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Alexandria, Egypt

Software Development Company in Egypt

Creiden is a software team in Alexandria, building web platforms, mobile apps, and AI products since 2011. Most of the work we do is for clients outside Egypt, across Europe, the Gulf, and North America.

Why Egypt

What hiring in Egypt actually gets you

Four things decide whether an offshore market works for you. Here is where Egypt lands on each of them.

One working day, not two

We work on GMT+2. That is a full working-day overlap with Europe, close to full with the Gulf, and a solid morning overlap with the US East Coast. Questions get answered inside your day rather than the next one.

Senior engineering at a lower rate

Senior engineering time in Egypt costs a fraction of Western European or US rates. The difference is cost of living, not seniority, which is what separates Egypt from the cheapest offshore markets where you pay twice for the same work.

A deep engineering pool

Egypt produces a large number of engineering graduates every year and has had an established software outsourcing sector for decades. Finding and keeping senior developers here is a normal hiring process rather than a search.

English at work, Arabic natively

English is the working language of Egyptian software teams. Code, documentation, and calls are all in English. Arabic is native, which matters when your product ships to the Gulf and the interface has to work in both directions.

Why Creiden

Fifteen years of shipping for clients we never share a city with

We have been a software development company in Egypt since 2011, working out of Alexandria almost entirely for companies based somewhere else. Building across borders is the normal case for us, not an exception we make.

2011
Founded in Alexandria, Egypt
400+
Projects delivered
15+
Countries served

Clients include

  • OPPO
  • United Bank for Africa
  • Warner Bros.
  • MLA+

Regional partners

  • UXBERT LabsOur partner in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, with offices in Riyadh, Dubai and London.
  • TeqanahQatar

Proof

Three builds for clients outside Egypt

The figures below are pulled from the case studies themselves, not rewritten for this page.

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Working with us from abroad

What contracting a team in Egypt actually involves

If you have not hired in Egypt before, these are the things worth knowing before the first call rather than after it.

Contracting

You contract with the Egyptian company directly. There is no offshore holding entity in between.

  • The signing entity is Creiden for Programming Technology L.L.C, registered in Egypt.
  • Governing law is agreed per contract rather than fixed to Egyptian law, so your legal team can work from a jurisdiction it knows.
  • We will sign your own NDA and MSA, or work from our own templates. Either direction is fine with us.

Payment

Invoicing and payment run through the channels an international client already uses.

  • We invoice in USD, EUR, or EGP.
  • Payment by international bank wire over SWIFT, or through Wise or Payoneer.

IP ownership

This is the question every foreign buyer asks, so it gets a direct answer rather than a qualified one.

  • Clients own all deliverables outright on final payment.
  • Creiden retains rights only to pre-existing tools and generic components it brought to the project.

Engagement models

Three models, chosen per project rather than applied by default.

  • Fixed price per milestone, when the scope is clear enough to price.
  • Monthly retainer with one of our dedicated development teams, when the work is ongoing.
  • Time and materials, when the shape of the work is still moving.

Communication

Our week runs Sunday to Thursday, 10:00 to 18:00 EET, which is GMT+2, or GMT+3 during summer time.

  • Full working-day overlap with Europe and the Gulf, and a morning overlap with the US East Coast.
  • We work in agile sprints and demonstrate progress to you on regular calls over Google Meet.
  • You have staging environment access from day one, and direct email access to the team between calls.

How a project starts

We run the same three phases whether you are in Alexandria or Amsterdam. Initiate maps your business, scope, and success criteria into a roadmap before any code is written. Ignite is design and sprint-based development against a staging environment you can watch, and Impact covers launch, training your team, and the support that follows it.

  1. Initiate

    Business and technical analysis, scope mapping, and a milestone roadmap with dates.

  2. Ignite

    Design, sprint-based development, and continuous QA against a staging environment you can see.

  3. Impact

    Production launch, documentation, training for your team, and support after handover.

FAQ

Questions we get from clients outside Egypt

Creiden is a software development company based in Alexandria, Egypt, and we have been here since we were founded in 2011. Our office is at 297 Port Said Street, Sidi Gaber, Alexandria, Egypt. The signing entity is Creiden for Programming Technology L.L.C., registered in Egypt, so you contract with an established legal company, not an individual or a broker. Alexandria is Egypt's second-largest city and home to a strong engineering university, which gives us a steady pool of skilled developers. Clients are welcome to visit the office, but most of our work runs remotely with clients across 15+ countries.

Yes. Most of our work is for clients outside Egypt, across Europe, the Gulf, and North America. Over 15+ years, we have delivered 400+ projects for clients in 15+ countries. You contract directly with our Egyptian company, and the governing law is agreed per contract rather than fixed to Egyptian law. We work in English, invoice in USD, EUR, or EGP, and run projects remotely with weekly demos and a staging environment you can access from day one. Many international clients choose a software development company in Egypt for the mix of senior skills, strong time zone overlap with Europe and the Gulf, and long-term reliability.

We work Sunday to Thursday, 10:00 to 18:00 Cairo time (EET, which is GMT+2, or GMT+3 during summer time). That gives a full working-day overlap with the Gulf, a strong overlap with the UK and Europe, and a morning overlap with the US East Coast. For clients in North America, we plan standups and reviews in the overlap window and use clear written updates for the rest of the day, so work keeps moving while you sleep. For teams that work Monday to Friday, we agree at the start of the project how to handle the days that do not overlap, so there are no gaps in communication.

We invoice in USD, EUR, or EGP, depending on what suits you. International clients usually pay by bank wire over SWIFT, or through Wise or Payoneer. Payments follow the engagement model you choose. For fixed-price projects, which is how most of our projects run, payment is split across agreed milestones, so you pay as work is delivered. For dedicated teams and retainers, we invoice monthly. All invoices come from our registered Egyptian company, Creiden for Programming Technology L.L.C., with clear line items that your finance team can process without back-and-forth.

You do. Clients own all deliverables outright once the final payment is made, including source code, designs, documentation, and any content we create for the project. Creiden keeps rights only to pre-existing tools and generic components we brought to the project, and they stay usable inside your product. This is written clearly into every contract, so there is no confusion later. At handover, you receive the full codebase, access to all repositories and accounts, and documentation, so your own team or any other partner can continue the work without depending on us.

Yes. We are happy to sign your NDA and your MSA, or we can work from our own templates if you prefer. Either way is fine with us. We usually sign an NDA before the first detailed conversation, so you can share your idea, data, or business plans freely. Confidentiality continues after the project ends, and we never show client work publicly without permission. Many of our clients, including government and enterprise organizations, require strict confidentiality, so this is a normal part of how we work, not a special request.

We offer three engagement models. Fixed price per milestone works best for projects with a clear scope, and most of our projects run on these terms. A monthly retainer with a dedicated team suits long-term products that need steady development, support, and new features. Time and materials fits early-stage or research-heavy work where the scope is still changing. We choose the model per project rather than applying one by default, and we explain the trade-offs in the first call. Many clients start with a fixed-price project and move to a retainer or a dedicated team once the product is live and growing.

English is our team's working language, so code, documentation, meetings, and written updates are all in English. Arabic is our native language, which matters a lot when your product ships to the Gulf or the wider Arab world. We design and build right-to-left interfaces, review Arabic content, and make sure your product feels natural to Arabic-speaking users, not just translated. This makes Creiden a strong fit for bilingual Arabic and English platforms, from websites and mobile apps to e-learning systems. Our clients in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar often work with us for exactly this reason.

Ready when you are

Tell us what you are building

A first call is 30 minutes and costs nothing. We will tell you plainly whether we are the right team for the job.