Software Consulting · Chicago, Illinois
Software that ships.
Systems that hold.
Wells Software Consulting builds web and mobile applications, embedded firmware, and AI and agentic systems — then keeps the infrastructure underneath them running. One senior team, from the board to the browser.
- Web & mobile
- AI & agents
- Embedded
- Cloud & IT
What we do
Ten practice areas, one accountable team
Most problems worth solving cross a boundary — an app that needs firmware, a model that needs infrastructure. We cover the whole span so nothing falls between vendors.
Web Application Development
Fast, accessible, maintainable web applications — from a focused internal tool to a customer-facing platform carrying real load.
Learn moreMobile App Development
Native and cross-platform apps taken all the way through App Store and Google Play review — including the parts most teams underestimate.
Learn moreAI Consulting
Straight answers about where AI earns its keep in your business — and engineering to put it into production once it does.
Learn moreAgentic Workflows
Multi-step automation that reads your systems, makes a call, and takes action — with approvals, audit trails, and a stop button.
Learn moreEmbedded Software Engineering
Firmware and device software for constrained hardware — bring-up through field deployment, with updates that cannot brick a unit.
Learn moreIT Consulting
Technical judgment when the decision is expensive: cloud architecture, build-versus-buy, vendor selection, security posture.
Learn moreIT Services
The ongoing work that keeps everything running: infrastructure, identity, backups, monitoring, and support with a real response time.
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Router Backups
RouterBackups.com
Customer-hosted network configuration backups, change alerts, and verified restore. History and device access stay in infrastructure you control.
Learn moreDatabase Recovery Services
DatabaseRecoveryServices.com
Emergency recovery for databases that are down, deleted, or corrupted. A senior engineer works the problem with you, remotely, anywhere in the U.S.
Learn moreApplication Support Services
ApplicationSupportServices.com
Senior engineers who keep your business application running after launch: maintenance, production support, and after-hours coverage on a monthly retainer.
Learn moreNot sure where it fits?
Describe the problem in plain language. We will tell you what it actually takes — and if it is not us, who it should be.
Talk it throughHow we work
No surprises, by design
Engagements run the same way every time. You always know what is being built this week, what it costs, and what happens when it is done.
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Scope
A short paid discovery: your constraints, your data, your deadline. You leave with a written plan and a fixed range — whether or not you hire us.
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Build
Two-week increments against a shared board. Working software at the end of each one, deployed where you can click it.
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Harden
Tests, monitoring, runbooks, and a security pass before launch — not after the first incident.
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Hand over
Documentation, a walkthrough with your team, and optional ongoing support. You own the code either way.
Why Wells
Consulting without the consulting tax
You are hiring engineering judgment, not a slide deck and a staffing plan. Here is what that means in practice.
More about how we operate-
Senior engineers only
The person who scopes your project writes the code. No handoff to a junior bench after signing.
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You own everything
Source, infrastructure, credentials, and documentation transfer to you. No proprietary lock-in, no hostage code.
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Fixed scope, honest range
You get a written estimate with the assumptions spelled out. When something changes, you hear it that week.
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Full stack, one vendor
Firmware, cloud, app, and the IT underneath it — coordinated by one team instead of three that blame each other.
Tools we reach for — chosen per project, never by default
- TypeScript
- React
- Svelte
- Node.js
- Python
- Go
- Rust
- Swift
- Kotlin
- PostgreSQL
- GCP
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Zephyr
- FreeRTOS
- Claude
- MCP
Tell us what you are building
A short conversation is usually enough to tell whether we are a fit. If we are not, we will say so and point you somewhere better.