Southworks is a privately owned company headquartered in the UK. Founded in 2003, it employs approximately 210 individuals and focuses on IT services and IT consulting. The company specializes in delivering outsourced software development for start-ups, scale-ups, and enterprise customers, providing nearshore software development with up-front pricing, short-term contracts, and time zone affinity.
On June 30, 2026, Southworks CTO Johnny Halife provided an interview detailing the company's "Development on Demand" software engineering model, which combines 25 years of human judgment with artificial intelligence to build and deliver software. Earlier, on June 5, 2026, developers presented plans for The Gateway, the initial residential site plan within the broader SouthWorks project, a 95-acre mixed-use community redevelopment of the former Emerson Power Transmission site in Ithaca, comprising four neighborhoods. This presentation followed the City of Ithaca Planning & Development Board's May 26 meeting, where the board was introduced to new low- to moderate-income development plans for the SouthWorks project on South Hill, which received mixed reviews.