For Microsoft & enterprise consultancies
Senior engineers for your next client project.
Take on complex software delivery with a team of three senior developers. We deliver defined work packages, integrations, and system improvements, with the option to continue as your long-term technical partner.
The founders’ delivery experience
17 years building and supporting Xexec’s rewards platform
Our founders and team built the multi-tenant platform from the ground up and maintained it from 2008 to 2025, including private cloud server operations and support during migration after Xexec and Reward Gateway combined operations.
Registered users
Annual transaction value
Tenants with configurable experiences
When Black Friday volumes rose to approximately ten times normal levels, short database transactions, RabbitMQ workflows, and SQL Server idempotency checks helped reduce contention and prevent duplicate processing. The founders report that the platform handled these peaks without issues for many years.
This experience belongs to the founders and team; it is not presented as E2’s corporate delivery history.
Where we fit
A delivery team for funded client work
Business applications
Operational platforms, customer portals, and workflow applications that need ongoing development and support.
Complex integrations
APIs and connections between business systems, including payment and identity integrations.
Established-system improvement
Application modernisation, database improvements, and reliability work, beginning with an assessment of the existing system.
Our strongest sector experience is in rewards and loyalty. We also work in adjacent sectors where the technical requirements match our experience. Scope and team allocation must fit the capacity we can commit.
We assess existing systems before committing to rescue-project prices or deadlines. Support is during normal working hours, with response targets agreed for the engagement.
How collaboration works
Clear responsibilities from the start
You lead the client relationship
Your consultancy owns the client relationship, leads meetings, and approves scope changes unless we agree otherwise. We can work under your brand or be introduced as a specialist partner.
We own our engineering delivery
A named E2 lead handles technical and delivery concerns. Martin is the main technical contact, combining hands-on engineering with architecture, estimation, and code reviews.
Progress and budgets stay visible
Weekly updates cover completed work, next steps, risks, and budget. Meeting frequency is agreed per engagement, and we seek approval before exceeding agreed budget limits.
Support continues after launch
Development, maintenance, and working-hours support can continue through a retainer. Shared team knowledge and agreed documentation and access handover support continuity.
Swiss contracting, South African delivery
E2 Innovativ Informatik GmbH, registered in Zug, contracts and invoices partners and provides oversight. E2 subcontracts development to UME in South Africa. Martin and Natalie are UME’s founders and part owners of E2.
Normal working hours are 08:00–17:00 South African time (UTC+2), providing overlap with UK and Swiss business hours. Developer allocation and start dates are agreed subject to existing commitments.
We agree hosting locations and South African access to client data before work begins, use partner- or client-controlled environments where practical, and limit developer access to what is needed.
Relevant capability
Enterprise applications, Azure delivery, and practical AI
C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core, Angular, TypeScript, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, with RabbitMQ experience for asynchronous processing.
Azure applications in ongoing operation
Since 2022, we have built and supported a web app, mobile app, and website for a UK life insurance company. The .NET Core backend and website run on Azure App Service.
The delivery includes Azure-managed MySQL, Front Door, Blob Storage, Entra ID, Application Insights, and Log Analytics. Our responsibilities include deployment, infrastructure configuration, monitoring, and support.
Users can manage policies, update details, access rewards, and contact support. Additional components include quote journeys and a claims calculator.
Production AI with human review
A site-reporting system turns mobile photos and answers into reports for trustees, with human review before delivery. At approximately 200 reports a month, the founders report a reduction from about one hour to five minutes per report, including review.
These approximate timings are founder-reported, not independently verified, and concern report preparation rather than total inspection time.
A separate production moderation platform screens photos for adult content and sends low-confidence results for human review. We handle development, AI integration, deployment, monitoring, and support.
These client examples are shared anonymously. We have no current technical certifications or formal vendor partnerships.
Your contacts
Meet the founders
Co-founder / Director
Martin Ernst
Martin holds a BSc Honours in Actuarial Science and has programmed since age eight. He has led teams of senior developers for 20 years. He combines hands-on engineering with architecture, code reviews, estimation, and technical leadership, and is the main technical contact throughout an engagement.
Martin Ernst on LinkedIn
Co-founder / Director
Natalie Ernst
Natalie holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA Honours in Psychology. She has 25 years of experience as a developer and has played a central role in the team's long-term client engagements. She helps shape E2's direction and works with clients and partners on estimates, project management, delivery, and ongoing support.
Natalie Ernst on LinkedInA practical first step
Talk through a client project
1. Introductory conversation
A free call to discuss the project, fit, responsibilities, and capacity. Send an enquiry to start.
2. Define the work
Where assessment is needed, we agree scoped paid discovery. Clearly defined work in a familiar system can include discovery in the initial engagement.
3. Agree delivery
A written outline records scope, assumptions, dependencies, risks, acceptance criteria, and an estimated effort range. Duration and developer allocation are agreed individually.
We respond within one working day. There is no fixed minimum engagement initially.