We Build It, We Break It, We Keep It Running
Privum is a software engineering company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Porto, Portugal. We build web applications and platforms, test them the way an attacker would, and run them in production for companies across Europe — development, penetration testing and 24/7 operations from one team.
What Drives Us
Mission & vision.
The reason we get up in the morning — and the future we want to help build.
Mission
Be the partner enterprises trust with their critical infrastructure.
We build the software organizations run on, attack it before anyone else does, and keep it running — resilient, observable and cost-efficient — so they can focus on their core business while we handle the engineering complexity.
Vision
Production-grade cloud should be the standard, not a privilege.
A world where every company — regardless of size — has access to AI-powered operations, security-first engineering, and platforms that scale. Great technology should not be reserved for Big Tech.
What We Stand For
Our values.
Four principles that hold whether we're scoping a project, hiring an engineer, or running an incident.
Engineering Excellence
We hire senior engineers, invest in certifications, and hold ourselves to production-grade standards. No shortcuts, no "it works on my machine" — code that ships is code that is tested, reviewed, and monitored.
Transparency & Trust
We share timesheets, explain trade-offs honestly, and tell you when something is not our strength. Long-term partnerships are built on trust, not on hiding problems behind jargon.
Security by Default
Every solution we build includes security from day one — not as an afterthought. From container scanning to zero-trust networking, we bake protection into the architecture.
Continuous Improvement
We run retrospectives on every engagement, track metrics that matter (MTTR, deployment frequency, cost per namespace), and apply lessons learned to the next project.
Where We Are
Headquartered in Porto.
One of Europe's fastest-growing tech hubs — a thriving engineering community, excellent universities, and a cost structure that lets us offer competitive rates without compromising on talent quality.
GDPR-Compliant
European data protection
WET Timezone
EU & US East overlap
Bilingual Team
English, Portuguese & Spanish
Remote-First
Distributed culture
Active in
Trusted Across Industries
Built for teams that mean business.
From telecoms with 40M+ subscribers to insurance providers operating across borders — we build, secure and run systems that hold up under pressure.
Banking · Telecom · Insurance · Retail · Finance · Healthcare · Public Sector
Our Journey
15 years, one mission.
From a small web studio in Brazil to one team that builds, secures and runs software for companies across Europe.
2011 — 2013 Founding Years
A Brazilian web studio — the seed of a company that builds, secures and runs software.
- 2011Founded in Brazil as a web studio — custom apps and engineering culture from day one.
- 2013Cloud & infrastructure practice launched — AWS and on-prem data centers.
Certifications & Expertise
Let's Build Together
Your next deploy starts
with a conversation.
Tell us what you need built, tested or kept running — web apps, pentests, Kubernetes or 24/7 ops. Free 30-min scoping call, no pitch deck.
< 24h reply
From the eng team
NDA-friendly
Sign before details
PT · EN · ES
Talk in your language
Porto · São Paulo
WET / BRT timezone
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