DECODE

DECODE is a full-service software development and digital transformation partner for growing technology companies and established mid-market businesses.

Founded in 2012, DECODE provides AI solutions, enterprise platforms, product development, and digital transformation, covering the journey from product discovery through long-term support.

DECODE is headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia, with a second office in Düsseldorf, Germany, and a team of 90+ experts.

Its internal SaaS debugging product, Shake, grew into an independent sister company serving technology companies globally.

What DECODE offers its clients

DECODE provides AI, software development, digital transformation, and dedicated engineering teams.

AI Development: AI consulting, integration, agent development, and custom AI solutions.
Mobile & Web App Development: Full-stack development from MVP through production scale.
Software Product Design: Product discovery, MVP scoping, and technical feasibility assessment.
Digital Transformation: Legacy software modernization for established businesses.
Team Extension & Dedicated Teams: Engineers embedded into existing teams or provided as dedicated squads.
Build-Operate-Transfer: Builds and manages a team before transferring it to the client.

DECODE serves telecom, fintech, healthcare, logistics, IoT, manufacturing, hospitality, and communications clients.

How DECODE outshines the competition

DECODE combines 13+ years of delivery experience with long-term client relationships averaging 4.5 years. Its “one team, one project” model keeps engineers focused on a single client project, while senior multidisciplinary teams use agentic AI workflows to enhance engineering delivery. DECODE is ISO 27001 certified, supporting enterprise and regulated clients, and has proven its ability to scale teams, including growing one client’s mobile engineering team from 5 to 21 senior engineers and building a 20-person team in six weeks for another. Its published case studies also include recognizable enterprise clients such as Royal Caribbean, Norfolk Southern, AT&T, Microsoft, and Contentsquare.

DECODE company structure

DECODE was founded in 2012 by three engineers from the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science:

Marko Strizic — CEO & Co-founder
Mario Zderic — CTO & Co-founder
Petar Simic — Co-founder (now CEO of Shake, the company's spun-off sister product)

We're headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia, with a second office in Düsseldorf, Germany, and a team of 90+ experts today.