endorsedOngoing

Staff Augmentation for IT Services Business

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

77 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 March 2020

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

80/100

Strong

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Client

Confidential

Seattle, United States of America

Project Summary

Brainhub provided staff augmentation to an IT company offering residential IP and proxy services, supplying an experienced developer who integrated with the client's team. The vendor helped expand the platform by building fault-tolerant, distributed, and scalable crawlers and supported the deployment of a stable proxy; the engagement remains ongoing with plans for further platform evolution.

Key Challenges

Expand the platform to be more scalable and performant
Quickly augment the team with experts familiar with the existing tech stack to minimize onboarding

Project Deliverables

Scalable, fault-tolerant distributed crawlers
Deployed proxy (residential IP/proxy service)
Dedicated vendor developer to augment the client's team

Project Solution

Provided one dedicated developer to augment the client's team and help expand the platform. The vendor contributed to creating fault-tolerant, distributed, and scalable crawlers and supported deployment and stabilization of the proxy. The engagement used technologies including Node.js, Go, React, Kubernetes and Prometheus, and involved close collaboration with daily meetings and Slack/Trello for communication and task management.

Project Outcome

Proxy deployed and stable
Work completed in most cases with the proxy already deployed
Platform supports several daily releases and dynamic releases process
Effective, swift cooperation despite time zone differences

Platforms

Tech Stack

Node.js
Go
React.js

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Leveraging Brainhub's technical expertise, the proxy has been successfully deployed. Currently, the engagement is still ongoing and the client looks forward to enhancing the platform. Customers can expect a team that delivers high-quality output, open to feedback, and is great at collaborating.”
Jay West
CEO
Date: 09/21/2020