Software for people and companies
Unusual ideas.Properengineering.
Bring us the idea. From Waterford, Ireland, we design and build the software for people with a plan and companies with a problem, well beyond the interface.
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Our approach
Design
meets depth.
Beautiful interfaces.
Robust systems.
Intelligent products.
Design
Interfaces, flows, prototypes, design systems and the product thinking behind them.
Engineering
Custom software, APIs, backends and integrations on architecture that lasts.
Intelligence
AI features, ML-powered tools, inference systems and automation that earn their place.
From idea
to impact.
Strategy, product design, engineering, infrastructure and ongoing iteration, under one roof and in one team.
- Discover
- Design
- Build
- Launch
- Improve
Find the real problem.
We start with the people, the workflow and the constraint nobody has written down yet, then agree what success looks like before anything is designed.
Product strategy / Technical discovery / A written scope
From idea
to impact.
Strategy, product design, engineering, infrastructure and ongoing iteration, under one roof and in one team.
- Discover
Find the real problem.
We start with the people, the workflow and the constraint nobody has written down yet, then agree what success looks like before anything is designed.
Product strategy / Technical discovery / A written scope
- Design
Shape it until it is obvious.
User journeys, interface design and clickable prototypes, tested with real people and built on a design system your team can keep extending.
User flows / UI and design systems / Prototypes
- Build
Engineer every layer.
Architecture first, then the application, APIs, data and AI features, written to be read, tested and maintained by whoever comes next.
Architecture / Web apps and APIs / AI features
- Launch
Ship it properly.
QA, performance, security checks, deployment and observability, so launch day is a release and not a gamble.
QA and hardening / Deployment / Monitoring
- Improve
Keep making it better.
Retained engineering, iterative releases and technical direction as the product, the team and the ambition grow.
Retained engineering / Iteration / Technical direction
Every layer,
engineered.
Anyone can generate code or mock up an interface. Designing a product properly and engineering it for production is another job. Pick a layer to see where it sits.
We think beyond the screen
Every interface decision is made with the data model, the permissions and the failure cases in view.
We build for real use
Production software with tests, monitoring and documentation, not a demo that survives one meeting.
Design and systems in one team
The people who shape the product are the people who engineer it. Nothing is lost in a handover.
AI, taken seriously
Evaluation, guardrails and cost control come with every model we put in front of your users.
Maintainable over momentum
Code your next hire can read. Architecture that still makes sense in year three.
What we work in, beneath the screen
Data modelsAuthAPIsInfrastructureQueuesDeploymentObservabilityAI workflowsInference
Real products.
Running today.
Studio products the team designs, builds and operates itself. Client case studies follow as engagements go public.
Where we go deepest.
We are not for everything. These are the problems we know best and enjoy most.
EdTech
Learning platforms, assessment and tools for educators.
AI products
Assistants, copilots and model-powered features.
Inference and ML
Serving, routing, evaluation and fine-tuning pipelines.
Business software
Portals, dashboards and SaaS platforms.
Internal tools
The systems your team runs the business on.
Automation
Workflows that remove the repetitive work.
Data platforms
Pipelines, warehouses and the models behind them.
Analytics
Reporting people actually open and trust.
Ways to work with us.
Product design and UX
For founders and teams who need the product thought through.
Strategy, user flows, wireframes, UI design, design systems, clickable prototypes
Custom software engineering
For businesses that need real software built.
Web apps, internal tools, dashboards, portals, SaaS products, backends, APIs, integrations
AI and intelligent systems
For teams who want AI that is useful, not a gimmick.
AI features, RAG, LLM integration, orchestration, internal copilots, evaluation, guardrails
Product and platform partnerships
For longer-term work after launch.
Retained engineering, iterative shipping, technical direction, redesign and rebuild projects
Familiar, made unusual.
A pigeon is ordinary, everywhere, adaptable and clever. A square pigeon is familiar but unusual. That is the job: take strange ideas and make them practical, and take ordinary software and make it distinctive. Square Pigeons is a small, independent software studio in Waterford, Ireland, part of Leemer Group, for people with interesting problems.
Let’s build together
Got an unusual idea?
You’re the idea. We build it. Let’s make something worth using.