Entente
Independent technology group

Technology, built as a whole.

Products, platforms, infrastructure, security, and operations under one roof.

We build products and platforms, modernise systems, and provide fractional CTO leadership. Our work connects software, infrastructure, security, and operations, from the first architectural decisions through production and handover.

25 yearsBuilding and operating production technology
80+Largest technology organisation led
$5.5MLargest annual IT budget owned
7Jurisdictions in one technology remit
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Complete technical ownership

For products that cross boundaries, the seams are often where the trouble starts.

Products and enterprise platforms

Product strategy through production delivery: web, mobile, desktop, APIs, services, payments, and the integration work between them.

Security and privacy engineering

Threat modelling, trust boundaries, identity and access, key custody, end-to-end encryption, application security, and controls for regulated systems.

Cloud, Linux, and platform engineering

GCP, AWS, Azure, bare metal, containers, networking, high availability, CI/CD, observability, disaster recovery, and production operations.

Modernisation and resilience

Understand recurring failures, reduce accidental complexity, strengthen continuity, and carry the work through deployment and handover.

Data and transaction systems

High-concurrency OLTP, reporting separation, database design, migrations, integrations, and the operational discipline required around money and sensitive records.

Technology leadership and operations

Technology strategy, delivery ownership, team and vendor leadership, operating models, AI governance, and executive decision support.

Current working stack: Rust, Dart and Flutter, Python, TypeScript, PHP, and SQL across backend, web, mobile, desktop, and WebAssembly. Deep Linux and database work, with C, C++, Java, and Perl available where established systems require them.

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Products as proof

Haven and Détente exercise the same disciplines Entente brings to client systems.

Encrypted communications

Haven

OpenPGP-encrypted email and MLS group messaging in one account, with user-held keys, an encrypted vault, and aliases. Ordinary email remains compatible with the wider mail network.

The work spans cryptography, cross-platform clients, mail services, storage, and production operations.

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Secure agent operations

Détente

A cross-vendor console for coordinating AI agents through encrypted rooms, signed operator decisions, and tasks with named owners. In active development and used by Entente's own fleet.

The work combines Rust systems engineering, cryptographic identity, durable state, and distributed coordination.

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How the work runs

01

Frame the system

Clarify the business constraint, map the architecture and risks, and define the smallest credible path to an operational result.

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Build through evidence

Work close to the code, test the important boundaries, and make progress visible through running software and concrete decisions.

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Leave it operable

Deliver documentation, observability, recovery paths, and clear ownership so the system can be maintained after the engagement.

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Operating depth

Experience across the complete technology estate.

Entente brings 25 years across software engineering, infrastructure, operations, security, and technology leadership. That work includes high-concurrency transaction systems, datacentre programmes, international platform migrations, regulated environments, and two generations of encrypted communications technology.

The practice connects product decisions, security constraints, operating realities, and executive priorities. Clients get one accountable technology group across the system, with specialist depth brought to the parts that need it.

  • 25Years across engineering, operations, architecture, and technology leadership
  • 80+People in the largest technology organisation led
  • 4Application surfaces delivered: backend, web, mobile, and desktop
  • 2Current product programmes joining security research with production delivery
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Standards and source

Important security claims should be open to technical inspection.

  • IETF MLS and MIMI participationContributing to the working groups for secure group messaging and cross-provider interoperability. MIMI WG.standards
  • Public cryptographic coreThe cryptography behind Haven is available for independent technical review.source
  • Public interoperability codeMLS and MIMI implementation work is available for others to inspect and build on.interop
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Engagements

Senior technical ownership for a difficult build, a system in trouble, or a team at an inflection point.

Send a short note with the organisation, the current technology environment, and the outcome you need. Entente structures each engagement around clear ownership and access to the people doing the work.

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Who leads the work

Jason Bolduc, Principal, leads the technical work on engagements. Background and public work.

Available for select remote and international engagements.