Mission
Make great engineering accessible to the organisations that need it most.
We bring senior expertise to teams that would otherwise have to assemble it piece by piece.
About
An engineering studio building systems that last.
Paint & Connect GmbH was founded by senior practitioners who wanted a different kind of IT company — one where engineers run the projects and craft is non-negotiable.
Our story
We started in a single shared office with three engineers and a strong opinion: that the best digital products come from small, accountable teams who own a system end to end. Over the years we have grown into a multidisciplinary studio, but the founding principle has not changed.
Today, Paint & Connect GmbH partners with organisations across Europe and beyond, from venture-backed startups to publicly listed enterprises. We have helped them migrate to the cloud, harden their security posture, automate operations and modernise products their customers depend on.
Vision
A world where business-critical software is boringly reliable.
Systems that simply work, year after year, freeing humans for the problems only humans can solve.
What we value
01
Honesty
We tell clients what we actually think, including when a project should be paused.
02
Ownership
If we built it, we operate it. No throwing systems over the wall.
03
Curiosity
Every engineer has a learning budget and dedicated time for deep work.
04
Discipline
Tests, reviews, retros and runbooks — the unglamorous work that compounds.
Team expertise
Senior engineers, deep specialisms.
Our team brings combined decades of experience across distributed systems, cloud architecture, security engineering, data platforms and product design. Every engagement is staffed with people who have shipped at scale before.
- Backend & distributed systems
- Cloud platform engineering
- Security & compliance
- Data engineering & analytics
- Product & UX engineering
Why clients choose Paint & Connect.
94%
Client retention after first engagement
12+
Years of operational experience
48h
Median time to staffed kick-off
100%
Senior-led project teams
Quality standards
The non-negotiables we apply to every project, regardless of size or sector.
Automated testing at every layer
Code review by a senior engineer on every change
Observability shipped with the first feature
Documented runbooks and SLOs before launch
Security review and dependency auditing
Quarterly architecture and roadmap reviews
Contact information
Reach our team for business inquiries.
Paint & Connect GmbH
hannahwatts1984@gmail.com
paintconnectpro.com