AnvilEight

AnvilEight is a 55-person Python development shop founded in 2010 and based in Kharkiv, Ukraine, with an office opening in London. For 15 years they've built Django-powered web applications and workflow automation systems for UN agencies, UK businesses, and European companies. They maintain a 4.9/5 Google rating and report 200+ completed projects with a 78.5% customer retention rate. Their work spans custom web applications, SaaS platforms, mobile apps, and process automation.

Services and capabilities

AnvilEight's core offering splits into two halves: Django and Python development, plus workflow automation.

On the engineering side, they build SaaS platforms, API integrations, admin dashboards, ETL data pipelines, and analytics systems. Their tech stack includes Django, Python, PostgreSQL, AWS, Azure, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines. They also handle payment integrations (Stripe, PayPal), authentication systems, and database optimization. For front-end work, they use React and Angular.js. Mobile development covers iOS (Swift, Objective-C) and Android (Kotlin, Java), though they note Python and Django remain their primary focus.

Workflow automation makes up their second pillar. They design workflows in n8n and Make.com, build custom Python automation scripts, and handle data synchronization, scheduled tasks, and email automation. Within that, they offer CRM and sales automation (lead routing, automatic follow-ups) and marketing automation (email campaigns, social posting, analytics tracking).

The team can also handle big data analysis using Pandas, NumPy, and Scikit-learn; IoT development; and UI/UX design.

Notable work

Yomdel, a UK estate agency platform, has been running on AnvilEight infrastructure since 2014. The system serves 1,000+ agencies, processes 10,000+ property leads monthly across 600+ agents, and maintains 99% uptime using multi-tenant architecture.

Schools Mobile, a digital wellbeing platform, protects 10,000+ children across 50+ UK schools including Marlborough College and Eton College. AnvilEight built cross-platform mobile apps (iOS/Android), web admin dashboards, and parent portals on distributed architecture with 99% uptime.

For a major international humanitarian organization, they've maintained a nine-year partnership delivering 20+ mission-critical systems deployed across 90+ countries supporting tens of thousands of users. During active conflict, they restored operations fully within 9 days while maintaining 99% uptime.

How they work

AnvilEight uses Scrum with two-week sprints. Projects are assigned a Scrum Master, Product Owner, and a cross-functional team of 3–7 developers. They conduct daily standups and manage backlogs with weighted priorities. The company emphasizes real-time collaboration during UK and EU business hours (GMT+2 timezone overlap) and uses CI/CD pipelines to automate builds, tests, and deployments. Clients can request changes mid-sprint, and AnvilEight handles QA automation, documentation, and requirements analysis in-house. Three-year average partnership duration with top clients suggests longer-term engagements are typical.

Team and credentials

CEO Andrii Zarubin founded the company in 2010 and leads a team that now numbers 50+ members. The team includes a Scrum Master, Product Owner, QA engineers, full-stack developers, iOS and Android specialists, and designers. AnvilEight is registered in both Kharkiv, Ukraine and London, UK. The company is a UN vendor (partnership began 2014). Developers report 2–9 years of experience; the company claims most are full-stack. English fluency and European business practices are standard. Google rating is 4.9/5 across 15 reviews; Clutch score is 4.6/5 (9 reviews); and they report 100% satisfaction on an unspecified platform (84 reviews).