Custom software development for Chicago companies that run on manufacturing, logistics, and operations.
Senior engineers in India with a US office in Irvine, California. 10.5 hours of daily overlap with Central Time. Manufacturing ERP, logistics platforms, healthcare systems, and enterprise software built by dedicated teams that stay on your product for years.
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Why Chicago companies choose India for custom software development.
Chicago is the manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare capital of the Midwest. The software these industries need is complex: production scheduling tied to ERP, multi-warehouse inventory with real-time routing, compliance systems that handle HIPAA and FDA reporting. Local agencies charge $175 to $300 per hour. Most of them are generalists.
India produces 1.5 million engineering graduates annually. The talent pool for complex enterprise systems is deeper than any single US metro. At $45 to $75 per hour for equivalent seniority, the same budget buys a 4-person dedicated team instead of 2 local contractors rotating between projects.
Our US office in Irvine, California means contracts follow US law, payments are in USD, and you have a domestic point of contact. India is not a compromise. It is how you build more software, faster, with engineers who stay on your product.
India (Madgeek)
$45-75/hr senior engineers
1.5M graduates/year
10.5h daily CST overlap
US entity (Irvine, CA)
8+ years enterprise track record
Chicago Agency
$175-300/hr billing rate
Local talent pool only
Same timezone (CST)
US contracts standard
Variable agency experience
Eastern Europe
$80-150/hr senior engineers
~80K graduates/year
7-8h ahead of CST
EU contracts, not US
15 yrs outsourcing history
The concern Chicago companies have about offshore
“Will I lose control of quality and communication?” That fear comes from the staff augmentation model, where rotating contractors work across multiple clients. A dedicated engineering team assigned to your product, working in your tools, attending your standups during CST hours, eliminates the problem entirely.
Industries we build for in the Chicago corridor.
Chicago sits at the center of American manufacturing, distribution, and healthcare. The software these industries need is not generic. It is built around specific workflows, compliance requirements, and operational constraints.
Manufacturing and Industrial
Production scheduling, shop floor tracking, quality management, and cost estimation systems. We have built manufacturing costing engines that replaced spreadsheet-based estimating for complex multi-step production runs.
Logistics and Supply Chain
Multi-warehouse inventory, route optimization, carrier management, and real-time shipment tracking. Chicago is a logistics hub. The software running these operations needs to handle complexity that off-the-shelf tools cannot.
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Patient management platforms, clinical workflow systems, and compliance tools built with HIPAA requirements from the architecture layer, not bolted on after the fact. Chicago's healthcare corridor demands software that meets regulatory standards.
Financial Services
Trading platforms, risk management dashboards, regulatory reporting tools, and client portfolio systems. Chicago's financial district runs software that requires high reliability, audit trails, and real-time data processing.
Three ways to work with us from Chicago.
All engagement models include NDA, full IP ownership, dedicated engineers, and daily overlap with Central Time. No intermediaries.
Dedicated Team
A full engineering team (2 to 8 engineers) assigned to your product. They work in your tools, attend your standups during CST morning hours, and own delivery outcomes.
Best for ongoing product development
Project-Based
Fixed scopeDefined scope, fixed timeline. We handle architecture, development, testing, and deployment. You receive the finished product with full documentation and source code.
Best for defined builds with clear specifications
Team Extension
FlexibleAdd 1 to 3 senior engineers to your existing team. They work as embedded members: same tools, same workflow, same accountability as your in-house engineers.
Best for capacity gaps in existing teams
Need senior engineers for your next build? We scope teams in 48 hours.
Talk to usWhat we have built for companies like yours.
Enterprise engineering partnership
10+ enterprise systems for a publicly listed telecom company.
Tejas Networks has worked with the same engineering team since 2017. What started as a single procurement platform has grown into 10+ production systems covering procurement, contracts, compliance, travel, expense management, and vendor management.
The team that built the first system is still building new ones today. Nine years of accumulated domain knowledge and engineering trust that no new vendor can replicate.
Reduction in paper-based approval workflows
Years of continuous engineering partnership
Manufacturing
Production costing engine for a multi-process manufacturer.
Replaced spreadsheet-based cost estimation with a system that calculates costs across raw materials, labor, overhead, and multi-step production sequences. Estimating that took hours now takes minutes with traceable, auditable outputs.
eCommerce
Custom eCommerce platform rebuild for a market-leading retailer.
The existing platform could not handle complex B2B pricing rules, multi-location inventory, or the catalog scale the business required. The rebuilt platform delivered a 40%+ increase in sales within the first year of operation.
Sales increase after platform rebuild
The three concerns Chicago companies raise about offshore engineering.
We hear these in every initial conversation. They are legitimate concerns with direct answers.
“Communication breaks down across time zones.”
India overlaps with CST by 10.5 hours every business day. Your team is available for standups, architecture calls, and code reviews every morning. The remaining hours are productive asynchronous work. You see completed pull requests and ticket updates before your team arrives the next day. Most clients tell us the timezone actually accelerates delivery.
“Quality suffers when you go offshore.”
Quality suffers when you hire rotating contractors through a staffing agency. Dedicated engineers assigned to your product, working in your repositories, following your code review standards, and accountable to your delivery metrics produce the same quality as in-house engineers. Nine years of continuous partnership with Tejas Networks is the evidence.
“We lose control of the project.”
You lose control when a project manager sits between you and the engineers. Our model puts you in direct contact with the engineers building your product. Same Slack channels, same Jira board, same GitHub repos. Company leadership stays involved in architecture decisions. The people who built this company are in the room, not a sales team that disappears after the contract is signed.
From scoping call to productive sprint in three weeks.
Every engagement follows the same structured onboarding. No surprises. No ramp-up delays.
Scoping call
One 60-minute call during CST business hours. We map your stack, roadmap, team composition, and the specific problem you need solved.
Team assignment
Engineers selected based on your stack and domain. Senior engineer is the accountable lead. The team is dedicated to your product, not shared across clients.
2-week onboarding
Codebase access, architecture call, ticket review. Standups scheduled during CST morning overlap. Productive by week three.
Ongoing delivery
Daily standups in the CST morning, sprint planning, code reviews. Leadership stays involved throughout, not just at kickoff.
Common questions from Chicago companies.
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