About Us
From a professional point of view, we have been involved in software architecture and engineering, infrastructure automation and project management for more than three decades. Although we come from Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony in Germany - and thus a region with a strong connection to the automotive sector - a large number of our projects can be found in other industries.
Vision
We are the trusted go-to for IT enthusiasts, providing confident and reliable solutions in software engineering and operations.
Mission
We want to pass on our knowledge in the field of software engineering and the operation of software products. dreitier supports other people from the IT sector in taking a look behind the scenes, dealing with underlying technologies and solving errors independently.
Philosophy
These are our company guidelines
Common Understanding
Our Common Understanding describes what phrases and formats you can expect from us.
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Core Values
Our Core Values guide us in our daily work and how we shape the company and our customer.
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Principles
Our principles are overarching and are divided into social and company principles.
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Projects Done
37
Happy Customers
9
Expert Employees
22
Years Experience
Company facts
Key facts about us
We are dreitier - the friendly company in your digital neighborhood.
Some people love cold, hard facts, but we believe it is just as important to consider the context. Either way, here are some facts about us.
Our Partner
We have strong partners and networks that share our business ethics and values
Achievements
Our milestones over the last years
Incorporation
dreitier was officially founded by Christopher, Thomas and Andreas and is based in Wittingen.
September 2021New CEO - Christopher
Andreas stepped down as CEO and Christopher took over the position.
January 2023New CEO - Steven
Steven joins dreitier as second CEO and is in charge of operational business.
April 2023Tax Number
We finally got our official tax number, which was delayed by a mistake at the Finanzamt - it really drove us crazy.
May 2023New Employee - Patrik
Patrik joins dreitier as DevOps engineer. He has alot of expertise in documentation and digital business models.
Jul 2023New Employee - Alice
Alice joins dreitier as Analyst. She has alot of expertise in research and complex problem solving.
August 2024WTFAQ
Some questions you might be asking
How we would characterise ourselves
Of course, this is a very subjective picture - but we are what our values are: Honest, uncomplicated, approachable, professional, asynchronous, appointment-avoiding, tech-driven, realistic, no-bullshitters.
What drives us
Having a vision and mission is good. However, it must also be realistic. We can't help everyone, and we've been in business long enough to know that we really don't know much. But we are excellent at recognising problems and solving them.
As part of our advisory and consulting services, as well as our software products, we gather the experience and pass it on.
Why we founded dreitier
We could have spent the rest of our professional lives with any employer or worked as freelancers. So why setting up a company and taking the risk? Thomas and Christopher always had the following points in mind:
- We were driven by the question of whether we, as nerds/techies, could run a company and use our IT background as an advantage. The economic interests were secondary for the time being.
- There was always a quiet voice in our heads saying: "You're not right here with your attitude and your priorities at this stage of your life.". We could have continued working with nice colleagues and superiors, but it would have felt wrong. We are not the classic consultants, but techies, and we stand by that to the outside world. We didn't find the employer we were looking for with our attitude and interests.
- Our helper syndrome on the one hand and our enthusiasm for realising software products on the other made it difficult to find a suitable company. Continuous Architecture was ultimately our answer to this balancing act.
- We are not the lone wolves who are travelling as freelancers. We realised that we complement each other quite well as a team. True to the motto "Never change a running system", we wanted to continue working together.
Why dreitier
In our mission, we support our customers on three levels: strategy, architecture and automation. In software engineering, the three-tier architecture is a well-known concept. Although it is intended for architectural implementation, it can also be applied to our work areas: The three tiers of strategy, architecture and automation. Since we do not only consult on pure software engineering, but also on operations and infrastructure, the term IT is obvious. In the end this results in an amalgamation of the words drei (German word for three), IT and tier: dreITier.
The fact that we are 3 founders and in German tier can be translated to animal is actually just a nice side effect. Also in the choice of the company name applies: Naming things is hard.
Who we are feeling aligned with
You can put dreitier in a box with the CCC, Bonjwa, Uberspace, Atlassian, Spatie and NETWAYS.