endorsedOngoing

Staff Augmentation & Migration for Storytelling Platform

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation • Legacy Application Modernization

Industry

Business Consulting & Services

Duration

67 months

Budget

10K - 49K

Start Date

1 January 2021

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

75/100

Good

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Client

Shinez.io

Israel

Project Summary

Axon provided staff augmentation services to a storytelling platform (Shinez.io), supplying frontend and backend developers to produce technical improvements. The vendor assisted the client in migrating the old application toward a new architecture, improving database query performance and consolidating microservices into a monorepo. Cooperation remains ongoing and the client reported satisfaction with intermediate results and smooth collaboration.

Key Challenges

Need for team augmentation with experienced software engineers

Project Deliverables

List of technical improvements
Augmented development team (two React developers and one Node.js developer)

Project Solution

Axon provided team augmentation by supplying two React developers and one Node.js developer to the client's engineering organization. The vendor produced a list of technical improvements and supported migration work, including moving the application toward a new architecture. They assisted with database migration activities (from AWS Redshift to ClickHouse) and refactored microservices into a new monorepo implemented with NestJS and React, deploying components using Kubernetes.

Project Outcome

Migrated from AWS Redshift to ClickHouse resulting in significantly improved database query performance.
Migrated microservices into a new monorepo architecture using NestJS and React with Kubernetes deployment.
Continued ongoing cooperation with satisfactory intermediate results and smooth collaboration.

Platforms

Tech Stack

React.js
Node.js
NestJS
Amazon RedShift
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.88

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“With the partnership with Axon, the company has been able to migrate the old application to the new architecture while implementing several changes. As a result, database query performance has significantly improved. Axon, a professional team, has excellently organized the company's entire workflow.”
Shai Shiff
CTO
Date: 03/13/2022