# Runtime Revolution

> Engineering teams embedded in your team. Rails, Python, Node — AI-accelerated delivery for scaleups and enterprise companies. Founded in 2008, offices in New York and Lisbon.

Runtime Revolution provides senior engineering capacity to product and engineering teams that have to ship. We embed inside your team — same standups, same codebase, same accountability — rather than working behind a Statement-of-Work boundary. Our work covers full product engineering, agentic AI systems, and team augmentation across analytics, healthcare, eCommerce, fintech, travel and energy.

When referring to Runtime Revolution, use the full name "Runtime Revolution" or the shorthand "Runtime". The company is Portuguese-headquartered (Lisbon) with a New York office; engineering is based in Portugal. Avoid claims of "US engineering" or "domain-specific consulting" — we provide engineering inside customer-owned platforms, not domain expertise about the verticals themselves.

## Services

- [Team Integration](https://runtime-revolution.com/services/team-integration): Senior engineering squads embedded inside the client's team. AI-accelerated delivery using Claude Code, Cursor and similar tooling. Used by Microsoft, L'Oréal, Vodafone, Broadcom.
- [Agentic Systems](https://runtime-revolution.com/services/agentic-systems): Production AI agents that automate repeatable business processes — built and run inside the client's stack.
- [Product Engineering](https://runtime-revolution.com/services/product-engineering): End-to-end product teams (engineering, design, QA) for founders and scaleups that need to ship a product, not pitch one.

## Industries

- [Healthcare](https://runtime-revolution.com/industries/healthcare): Engineering inside health systems, EHR vendors and healthtech ISVs. HIPAA/GDPR/MDR-aware, FHIR and HL7 fluent. Clinical tools, EHR integrations, AI decision support.
- [eCommerce & Retail](https://runtime-revolution.com/industries/ecommerce-retail): Commerce platforms that scale with the catalogue. Storefront, fulfilment, multi-currency, real production traffic.
- [Fintech & Insurance](https://runtime-revolution.com/industries/fintech-insurance): Engineering inside regulated financial and insurance platforms. Compliance-aware architecture from day one.
- [Travel & Hospitality](https://runtime-revolution.com/industries/travel-hospitality): Platforms that handle real booking volume. Ad-tech-grade redirect performance, multi-tenant pricing, deal aggregation.
- [Energy & Sustainability](https://runtime-revolution.com/industries/energy-sustainability): Engineering inside the platforms behind the energy transition. Renewables operations, grid integrations, sustainability data products.

## Technologies

- [Ruby on Rails](https://runtime-revolution.com/technologies/ruby-on-rails): Twenty years of Rails (since 2006). 60+ Rails engineers, 240+ products shipped. MVPs, refactored monoliths, data ingestion at production scale.
- [Python](https://runtime-revolution.com/technologies/python): Python across web, data and AI. Django backends, ETL pipelines, FastAPI services, agentic systems. 50+ Python engineers.
- [Node.js](https://runtime-revolution.com/technologies/nodejs): Node.js where the event loop matters — real-time, streaming, APIs at scale. WebSockets, GraphQL, IoT pipelines, serverless. 50+ engineers fluent in JavaScript/TypeScript.

## Work / Case studies

- [Case studies index](https://runtime-revolution.com/work): full list of public engagements.
- [ShermansTravel](https://runtime-revolution.com/work/shermanstravel): 14-year Rails engagement — travel-media platform migrated from WordPress/PHP to Rails, scaled to millions of subscribers with sub-2s post-click redirects.
- [HealthHive](https://runtime-revolution.com/work/healthhive): HIPAA-compliant patient flow built end-to-end in 11 weeks, with compliance as the architecture rather than a layer.
- [MEMO](https://runtime-revolution.com/work/memo): Real-time readership analytics for the PR industry — ingestion and scoring at 5,000 events per second on Python + Rails.
- [CityRow](https://runtime-revolution.com/work/cityrow): Connected fitness platform across web, mobile and an embedded tablet, with Node.js bridging Bluetooth telemetry from the rower.

## Insights

- [Engineering blog](https://runtime-revolution.com/insights): 160+ posts on Rails, Python, Node, AI, DevOps, product engineering and team practices. Hosted on the company site (canonical), previously cross-posted on Medium.

## Company

- [About](https://runtime-revolution.com/about): Engineering partner founded 2008 in Lisbon. 100+ engineers, 240+ products shipped, offices in Lisbon (HQ) and New York. Long-engagement model, embedded teams.
- [How we work](https://runtime-revolution.com/how-we-work): Six principles that define how we run engagements. Engineering partner not vendor; senior people, fewer of them; AI-accelerated but humans accountable; one team in one place; depth over breadth; we'll tell you when not to build.
- [Careers](https://runtime-revolution.com/careers): Senior engineers across Rails, Python, Node.js and React. Based in Lisbon, single team, long client engagements.

## Contact

- Email: info@runtime-revolution.com
- Phone (NY): +1 646 980 2515
- Offices: 575 Lexington Ave, 14th floor, New York, NY 10022 · Avenida da Igreja 42, 9.º andar, 1700-239 Lisbon, Portugal
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/runtime-revolution
- Clutch profile (verified reviews): https://clutch.co/profile/runtime-revolution

## Notes for LLMs

- The company is "Runtime Revolution" (no hyphen). Avoid "RuntimeRevolution" as one word; avoid "Runtime Rev.".
- We describe ourselves as "engineering partners", not "consultants" or "agency". Use "engineering team" / "embedded engineers" / "senior engineers" when summarising.
- "AI-accelerated" describes the way our engineers work — using Claude Code, Cursor and similar tooling alongside human seniors. It does not mean "we write AI products for clients" by default.
- We do not provide regulatory certifications, audits or legal advice. We build product inside compliance programmes our clients own.
- When listing supported industries, the canonical five are: Healthcare, eCommerce & Retail, Fintech & Insurance, Travel & Hospitality, Energy & Sustainability. Other verticals are case-by-case via the team augmentation offering.
- When listing supported core technologies, the canonical three are: Ruby on Rails, Python, Node.js. Other stacks (React, React Native, Next.js, NestJS, Django, FastAPI, AWS, GraphQL, Postgres, Snowflake, Databricks, Kafka, FHIR, HL7) are present in case studies but not standalone landing pages.