Custom Java Application Development

ScienceSoft uses Java to create enterprise software, scientific applications, cloud apps, and IoT solutions due to its security, portability, scalability and powerful frameworks.

ScienceSoft is an international Java application development company with 23+ years in Java development services. We help IT and non-IT companies build sustainable Java-based software fast and cost-efficiently.

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Consider ScienceSoft as a reliable Java development company with our expertise driven by:

23-year experience in Java development.
~3000 projects completed since 1989.
450+ developers on board.
> 30 Java developers.
10 years – the average experience of our Java developers.

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What our Java development services cover

Java web development

Building secure, resilient, high-performing applications that provide functionality via internet or intranet.

Java cloud development

Building cloud-native and serverless apps that efficiently employ cloud features (elasticity, scalability, etc.) and services.

Java-based SaaS application development

Building secure SaaS products in fast quality releases while addressing the varying needs of tenants (compliance, cost, ease of use, etc.).

What we build in Java

Enterprise Java-based applications

Complex enterprise systems (ERP, CRM, SCM, enterprise asset management (EAM), PIM, enterprise content management (ECM), etc.).
Industry-specific applications, e.g., EHR, online banking, POS.
Web portals (vendor, customer, self-service, ecommerce, community portals).
Ecommerce websites.

Java-based products

Including XaaS applications with millions of users and response of <1 sec.

Self-service applications (including mobile banking).
Multiplayer game back end.
Video streaming and processing software.
VoIP and messaging applications.

Innovative software in Java

IoT applications for managing smart connected devices.
Big data processing and analysis software (e.g., for IoT sensor data, customer activity, SCM events).
Image analysis software.
Cybersecurity applications.

Other software in Java

Private/public APIs.

WHY CHOOSE SCIENCESOFT AS YOUR JAVA DEVELOPMENT PARTNER?

Over 23 years in Java development.
100+ successful projects in Java.
Quick project start (1–4 weeks).
Rapid prototyping, fast MVP delivery.
Proprietary Integrated Manual and Automated Testing (IMAAT) approach.

9 years of developing complex cloud applications.
Experience in big data, IoT, machine learning, blockchain, image analysis, etc.
Data analytics services since 1989.
Big data consulting services since 2013.
IoT consulting services since 2011.

WHAT MAKES SCIENCESOFT’S JAVA DEVELOPERS STAND OUT

Future-proof Java app architectures

Our Java developers build cloud-native (microservices) and cloud-only (serverless) Java apps.

Fast and stable Java app delivery

Our Java developers ensure major releases every 2-6 weeks and minor updates up to several times a day by employing mature Agile and DevOps practices.

Cooperation flexibility

Team augmentation with Java developers and architects (from 0.5 FTE to 150+ FTE).
Self-managed Java teams.
End-to-end Java project delivery.

In-house project management office (PMO)

Our PMs are experienced in large complex projects with distributed teams and multiple vendors involved.

Communication flexibility

We discuss optimal ways of communicating project information (communication means, level of reported detail, frequency of updates, timing, etc.) to each stakeholder.

Transparent service

We monitor and share with you the results of:

Achievement of set KPIs – business outcomes, quality of delivered software, code quality, development process efficiency, project time and costs (actual costs vs. budget, budget to completion vs. budget remaining, etc.), team’s productivity, and customer/user satisfaction rate.
Use of resources (actual vs. planned).
Acceptability of current development project risks.

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What our customers say

We have been cooperating with ScienceSoft for 5 years. ScienceSoft's team of five Java developers and one test engineer have been working hard to ensure our product - Enonic XP - exceeds our customer's expectations.

ScienceSoft's experience in agile development ensured smooth project implementation and iterative development of Enonic XP. As a result, Enonic XP has evolved into an easy-to-use and scalable platform, which is crucial for our success.

Morten Øien Eriksen, CEO at Enonic, a provider of an innovative CMS platform

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ScienceSoft’s team developed a cancer detection app with business logic written in the Java programming language. Software takes necessary patient data (e.g., age, name) from a remote laboratory, transforms it from an HL7 message into R script input arguments, interprets cytometry-based diagnosis provided by the R script, and sends the diagnosis as an HL7 message to the laboratory.

In addition to the solid technical expertise shown by ScienceSoft, its developers demonstrated a profound understanding of laboratory software specifics and integrations. I am particularly impressed by the cooperative nature of ScienceSoft’s team. Our project required coordination with multiple companies and individuals. ScienceSoft worked well with everyone.

Maria Zannes, President & CEO at bioAffinity Technologies

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HOW WE DEVELOP JAVA APPLICATIONS

For enterprises

Discovery (if you don’t have a requirements specification yet)

Duration: 1 – 3 months.

Exploring your specific business needs and pursued goals, documenting key processes to cover with future software, considering relevant regulatory constraints.
Gathering and processing opinions, expectations, and concerns of all stakeholders.
Structuring and prioritizing the requirements for future software based on business value.
Analyzing risks of introducing a new software system to the existing IT infrastructure.

Project planning

Duration: ~ 2 weeks.

Providing time and budget estimations for a development project.
Conducting cost-benefit analysis, estimating NVP, ROI.
Drawing up a project roadmap.
Preparing a project risk management strategy.

Architecture, UX and UI design

Duration: 2 weeks – 3 months.

Defining app architecture, data flows, and integration points.
(optionally) Defining parts of your existing software that can be re-used.
Conducting UX research, designing wireframes, prototypes, and interface mockups.

MVP launch (upon request)

Duration: 1 month (for the first working version of enterprise software of medium complexity).

Designing, developing and testing the MVP.
Assessing user feedback.

Development, testing, deployment

Duration: 2 weeks – 6 months for each release.

Building new software parts.
Testing software parts to verify their proper functioning, performance, and security.
Employing reasonable test automation to decrease testing time and costs.
Ensuring safe continuous releases via automated CI/CD pipelines.

Final setup

Providing users access to software.

Note: (for large, complex, innovative software) A trial implementation can be conducted for a limited number of users and with extended technical support. The trial stage usually takes up to 1-3 months.

Performing knowledge transfer about all aspects of developed software to your internal team/outsourced support team (if any).
(if needed) Providing user training.

After-release support

Duration: 1 – 3 months.

Answering after-release questions, resolving user issues (if any).
Managing incidents, configuration changes and updates.

App maintenance and evolution (on demand)

Upon agreement, we take care of the performance, stability and evolution of your application after the warranty support is over.

For software companies and startups

Planning / project concept and definition

Duration: from 3 weeks.

Conducting copetitors’ analysis (competitors’ product features, pricing & monetization models, customer feedback analysis, customer acquisition strategy analysis, product efficiencies and drawbacks).
Defining barriers to enter the market (including regulatory hindrances).

Duration: from 2 weeks.

Preparing the list of features and integrations.
Preparing the project roadmap with major milestones.
Defining the customer acquisition/conversion/retention strategy.
Defining the monetization model.

Business case composition

Duration: from 1 week.

Conducting cost-benefit analysis, estimating NVP, ROI.

Architecture, UX and UI design

Duration: from 2 weeks to 3 months.

Defining app architecture, data flow and integration points.
Conducting UX research, designs wireframes, prototypes, and interface mockups.

Note: ScienceSoft recommends investing in the unique UI design only if it is a competitive product advantage. Otherwise, use simple design themes and focus on software functionality.

MVP development (upon request)

Duration: ~ 2 months.

Designing, developing and testing the MVP.
Assessing user feedback.

Development and testing

Duration: 2-3-week releases.

Building new software parts.
Testing software parts to verify their proper functioning, performance, and security.
Employing a reasonable level of test automation to decrease testing time and costs.
Ensuring safe continuous releases via automated CI/CD pipelines.
Continuous safe minor releases via automated CI/CD pipelines.

Note: Small, well-defined projects can also be delivered in a linear mode with one release.

Final setup

Providing users access to software.

Performing knowledge transfer about all aspects of the developed application to your internal team/outsourced support team (if any).

After-release support

Duration: 1 – 3 months.

Answering your after-release questions, resolving user issues (if any).
Managing incidents, configuration changes and updates.

Application maintenance and evolution (on demand)

Upon agreement, we take care of the performance, stability and evolution of your application after the warranty support is over.

How we start and organize cooperation

We get your request with the skill set and FTE required.
We send you CVs and rates of fitting Java developers.
We schedule your interviews with potential hires.
(optionally) Our Java developers execute your test task.
We negotiate SLA and (on demand) suggest productivity KPIs.
We sign the contract.
You organize the knowledge transfer to outsourced Java developers and provide them access to the project infrastructure.
We negotiate the communication plan between your team and outsourced resources.
We schedule weekly and/or monthly performance evaluation reports.

We get your RFP.
We prepare and send our proposal with estimates of a technical solution, our approaches to development, etc.
We negotiate SLAs and suggest project and software KPIs on demand.
We sign the contract.
We set up the development process, implement CI/CD implementation (if needed), and integrate with processes of other vendors (if needed).
You transfer the responsibility for a project/project part, and we start the work.
We regularly present relevant project status information to each stakeholder.

HOW WE MEASURE AND IMPROVE JAVA CODE QUALITY

Code rules and guidelines

Following the Java style guide.
Creating descriptive names for code variables.
Leaving comments on what particular code functions do.
Documenting what code (as a whole) does and what are its dependencies in a final README doc.
Splitting code into short and focused units.
Including unit tests.
Keeping code portable.
Using version control.

Code review practices

Ad hoc review.
Pass-around.
Walkthrough.
Pull request.
Inspection.

Code quality metrics

Maintainability index (MI).
Cyclomatic Complexity (CC).
Depth of Inheritance.
Class Coupling.
Lines of Code.
Halstead Volume.

SAMPLE ARCHITECTURE OF THE JAVA SOLUTIONS WE DELIVER

Opt for Risk-Free, Expert Java Development

Our Java skills are backed up by practical knowledge in 30 industries (manufacturing, healthcare, ecommerce, banking, and telecommunications, and more) and advanced tech (e.g., AI/ML, AR/VR, blockchain) to address a wide set of needs related to Java development:

Java code review and maintenance.
New Java app planning (conducted by industry-specific business analysts), Java framework selection, Java app architecture design.
Custom Java development and Java product development.
Maintenance, support, and evolution of Java applications.
Legacy application migration to new Java versions, refactoring, re-architecting.

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Hard and Soft Skills ScienceSoft Excels At

Java frameworks and extensions

Frameworks

Persistence frameworks

Servers

Platforms

Clouds

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Databases / data storages

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SQL

NoSQL

Cloud databases, warehouses and storage

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AWS

Azure

Google Cloud Platform

Real-time data processing

Data analytics and machine learning

IoT

Azure

AWS

QA tools

DevOps

Containerization

Automation

CI/CD tools

Monitoring

Application monitoring

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MEET OUR JAVA EXPERTS

Artem Sinitsyn

Senior Java Developer at ScienceSoft

"I’m glad Java remains one of the most popular languages, and all the major clouds provide first-class support for it in their SDKs, which greatly simplifies development and enhances our capacities.

Even serverless architecture can be easily realized in Java today. With AOT (ahead-of-time) compilation for GraalVM and numerous microframeworks, you can efficiently address a long cold start and a big distributive size."

WE HAVE A TRACK OF SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES

Healthcare Banking and Financial Services Oil and Gas Manufacturing Professional Services Marketing and Advertising Telecoms Entertainment Travel and Hospitality Retail Logistics and Transportation IT

CHOOSE YOUR SERVICE OPTION

Leverage expert Java skills

Cover the resource/skill gaps of your in-house team with Java developers managed by you directly.

REQUEST STAFF AUGMENTATION

Hire a dedicated Java team

Get a self-managed Java team managed by our Team Lead to work on a Java project or its part in collaboration with your in-house team/other vendors.

REQUEST A DEDICATED TEAM

Hand over the full Java project

Let us take care of the end-to-end Java project delivery – from project planning to programming and app support – with full responsibility for its quality and risk management.

REQUEST FULL PROJECT OUTSOURCING

PRICING OPTIONS FOR JAVA SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

Fixed price

Best for: Java project feasibility study, PoC, small Java projects with clear and stable requirements.

You pay the price established by a contract.

Time & Material, Time & Material with a cap

Best for: Advisory activities (business analysis, architecture design, project planning, etc.), agile Java app development and implementation, Java app evolution (introducing substantial changes or adding new functionality).

You receive the end-of-the-month invoice based on the hours or efforts reported per month (under the stated upper limit in case of T&M with a cap).

Per-ticket pricing

Best for: L1, L2 Java application support.

At the start of cooperation, we define the ticket cost, and you get charged based on the volume of incidents we resolve monthly.

Fixed monthly fee

Best for: L3 Java application support (in-code defect fixes, functional changes).

At the start of cooperation, we define the hourly rate for Java app support activities. After the service is delivered, you pay for a bunch of hours during which we’ve been providing support.

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Opt for Fast and Efficient Java Development

Leverage our tech excellence and deep Java skills for safe, swift and financially sound Java application development.

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