Independent Engineering Consultancy · Helsinki

Systems engineering, silicon to cloud

Datalectic solves complex technical problems across the full stack — from FPGA prototyping and processor design to real-time data pipelines and sovereign cloud infrastructure. Built on 20 years of distributed systems experience. Precise work, no fluff, global reach.

Hardware FPGA · SoC · Processor design · Linux Support
Data Kafka · Flink · Streaming · Spark · AI/ML · Platform architecture
Infrastructure Cloud · DevOps · NixOS

Engagements from a focused spike to a multi-year architecture programme.

01

FPGA & Hardware Engineering

Custom silicon architecture, FPGA prototyping, and processor bring-up for teams pushing the boundaries of compute. From single-board designs to full SoC integration.

Xilinx / Vivado LiteX Verilog VHDL OpenPOWER Linux BSP
02

Data Platform Architecture

Design and delivery of high-throughput data infrastructure for mission-critical systems — real-time event streaming, analytics pipelines, and AI-ready feature stores at scale.

Kafka Flink Spark Snowflake Data Mesh
03

Systems Architecture

End-to-end architecture for complex distributed systems — from initial design through to production. Performance engineering, technical due diligence, and hands-on delivery.

AWS / Azure / Hybrid NixOS Terraform OpenPOWER
04

Sovereign Infrastructure

Design and deployment of air-gapped, compliance-ready infrastructure for regulated environments — defence, healthcare, and critical national infrastructure. NIS2-ready by design.

NixOS Incus Air-Gap EU Data Residency NIS 2
05

Technical Due Diligence

Independent technical assessment for investors, acquirers, and boards. Architecture review, code quality, scalability risk, and team capability — delivered as a clear written verdict.

Architecture Review Scalability Security M&A Investor Readiness

Deep delivery across industries and technical domains.

Contracting

Production Kafka Infrastructure

Via Datalectic Oy · Retail / Cooperative

Ongoing platform engineering engagement with Finland's largest retailer — streaming architecture, operational tooling, and platform evolution for mission-critical cooperative infrastructure.

Kafka streaming
Confluent platform
Finland retail
Data

Enterprise Kafka Platform

At a Finnish SaaS company · Retail

Designed and built Kafka event streaming architecture from scratch — 12 production clusters across US, EU, and APAC with exactly-once semantics and multi-region replication. Snowflake analytics and Azure integration serving mission-critical retail intelligence.

60+ engineers served
3 continents
Multi-DC Kafka
ML / Infra

Billion-Event Telemetry Platform

At GIS / Mapping company

Scaled telemetry infrastructure processing over a billion events daily. Redesigned the telemetry pipeline on ARM/Graviton achieving 50% compute cost reduction. Delivered an ML platform serving six teams across four countries.

1B+ daily events
50% cost reduction
ARM migration
Hardware

Open-Source Processor Prototyping

PowerCommons · Open Hardware / European Sovereignty

Reviving IBM's A2O processor core with Power ISA 3.1 support on the LiteX SoC framework. Linux boots on FPGA hardware today. NLnet NGI0 Commons Fund–funded, in research collaboration with OpenPOWER Foundation.

A2O ISA 3.1
VCU-118 FPGA
Linux boot

Products and initiatives we're building.

Beyond client work, Datalectic invests in open-source infrastructure and products that address structural gaps in European technology independence.

Active Development

PowerCommons

Open-source processors for sovereign computing

NLnet-funded open hardware project reviving IBM's A2O processor core with Power ISA 3.1 support on the LiteX SoC framework. Supported by the OpenPOWER Foundation.

Architecture
IBM A2O · Power ISA 3.1
Platform
Xilinx VCU-118
Funding
NLnet NGI0
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Coming Soon

VirtCloud

Productivity infrastructure for teams who care where their data lives

EU-sovereign cloud infrastructure for SMEs — file storage, identity, and collaboration hosted exclusively on European infrastructure. Open-source stack, NixOS reproducible deployments, no US vendor dependencies.

Stack
NixOS
Hosting
EU only
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Depth across the full stack, conviction about where it should go.

The rarest engineers bridge domains. Datalectic bridges hardware and software, industry and academy, delivery and principle.

Datalectic is a Helsinki-based consultancy founded on the belief that deep technical range creates disproportionate value. We're equally at home designing processor architectures in Verilog and building enterprise Kafka platforms — and the ability to think across those layers is what makes the work distinctive.

Our clients range from startups needing a specific board brought up to enterprises rearchitecting their data foundations. What they share is a need for engineering that's rigorous, honest about trade-offs, and built to last.

Precision

Nordic rigour in every deliverable.

Range

Hardware to cloud in one practice.

Longevity

Architectures built for decades.

Thinking on infrastructure, sovereignty, and the systems that matter.

Have a complex problem? Let's talk.

Whether it's FPGA board bring-up, a Kafka architecture review, or a six-month systems engagement — good work starts with a conversation.

Email
Location
Helsinki, Finland
Company
Datalectic Oy · Y-tunnus: 3498327-9
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