About zendev

Started in 2016 with 3 people.

Today, we run tech teams for some of Scandinavia's biggest brands.

100+ people. Gothenburg, Mostar, Sarajevo.

Same stubbornness. Bigger team.

The 30-second version

If you don’t have time to read the whole thing

We’re a nearshore software company. We build products for enterprises and use what we learn to build our own. That means you get a team that’s been on both sides of the table.

Who we are

100+ engineers, designers, and marketers across Gothenburg, Mostar, and Sarajevo.

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What we do

Software development for enterprises. Staff augmentation, dedicated teams, full projects.

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How we work

Nearshore, same time zone as your team, senior engineers by default, and you own everything we build.

zendev founders

But actually,

It started with basketball

Nikola and Senad (our co-founders) met in Gothenburg twenty years ago. Two engineers from the Balkans studying at Chalmers, bonding over basketball and an unhealthy interest in how software gets built.

They both spent time around Silicon Valley. They saw how the best tech companies operated, learned the standards, the pace, the culture. They also saw something nobody was talking about: the engineering talent back home in Bosnia and Herzegovina was just as good. Nobody had built the bridge properly yet.

Mostar has one of the most famous bridges in the world. Senad and Nikola figured they could manage another one.

zendev team

We grew up

Ten years later

In 2016, Senad went back to Mostar and started hiring. Three people in a small office. Nikola stayed in Gothenburg, working the Swedish market, making sure the cultural connection between the two sides was real.

They didn’t want a body shop.

They wanted a company where engineers actually gave a damn about the product they were building, and where clients felt that difference.

Ten years later, that’s still the whole thing, but on a bigger scale.

We’re 100+ across three cities, ISO certified, and building tech teams for brands that ship to millions of people.

In their own words

The founders, unscripted

Between them, they’ve shipped products to tens of thousands of users and built tech teams for some of Scandinavia’s biggest brands. This is how they talk about it when nobody’s writing a press release.

LinkedIn profile

Senad Šantić

Co-founder/CEO

LinkedIn profile

Nikola Mirković

Co-founder/ Co-CEO

What we stand for

Three things we actually mean

Yes, this is the values section (the one you usually scroll past). We’ll hurry.

Growth mindset

Learn from everyone. Improve constantly.

Ownership

Own it until it’s done. No handoffs, no excuses.

Enjoy the journey

Love the craft. Celebrate the wins.

IT COUNTRY PARTNER FOR B&H

Zendev <> ICA
A new dedicated tech hub in Sarajevo

We’ve partnered with ICA, one of Scandinavia’s largest brands, as IT Country Partner in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

We’re hiring 100+ engineers, designers, and specialists for a long-term collaboration supporting ICA across retail, banking, and insurance operations.

We are hiring

Latest open positions

Exploring the newest technologies and delivering quality work on diverse projects is not an easy task, but it’s one we thoroughly enjoy. 

Our products

We build for clients. We also build for ourselves.

Not everything we build is for someone else. Some of it started as a problem we had ourselves and turned into something other people also use.

Since we have your attention

This is the part where you decide

We have fika in Gothenburg and fuka in Sarajevo and Mostar. We complain it’s too hot in Mostar, too cloudy in Sarajevo, too cold in Gothenburg. We argue about which coffee is better. (It’s Bosnian). We celebrate small wins and learn from the ones that didn’t land.

And behind all of that, there’s a team of 100+ engineers, designers, and managers who take the craft seriously. ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified. GDPR compliant. Five-year client relationships on average. 94% client satisfaction. A tech hub built for ICA, one of Scandinavia’s largest brands.

When it comes to the actual work, you know, the complex systems, enterprise scale, products that have to perform, we’re kind of obsessive about getting it right.

The personality and the standards aren’t in conflict. They’re the same thing.

If you’re looking for a long-term tech partner who’ll challenge your brief, own the outcome, and still be around in five years, that’s the conversation we want to have.

Zendev co-founder Nikola Mirkovic - enterprise software development partner for CTOs and IT leaders

Nikola Mirkovic • Co-founder / Co-CEO

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