Our story, our values

Our founders Thomas and Henning began their journey into entrepreneurship during their studies, when they developed a canteen software for the LMGU at a university start-up event. This initiative was the starting signal for makandra GmbH. Since then, we have delighted customers all over the world and built a reputation as a reliable partner for complex web projects and Ruby on Rails.

What has accompanied us from the very beginning is our focus on code quality. In our very first project, we decided to integrate automated tests into the software. We wanted to ensure that the applications we develop run error-free and provide our customers with a reliable solution. We maintain this high standard to this day and are proud to deliver applications with above-average quality and maintainability for all our customers.

With our focus on Ruby on Rails and our expert knowledge, we have made a name for ourselves in the Ruby community. We also work with a fixed technology stack that is regularly evaluated and expanded with new, useful technologies. To ensure that all employees feel at home in this technology stack, we launched our trainee programme in 2012.

As we work a lot with open source programmes ourselves, it is important to us to share our knowledge, code and experience with the public. With our makandra cards, we record our knowledge and pass it on to the Ruby community and beyond.

In the meantime, a team of over 50 software developers, DevOps experts and UI/UX designers has grown. Together, we bring complex web projects from our office in Augsburg's TONI Park to the streets every day. Our goal: to make our customers' lives and work easier with customised software.