European companies come to DavinLabs when they need to ship faster than local hiring allows, without loosening their compliance posture. We are a Colombo-based engineering firm that builds to GDPR from the first line of code, deploys into EU regions, and shares a full working morning with CET.
Lawful basis, data minimisation, retention schedules, subject-access and erasure flows, and records of processing are designed into the system from the start. Retrofitting these after launch is where most of the cost and most of the risk lives.
We deploy into eu-west-1 (Ireland), eu-central-1 (Frankfurt), or eu-west-2 (London) as your obligations require, so personal data stays within the EEA or the UK.
European senior engineering salaries plus employer contributions make each additional hire a serious commitment. Our engagements let you add delivery capacity without adding permanent headcount or a hiring cycle.
Standups, reviews, and architecture calls all happen inside your working morning. Work handed over at the end of your day is progressed overnight and waiting when you return.
Colombo is UTC+5:30 — 4.5 hours ahead of CET and 5.5 ahead of GMT. Our afternoon is your morning, which gives European teams a genuine shared working block every day rather than a token hour at the edges.
| Your time | Colombo | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM CET | 1:30 PM | Your day starts — full overlap begins |
| 12:30 PM CET | 5:00 PM | Our day ends, handover complete |
| 5:30 PM CET | 10:00 PM | Your day ends |
| Next 8:00 AM CET | 12:30 PM | Overnight work waiting for you |
We act as a data processor under Article 28 and will sign a Data Processing Agreement covering processing scope, sub-processors, security measures, breach notification timelines, and deletion on termination.
Sri Lanka is not covered by an EU adequacy decision, so any transfer of personal data outside the EEA is governed by the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses plus a documented transfer impact assessment. In most engagements we avoid the question entirely by keeping personal data inside EU infrastructure and giving our engineers scoped, audited access instead.
We build to WCAG 2.2 AA, which is what the European Accessibility Act expects of consumer-facing digital products. Accessibility is part of the definition of done, not a remediation project afterwards.
Yes. We act as a data processor under Article 28 and sign a Data Processing Agreement covering processing scope, sub-processors, security measures, breach notification, and deletion on termination. Because Sri Lanka has no EU adequacy decision, any personal data leaving the EEA is covered by Standard Contractual Clauses and a transfer impact assessment. In practice most engagements keep personal data inside EU infrastructure, with our engineers working through scoped, audited access rather than copies.
Yes, and this is the arrangement we recommend. We deploy to AWS eu-west-1 in Ireland, eu-central-1 in Frankfurt, or eu-west-2 in London, with equivalent regions available on Azure and Google Cloud. Personal data stays in the region, and access is granted through least-privilege audited accounts.
Our engineers work 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Colombo time, which is 4:30 AM to 1:30 PM CET. That covers your entire working morning. Standups, reviews, and architecture discussions happen live inside your business hours, and work you hand over in your afternoon is progressed before your next morning.
Both. We quote and invoice in EUR for eurozone clients and GBP for UK clients, so there is no conversion cost or exchange-rate movement between quote and invoice.
You do, unconditionally. IP assignment is written into every statement of work, and code lives in repositories you own from the first commit. There is no lock-in and no handover fee if you later bring the work in-house.
Tell us what you are building. We will come back with a scope, a timeline, and a fixed quote in EUR — usually within one business day.
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