Short answer
Algeria sits in Central European Time, so a European client shares a full working day and a US East Coast client shares the afternoon. We work in English and French. Contracts can be governed by your law and your jurisdiction, IP transfers to you on completion, and payment is by international bank transfer in EUR or USD. The real question is not the country, it is whether the engagement is run so that you can see progress on working software.
If you are outside Algeria, you are probably weighing us against a local firm and against the usual offshore destinations. So rather than selling, here are the answers to what clients actually ask, including the parts that are inconvenient for us.
Time and language
Algeria is UTC+1 all year, with no daylight saving. A full working day overlaps with Europe, and the afternoon overlaps with the US East Coast.
Working languages: English and French, both to a professional standard, in writing and in meetings.
Overnight handoff. You are not sending work into a timezone where it is answered while you sleep and questions wait a day.
The no-daylight-saving detail matters more than it sounds. Twice a year, when European clocks move and ours do not, the overlap shifts by an hour. We flag it rather than letting a standing meeting drift.
Contracts, IP and payment
- Governing law. Our standard terms are Algerian, and for international work we are comfortable contracting under your jurisdiction instead. This is normal and not a negotiation.
- Intellectual property. Code, prompts, artefacts and data transfer to you on completion and payment. This is our default for every client, not a concession for foreign ones.
- Confidentiality. An NDA before anything sensitive is shared, signed at your initiative or ours.
- Payment. International bank transfer, invoiced in EUR or USD. Milestone-based for larger engagements, so neither side carries the whole exposure.
- Company. SOUKELY EURL is a registered Algerian company with a commercial register number and a tax identification number, both published on our about page and verifiable.
Data handling
If you are a European client, GDPR is your obligation and it follows your data wherever it is processed. We work within that rather than around it:
- We tell you which providers process what, and where, before work starts.
- Where personal data is involved, we design to minimise what leaves your systems at all, because the cheapest way to handle personal data is not to move it.
- Where a processing agreement is required, we sign one.
- If your situation requires processing to stay inside a specific jurisdiction, say so at scoping. It is usually achievable and it changes the architecture, so it is not something to raise late.
We are not going to pretend to be a compliance advisor. What we will do is be precise about where data goes, so your own advisors can make the call.
If you are outside Algeria and weighing this up, send the problem and any constraints on where data may be processed. We will tell you if it is not a good fit.
Tell us what you are trying to fixHow the engagement is actually run
Distance is not what makes remote work fail. Vagueness is. So the structure is deliberately boring:
- Written scope before work starts. What is being built, what working means, and what is explicitly out of scope.
- One named person on each side. Not a rotating account manager.
- Review on working software. You look at something running rather than reading a status report about something that will run.
- Everything important in writing. Decisions taken in a call get summarised in text the same day, in English or French as you prefer.
- Documented handover. Written for a developer who has never spoken to us, because at some point someone will have to maintain it without us.
If you can only tell how a remote project is going by asking, the project is already in trouble. You should be able to see it.
What you get that a local firm may not offer
Two honest things, and neither is "cheaper", though we are.
Multilingual engineering as a default. We build bilingual and right-to-left interfaces routinely because our home market requires it. If your product touches Arabic, French or mixed-script content, that is ordinary work here rather than a specialist add-on.
A product you can inspect. Kateb is live, in professional use, and built to a standard where a wrong citation is a liability event. You can open it and judge the engineering yourself, which is more than most agency portfolios allow.
Where we are not the right choice
- You need people physically on site regularly.
- Your procurement rules require a supplier inside a specific bloc, in which case it is a procedural no rather than a technical one.
- You want a team of twenty next month. We are small and we would rather say so.
- You need round-the-clock support coverage.
Saying this costs us nothing worth keeping. An engagement that was never a fit is more expensive for both sides than a conversation that ends early.
Frequently asked questions
What timezone is Algeria in for remote work?
Algeria is UTC+1 all year with no daylight saving, which is Central European Time in winter. A European client shares a full working day and a US East Coast client shares the afternoon. There is no overnight handoff, so questions are answered the same day.
What languages do you work in?
English and French to a professional standard, in writing and in meetings, plus Arabic for product work. Written summaries of decisions are provided in whichever of English or French you prefer.
Who owns the intellectual property?
The client. Code, prompts, artefacts and data transfer on completion and payment, and documentation is a deliverable. This is the default for every client rather than a concession for international ones.
Can we contract under our own law rather than Algerian law?
Yes. Our standard terms are Algerian, and for international engagements we are comfortable contracting under the client's jurisdiction. We also sign NDAs and, where personal data is involved, processing agreements.
How does GDPR work if the development team is in Algeria?
GDPR obligations follow your data regardless of where processing happens, so we are precise about which providers process what and where, design to minimise what leaves your systems, and sign a processing agreement where one is required. If processing must stay in a specific jurisdiction, that has to be raised at scoping because it changes the architecture.
How do you get paid from outside Algeria?
International bank transfer, invoiced in EUR or USD, milestone-based for larger engagements so neither side carries the whole exposure. SOUKELY EURL is a registered Algerian company with published commercial register and tax identification numbers.
