Small team.Serious expertise.
Applied Software Group is a boutique software consultancy based in the Chicago area. We work with businesses that need real technical depth — not a vendor who'll hand your project to a junior team after the sales call.
We're not trying to be a big agency. We're a focused group of senior-level professionals who care about building things that actually work — on time, on budget, without the overhead.
Every project is led by a senior architect with 25+ years of hands-on experience in .NET, Azure, SQL Server, and AI integration. For each engagement we assemble the right specialists from our network of vetted remote developers — exactly the skills the project needs, nothing extra.
This model keeps us lean and our clients happy. You always know who's leading your project. You always have a direct line to the person making technical decisions. And you get senior expertise at every level — not just at the top.
We've worked across healthcare, finance, digital marketing, and distribution — building cloud-native solutions, AI-powered platforms, and data-driven systems that scale.
If you need a large enterprise vendor with layers of account managers, we're probably not the right fit. If you need a sharp, reliable team that delivers — let's talk.
Senior-led, every engagement
Every project at Applied Software Group is led by a senior architect with 25+ years of hands-on experience across enterprise application development, cloud-native systems, AI integration, and data engineering. Not a project manager — someone who has built these systems themselves.
Depending on the engagement, we bring in the right specialists from our network — senior-level contributors only, each with deep expertise in their domain. You get a team sized and skilled exactly for your project, with direct access to the person making technical decisions throughout.
We don't keep a bench of generalists. For each engagement, we assemble a team of remote specialists — senior-level contributors who know their domain deeply.
.NET / backend developers
Senior API and microservices engineers with deep .NET and Azure experience
AI & integration specialists
Claude, OpenAI, agentic workflows, MCP, and LLM integration
Data & SQL engineers
SQL Server architecture, ETL pipelines, SSIS, SSRS, and data warehousing
Frontend developers
Latest Angular, TypeScript, responsive UI, data-intensive web applications
Azure / DevOps engineers
Infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, deployments, monitoring and security
Direct communication
You talk to the person doing the work. No account managers, no layers. The lead architect is on every engagement personally.
No surprises
We scope carefully, communicate early, and flag problems before they become expensive. Predictability is part of the service.
We stay current
AI, latest Angular, Azure — we work with what's current, not what we already know. Your project benefits from the latest, not the comfortable.