Who is ThatEngineer?
A boutique engineering studio for businesses that were told their problem was too small — or too strange — to solve.
ThatEngineer (Pty) Ltd works from Gqeberha with sole traders, growing SMEs, non-profits and multi-site groups across South Africa. Software, integrations, automation and AI — engineered around the way your business already runs rather than the way a product wants it to run.
We stayed small on purpose. The engineer who scopes your system is the one who engineers it, supports it and answers the phone afterwards. No account layer, no handover, no queue position.
you Envision That. we Engineer That.
Level 1 B-BBEE contributor
100% black-owned, giving your procurement team 135% recognised spend on every invoice we send.
Senior engineers only
No juniors learning on your budget and no work quietly passed down the chain — the same people from first review to final handover.
That's who we are
Our core values
Eight things we hold ourselves to on every engagement, whether it is a two-day fix or a multi-year platform.
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Presence
We learn how your business actually runs before we change anything — the counter, the office, the floor. Embedded enough to spot the problem you did not think to mention.
02
Availability
There is always an engineer reachable on your job. No ticket queue, no account manager relaying questions to someone you have never met.
03
Quality & precision
Systems specified properly, tested properly and engineered to stay stable under a real working day — with room left to improve them as you grow.
04
Quick & accurate
A small senior team moves fast without guessing. Working pieces land in weeks, and each one solves the problem it was scoped to solve.
05
Trust, honesty, transparency
Scope, cost and trade-offs on the table early — including the times we are at fault, and the times we tell you the work is not worth doing.
06
Integrity
What we quote is what we invoice, and what we hand over is what we said we would engineer. No padded hours, no surprise line items.
07
Empathy
The people using the software matter more than the architecture diagram. If it makes their day harder, it is not finished.
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Life-long partnerships
Documented work, standard tooling and accounts in your name. Clients stay because the systems keep paying off, never because leaving is painful.
Our mission
Engineer software that quietly does the work
We exist to give South African businesses of every size the kind of systems that used to be reserved for large enterprises — integrations, automation, live visibility and AI where it genuinely pays back — engineered to fit how the business already runs, and handed over documented and owned.
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Our vision
Proof that world-class engineering can come from the Eastern Cape
We are engineering a studio that competes on craft rather than headcount: senior work out of Gqeberha, trusted by a one-person operation and a multi-site group alike, and good enough to hold its own anywhere in the world without ever leaving home.
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Senior engineers on every job
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B-BBEE contributor status
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How we work
Every engagement starts with a technical review rather than a proposal. We map the systems you already run, find where data stalls, and only then recommend a module or a bespoke system engineered for you.
Deployments are staged and reversible. Your trading day does not stop for our releases, and every change is documented so your internal team keeps ownership of the estate.
Costing is itemised in engineering hours, and small first phases are welcome. No open-ended retainers, no vendor lock-in tactics.
100% Black-Owned Entity
135% procurement recognition
High-Availability Operations
Redundant, monitored systems
On-Site & Remote Support
Eastern Cape and nationwide
Zero-Downtime Deployments
Staged, reversible releases
Legal & compliance
Entity: ThatEngineer (Pty) Ltd
135% procurement recognitionRegistered address: Port Elizabeth / Gqeberha, Eastern Cape
Want to know if we are the right fit?
Bring the bottleneck. We will tell you honestly whether it is worth engineering, buying, or leaving exactly as it is.
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