Cloudflight

Cloudflight is a Poland-based software engineering and digital services firm with 800 professionals across five European offices. Founded over 20 years ago, the company has delivered 3,000+ projects for clients ranging from mid-market to enterprise. It positions itself around four service pillars: custom software development, digital commerce, cloud services, and data & AI work. The firm serves healthcare, manufacturing, retail, energy, logistics, and public sector clients, with a particular focus on business-critical applications and modernization efforts.

Services and capabilities

Custom software development anchors Cloudflight's offerings. The team handles everything from requirements engineering through post-launch support, using a methodology that emphasizes rapid prototyping in the first two weeks, MVP validation, and iterative delivery in two to four-week sprints. They work with Angular, Vue, React, and HTMX on the frontend; Spring Boot, Quarkus, .NET, and Nestjs on the backend; and Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure. The company also covers application modernization, moving legacy systems to microservices and APIs, plus embedded software for manufacturing and smart devices.

Digital commerce is a second pillar. Cloudflight builds eCommerce platforms, handles replatforming between different systems, and offers composable commerce using microservices. They've added an eCommerce AI offering focused on personalization and intelligent automation. One documented project—Schachermayer's digital order-picking system called Yelmo—eliminated 13,000 printed pick lists per day. Another client, Schleich, deployed an interactive in-store app for personalized figurine creation.

Cloud work spans migration, modernization, and platform engineering. Cloudflight holds Microsoft Azure Solution Partner status for Digital & App Innovation and Kubernetes specializations. They also offer FinOps services to optimize cloud spend. Notable work includes migrating clients to AWS with managed EKS clusters and FluxCD pipeline integration, as well as custom SAP S/4HANA extensions hosted on AWS for Brenntag.

Data and AI services cover data management, analytics, and custom AI development. One public-sector project used NLP to process medical invoices, saving 20,000 working days annually for Austria's Social Insurance Institutions.

Notable work

Cloudflight's client roster spans multiple sectors. In healthcare, AOK Baden-Württemberg commissioned the Personal Health Coach, a preventive-care mobile app. Ortovox engaged them to build DIRACT VOICE, a voice-navigation system for avalanche rescue. For Bausch+Ströbel, they created OMNIA, a digital ecosystem for pharmaceutical production that includes a 3D spare-parts catalogue and knowledge management.

In manufacturing, voestalpine's myAPP connects 12,000 employees globally with safety alerts and central information distribution. A major European textile provider gained agility through a web app deployed on managed AWS EKS with auto-scaling and automated deployments.

Retail clients include meinestadt.de, where Cloudflight built an AI-powered eCommerce platform that transformed their recruitment offering through self-service job postings. For SAP Spartacus implementations, they achieved a 99% reduction in traffic costs by implementing an edge delivery model. Containex received an end-to-end partner portal for buying and renting modular buildings and containers.

Other work spans Raiffeisen Software (speed and performance improvements in custom development), Rosenbauer International AG (fast, future-oriented solutions), and SPAR ICS (on-time, on-budget delivery of a stable, performant application).

How they work

Cloudflight operates three main engagement paths. The Workshop model helps align stakeholders on ambitious goals with customized content and a tangible outcome. The Discovery phase establishes aligned business objectives, concept creation, prototyping, and planning. The Development model spans from MVP to long-term strategic build, providing strategic guidance and seamless execution.

The company uses agile methodology with two to four-week sprints, delivering working software every iteration. They emphasize rapid validation—testing business requirements in the first two weeks—followed by MVP creation to verify assumptions with real customers before full buildout. Post-launch, they manage smooth transitions and operations support. Pricing is transparent and varies by project scope and complexity, though the source does not disclose standard rates.

Team and credentials

Cloudflight employs 800 skilled professionals split across Poland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, and (implied) other European locations. Leadership includes Wassili Alexopoulos as Managing Director Germany and Pawel Paszkiewicz as Managing Director Poland. The company holds advanced cloud certifications including Microsoft Azure Solution Partner status and Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure Specializations. The firm has run a Coding Contest for 41 years, drawing over 4,700 developers globally, and publishes research on AI adoption in German enterprises.