Friends of The Web

Friends of The Web is a software design and development company based in Baltimore, Maryland. We’ve been in business for over four years, during which time we’ve had the pleasure of working with clients of all sizes, as well as designing, building, and releasing our own software products. We build for the web in Ruby and Rails and for iOS in Objective C and Swift.

Our clientele is intentionally diverse, from technology companies to educational and cultural institutions. We believe experience and knowledge is transferrable, and lessons learned from one project are applicable to other projects in different fields. As a result, our clients hire us as problem solvers, not implementors of established solutions.

In our process, design and engineering are valued equally as essential elements of making great software. Our designers understand technical limitations and often write code of their own, and our developers have an appreciation and respect for excellent design and user experience. We design and build simultaneously, and strive to set expectations with our clients that allow us to spend the amount of time required to do something properly.

Our office is a collaborative and open environment. Team members are encouraged to provide feedback on all projects, even ones they’re not directly working on. Good communication skills and a positive attitude towards constructive criticism are highly valued.

Our work is made better with contributions from people with different experiences, skills, and backgrounds. We’re dedicated to building a diverse team and believe this requires special attention in the tech industry, which is too often narrow-minded and non-inclusive.