Who We Are

A culture of restraint, craft & global empathy

We are a small, international team that treats users and properties with the same respect. Our culture is the code that runs underneath every product, contract and conversation.

Our Mission

To deliver frictionless stewardship, on every surface a client touches.

Whether we're managing a building in Beijing or shipping an offline-first app to a hundred thousand devices, our objective is the same: deliver experiences that feel calm, considered, and respectful of the user's time, privacy and intelligence.

We choose depth over breadth, craft over hype, and durability over fashion. We believe that well-built systems compound trust 鈥?and that trust, in turn, compounds into the only meaningful kind of growth.

Core Values

Five principles, every day

These five principles govern every decision 鈥?from hiring to UI, from leasing policy to ad-network selection.

1. Privacy by Construction

A non-negotiable. If a feature requires violating privacy, we don't ship it. Data is sacred and we treat it as a trust fund, never an asset.

2. Engineering Excellence

Aesthetic restraint, technical rigor and pragmatic choices. We treat every interface as if it were a public space, and every line of code as if it would be inherited.

3. Global Empathy

We design for users in Beijing, Berlin, Buenos Aires and Bangalore with the same care. Localization is built in, never bolted on. Multilingualism is a default.

4. The Long View

We optimize for 10-year outcomes over quarterly spikes. Sustainable economics, durable relationships and code that ages well are how we measure success.

5. Discretion & Trust

We treat client and user information with banker-grade discretion. Confidentiality is the price of admission to every engagement.

6. Craft Over Hype

We are uninterested in trends. We are deeply interested in the difference between a thing that works and a thing that's been engineered. Aesthetic restraint is a form of respect.

Botong Sihai team and culture
Our Team

Small, senior, international

Our team is composed of senior engineers, designers, property specialists and multilingual client leads distributed across Beijing, Singapore and Europe. We don't hire fast and we don't over-hire 鈥?every person on the team has a direct contribution to outcomes.

We work asynchronously, we write everything down, and we treat our reviews as craft. Every property we manage and every app we ship is built by someone whose name we'd proudly put on it.

  • Async-First
  • Senior-Only
  • Multi-Timezone
  • Bilingual EN/ZH
Milestones

A short history, a long road

2018 路 Founding
Beijing Botong Sihai is incorporated
Established in Miyun, Beijing with a focus on boutique international property management.
2020 路 Expansion
First cross-border engagements
Began serving expatriate-owned and institutional properties across Asia.
2022 路 R&D Lab
Mobile application studio launched
The mobile apps division opens; first offline-first utilities enter private beta.
2024 路 Google Play
Six apps published globally
Outdoor Routes, Collectibles, Writing, Fitness, Receipts and Habits released on Google Play worldwide.
2026 路 Today
Privacy-first at global scale
Hundreds of thousands of users across 80+ countries trust our apps; properties managed across four continents.
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Want to work with us 鈥?or build the next chapter together?

We hire selectively and we partner generously. Reach out and tell us what you're working on.

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