with you.
Can you build Arabic and right-to-left interfaces?: Yes, we build Arabic and right-to-left interfaces, and the difficult parts are planned during design. Those include bidirectional text where Latin brand names and Western numerals sit inside Arabic sentences, mirrored icons and directional logic, Hijri alongside Gregorian dates, and an Arabic font stack that does not fall back to something unreadable. Arabic authorship and translation come from a specialist named in the engagement, because our engineers do not write Arabic copy.

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