About Us

We are problem solvers for your challenges

Helm and Walter is an agency for customized IT solutions from Dresden. We solve even the most complex IT problems. Whether software, web, or app development - we prioritize your requirements for in-house software.

Our Focus Areas

Programming and Software Development

As an IT service provider, Helm & Walter supports you with years of experience in programming and software development. We have specialized in solving very complex and technically challenging problems.

Helm & Walter guides you through all phases of software development, where IT consulting plays a central role. Together with you, we analyze the initial situation and plan the strategy to develop the optimal software solution.

Because we know that established software in companies is often difficult to replace, our solutions preferably build on existing systems. Opportunities for optimization can usually be found.

The developers at Helm & Walter IT-Solutions work with professional frameworks, libraries, plugins, and programming languages to create powerful software. This avoids unnecessary and potentially costly redevelopment of program components.

We are members of the Clean Code Developer Initiative for more professionalism in software development, work with agile development methods, and rely on the latest technologies.

You want to keep your software but have a specific problem? Helm and Walter can help you here too. We analyze your software and try to find and fix the problem. In such cases, our team's years of experience helps us, as we are familiar with older technologies and can offer you solutions.

However, a prerequisite is that we have access to the program code (source code) and can justify the use of an old technology from an IT security perspective. We take responsibility for advising you accordingly.

Helm and Walter is your competent partner when it comes to developing, updating, or expanding your custom business software. Many of our customers come to us with existing custom software and need support. We offer support and further development for almost all existing custom software solutions. After a thorough analysis and evaluation, it often becomes clear quite quickly whether an update is more cost-effective than redevelopment.

Our Principles

These principles guide our projects

We continuously strive to develop ourselves and our work, becoming even more professional and efficient while staying current with the times.

In our projects and services, we follow certain principles that help us and our customers develop and maintain projects and products quickly, according to needs, and professionally.

Agile Software Development

Modern software development faces the challenge of meeting the ever-growing demands of the digital world. In this context, agile software development has established itself as a pioneering method that is not only superior to traditional approaches but also meets the needs of a rapidly changing technological landscape. This approach enables development teams to adapt quickly, respond flexibly to customer feedback, and deliver innovative solutions efficiently.

Advantages

The development process becomes more transparent for the customer, and they receive and see partial solutions.
The final product is better adapted to potentially unclear initial requirements.
Satisfaction with the product increases.
Competitiveness can be maintained or improved throughout the development period.

Disadvantages

The customer has a higher workload and is regularly involved in the development process.
The actual development costs are often difficult to estimate and depend heavily on the customer's changes and the associated efforts.
Documentation often takes a back seat to the development of functioning components.

The typical phases of an agile project

Align requirements and plan sprint
Design and planning
Practical development and execution
Integration of new parts and testing of functions (staging deployment)
Review, acceptance, and feedback from the customer in a test environment (staging)
Final delivery of the project for actual use (live deployment)

What are the customer's tasks?

Taking responsibility

The customer is available to the development team at the beginning and end of a sprint or new development.

They answer questions about the requirements they set. Individual work packages or functions are selected for the next sprint.

In addition, there is an acceptance of the work from the last sprint.

Giving trust

Development phases are organized by the development team itself! Developers often know better which requirements or functionalities can be efficiently combined in a sprint or what dependencies exist between them. Of course, the customer's priorities are also taken into account. Nevertheless, the customer must trust the development team to make good choices and implement their specifications. During the ongoing sprint, the customer should not disturb the team's productivity through external influences. Feedback can be provided again at the end of the sprint and at the start of the next one.

Learn more about agile software development: https://agilemanifesto.org/

Responsive Design

Adaptive UIs for different devices

Responsive design refers to the design of a user interface (usually a website or web interface) that adapts to the display device being used. The biggest difference is often the size of the available display area - for example, when switching between a large monitor at the desk and using a smartphone on the go. The arrangement of individual information and sometimes the design of control elements must be adapted. The goal is to create optimal operation for a variety of devices. Even though this principle has established itself as a de facto standard for (web) interfaces, it still represents a considerable additional effort in development! In fact, a flexibly designed layout still needs to be created and adapted for a variety of output devices.

This de facto standard is usually significantly underestimated in terms of effort!

Test Driven Development (TDD)

Automated tests to secure your critical functionalities

As developers of custom software, we also rely on validating our work through automated tests. This means that for desired or essential functionalities, we create a test that can be executed automatically and checks whether a complex function actually delivers the desired result. This may sound trivial at first, and the increased expenditure of time and money seems unjustified. But our many years of experience show that this effort is definitely worthwhile - especially if you are interested in long-term use and expansion of your system. Such tests come into play whenever you add a new function (feature) to an existing program, expand a function in its scope and complexity, or fix a bug. In such cases, previously created tests validate that all the original functionalities still work flawlessly. This approach should be applied especially to critical systems, as it ensures that your IT solution continues to function flawlessly and does not create new problems.

Accessibility

Design and implement applications and user interfaces for all users

The keyword accessibility primarily represents a social responsibility to ensure that people with physical limitations can use digital offerings and tools without restrictions. These could be blind or deaf people, for example. There are a variety of technical and editorial ways to improve the accessibility of applications and content. Often, addressing this topic also goes hand in hand with improving usability for all users. However, designing an IT solution for all user groups involves increased effort. Public institutions and services are even legally obligated (across Europe) to provide barrier-free design. Conformity tests according to BITV or WCAG check the degree of accessibility and reveal inadequacies in information and functions for people with disabilities.

Accessibility and usability go hand in hand!

Team

Competence has many faces with us

Helm & Walter IT Solutions was founded in the summer of 2008 by Bernd Helm in cooperation with Daniel Walter during their studies at FHDW Dresden.

Since 2010, we have been working full-time as individual entrepreneurs under the name Helm & Walter IT-Solutions.

Since January 1, 2014, we have been operating under the name Helm & Walter IT-Solutions GbR.

Meanwhile, we work successfully with our strong team in our office spaces in Dresden's southern heights.

Jobs

Helm & Walter is characterized by great technical expertise and craftsmanship in the field of server and cloud administration as well as programming. We are always looking for active support in all our fields of activity and technology areas.

Don't be afraid of big goals and challenges, we support you in building up expertise and in your personal and professional development.

If there is no vacancy advertised here, we look forward to receiving your unsolicited application at any time.

Software Entwickler m|w|d in Dresden

Helm und Walter ist ein hochspezialisierter Dienstleister für Individualsoftware ist auf Web-Entwicklung, Web-Applikationen, Datenbanken, Cloud-Dienste und App-Programmierung spezialisiert. Das Team von 19 Entwicklern sucht derzeit nach Verstärkung als Softwareentwickler (m|w|d) in Dresden. Die Aufgaben umfassen die Entwicklung und Betreuung von Anwendungen und Schnittstellen sowie die Programmierung in Sprachen wie Java, JavaScript, PHP, Flutter oder C. Helm und Walter bietet eine unbefristete Festanstellung, flexible Arbeitszeiten, einen klimatisierten Arbeitsplatz und moderne Entwicklungswerkzeuge.

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Our Commitment

WE STRONGLY SUPPORT PROJECTS IN THE REGION

Social engagement is very close to our hearts. We believe that successful companies must bear responsibility for the community, especially in the pursuit of social justice. That's why we are proud to support the Kinder- und Jugendbauernhof Nickern e.V. (Children's and Youth Farm Nickern). This project not only offers young people the opportunity to engage with nature and learn ecological principles but also provides an important retreat. Here, young people can recover and gain new perspectives in a protected space. We firmly believe that education and environmental protection are key components for a better world. By supporting the Children's and Youth Farm Nickern, we contribute to promoting these important values.

The Children's and Youth Farm Nickern e.V. was founded in 1992 from a parent initiative with the aim of creating meaningful leisure activities for children and young people, regardless of their social and economic backgrounds.