Our story

Founded by engineers, not account managers.

Kawth was founded in 2015 after its co-founders spent years delivering work through outsourcing firms that treated engineering as a commodity — junior staff, vague estimates, and account managers between you and the people writing your code.

We rebuilt the model from the ground up: every engineer who joins a project also joins the client's standups, tooling, and code review — directly, with no relay. The company grew by referral, one delivered sprint at a time, and that's still how most new clients find us.

What we hold to

Four things we don't compromise on.

01

Transparency by default

Time tracking, sprint boards, and code review are visible to the client from day one — nothing held back for a status call.

02

Seniority over headcount

We'd rather hand you two strong engineers than five mediocre ones padding a timesheet.

03

Ownership, not tickets

Engineers are matched to projects they understand, not pulled from a generic queue between unrelated clients.

04

Slow to promise, fast to deliver

Estimates account for review and QA up front, so the sprint plan you see is the one that actually happens.

Leadership

The people steering delivery.

A working leadership team — all four still review code most weeks.

MT

Mara Tan

Co-founder & CEO
JO

Jonas Okafor

Co-founder & CTO
SL

Sera Lindqvist

Head of Delivery
RV

Ravi Varma

Head of Engineering
Work with us

Meet the team before you commit.

Every engagement starts with a no-pressure call with the engineers who'd actually work on your project.