Runtime Revolution
Lisbon, Portugal
About
Lisbon software-engineering studio that embeds named engineers into product teams for long, multi-year builds, now oriented around enterprise AI and agentic systems.
Who They Work With
Product companies that need an embedded engineering team to build and scale a product—design supports delivery, not research-led UX.
Based on 7 documented clients · verified Jul 2026
Our Take
The published portfolio runs to 13 case studies built around long engagements—ShermansTravel since 2011, HealthHive since 2018, PetPlate through 2025—and reads as engineering work: technology stacks, compliance architecture, and throughput figures such as an 11-week HIPAA-compliant launch and 5,000 events per second on MEMO.
The stated process is "spec before code," and across the case studies you will find no visible UX research, wireframes, usability testing, or design discovery; the firm describes itself through engineers and recently repositioned around "Enterprise AI Engineering" and agentic systems rather than the product design the directory lists.
The weaker fit is buyers seeking standalone UX research or interface design—there are no research, wireframe or usability artifacts in the case studies; design sits inside engineering delivery.
Key strengths
- Engagements run in years, not sprints—documented relationships since 2011 (ShermansTravel) and 2018 (HealthHive, PetPlate), with named clients including Microsoft, L'Oréal, Vodafone, and Web Summit
- Case studies carry concrete engineering outcomes—11 weeks to a HIPAA-compliant launch, 575 million metres tracked on CityRow, and a stated 95% reduction in escaped defects for an enterprise recruitment provider
- Clear ownership terms published: code, prompts, evals, and runbooks live in your repo from day one, with named engineers and no subcontracting
Good to know
- The site no longer foregrounds product design—confirm before committing whether UX research, prototyping, and usability testing are in scope or whether you must supply design direction yourself
- Case studies document technical decisions but rarely show design artifacts—request examples of research, wireframes, and user testing from a comparable project if interface quality matters to you
- Positioning has shifted toward AI and agentic systems—clarify how much of a given engagement would be conventional product engineering versus AI experimentation
Reviewed by Gabor Kiss
Founder of UX Agencies · UX Lead at SAP · May 30, 2026
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