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About Dengun

Engineering capacity for complex digital systems.

Dengun is a European technology company helping organisations design, build and scale digital and AI-enabled systems.

For Data Spaces, we provide specialised engineering capacity to teams working on interoperability, connectors, identity, policies, catalogues, semantics and production deployment.

Based in Portugal · European time zones · B2B technology delivery since 2009

Capability map

Dengun
Data Spaces
Cloud
Data & AI
Product systems

Current context · Data Spaces

The short version

We build, integrate and extend technical capability.

Dengun works where strategy has to become operational. We combine senior engineering, product development and implementation capability to help organisations move complex technology initiatives from architecture to production.

In Data Spaces, that means working alongside existing technical teams rather than replacing them.

01

Build

Engineering and implementation.

02

Embed

Specialists integrated into existing teams.

03

Scale

Capacity that grows with the delivery requirement.

Why data spaces

Data Spaces sit at the intersection of capabilities we already work with.

Data Spaces combine distributed systems, APIs, cloud infrastructure, identity, governance, semantics and interoperability.

The challenge is not only understanding the architecture. It is making the architecture work across organisations, standards and production environments.

That is where specialist engineering matters.

IdentityCloudDataInteroperabilityData Spaces
Gaia-XIDSAEclipse EDCDSPODRLDCATKubernetes

Engineering capability

From architecture to working systems.

01

Connector & protocol delivery

EDC control and data planes, DSP, contract negotiation, transfer flows and production integrations.

Eclipse EDCDSPAPIs
02

Trust, identity & policy

Participant identity, verifiable credentials, onboarding, trust anchors, IAM and enforceable usage policies.

DIDVCODRLIAM
03

Catalogues & semantics

Federated discovery, data-product catalogues, shared vocabularies and semantic interoperability.

DCATJSON-LDRDFSHACL
04

Deployment & interoperability

Cloud-native deployment, observability, testing and alignment across Gaia-X, IDS and sector ecosystems.

KubernetesDSSCSIMPLGaia-XIDS

How we work

Your architecture stays yours.

We do not arrive with a parallel operating model. Our engineers integrate into the technical environment that already exists:

  • +Architecture
  • +Repositories
  • +Engineering standards
  • +Ceremonies
  • +Backlog
  • +Tooling
  • +Governance

Your technical team retains ownership. Dengun adds the missing depth and capacity.

Embedded delivery

Client engineering environment

ArchitectureRepositoriesBacklogStandardsGovernance
Dengun engineers
EDC
IAM
APIs
Cloud
Semantics

Integration inside the existing environment, not delivery at a distance.

Capacity model

Capacity should follow the problem.

Specialist

One senior engineer for a specific technical gap.

Delivery pod

A coordinated unit for a work package or integration stream.

Activation sprint

A short engagement focused on one real blocker.

Recurring capacity

Expand only when technical and operational fit is proven.

Activation sprintSpecialist / Delivery podRecurring capacity

Evidence-led

We prefer evidence to adjectives.

Every technical introduction should make it clear why a capability is relevant to the actual project.

  • 01

    Stack & standards mapping

    How the specialist's experience maps to the client environment.

  • 02

    Responsibilities delivered

    What the engineer has actually worked on.

  • 03

    Project context

    Relevant sector, consortium or implementation context.

  • 04

    Availability & engagement model

    Realistic start date and capacity.

  • 05

    References

    Where disclosure is permitted.

No CV dump.

We start with the project, technical stack and milestone. Then we introduce the relevant capability.

Dengun at a glance

A technology company built to execute.

Since 2009

Technology company based in Portugal.

European delivery

EU time zones · B2B engagements.

Engineering-led

Product · Cloud · Data · AI · Integration.

Built to execute

Strategy connected to implementation.

Beyond data spaces

Part of a broader engineering system.

Data Spaces Engineering is one part of Dengun's broader technology capability.

Cloud engineering

Infrastructure, platforms and cloud-native systems.

Data & AI engineering

Data infrastructure, automation and applied AI.

Product engineering

Digital products, applications and systems.

AI systems

Operational AI systems and integrations.

European delivery

European by default.

Dengun is headquartered in Faro, Portugal, and works with organisations and technical teams across European time zones.

  • +European B2B contracting
  • +EU time-zone collaboration
  • +Remote-first engineering
  • +English-language delivery
  • +On-site collaboration when required

Delivery network

FARO, PT
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Start with the blocker

Have a Data Space milestone at risk?

Tell us what you are building, what is blocked and when you need additional engineering capacity.

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