[ about cyfox ]
Outsourcing, run like an engineering discipline.
Cyfox is a software development outsourcing company headquartered in Chicago, IL, serving companies across the United States and Canada. We exist because the standard outsourcing experience — opaque teams, invisible progress, hostage code — is a solved problem that most vendors choose not to solve.
[ 01 / operating principles ]
The four rules every engagement runs on.
01
Outcomes are the unit of work
We sell shipped software, not occupied seats. Every engagement is structured around demos, milestones, and metrics a non-engineer can verify.
02
No lock-in, by design
Client-owned repos, documented systems, month-to-month terms after the initial period. Every engagement is built so you could walk away at any time — and that freedom is exactly why clients stay.
03
Honest recommendations
Sometimes the answer is no-code instead of custom. Sometimes it is "hire in-house for this part." A partner who only ever recommends more of their own service is a salesperson.
04
Seniority is non-negotiable
The blended-rate game — sell seniors, staff juniors — is the industry's oldest trick. You interview every engineer we propose, and named individuals go in the SOW.
[ 02 / leadership ]
Founder-led, deliberately.
Sunny Patel
CEO & Founder
Sunny founded Cyfox on a simple observation: US and Canadian companies do not distrust outsourcing because the engineering is bad — they distrust it because the incentives are. Vendors win when hours are billed; clients win when software ships. Cyfox is built to collapse that gap with contracts and process: weekly demos, client-owned everything, replacement guarantees, and pricing that rewards finishing.
He is directly accountable for every client relationship — escalation goes to the CEO, not to a portal.
[ 03 / the footprint ]
Where and how we operate.
- Chicago
- headquarters
- US + CA
- markets served
- 4h+
- guaranteed overlap
- NDA-first
- every engagement
Delivery teams are globally distributed and work in guaranteed overlap windows with your timezone. Security and data handling follow documented, least-privilege processes, with GDPR- and HIPAA-aware controls where engagements touch regulated data. NDAs come before technical conversations, always.
[ next step ]
Talk to the team.
NDA first. A scoped estimate inside one week. No pressure after.