endorsedCompleted

Nearshore Ruby on Rails Recruitment for Fintech — 35–40 Developers

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

23 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 October 2018

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

72/100

Good

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Client

Smart Pension

London, United Kingdom

Project Summary

A fintech company engaged Code & Pepper to build a nearshore engineering squad in Poland. Code & Pepper created hiring goals, built hiring processes and go‑to‑market strategies, and recruited and onboarded 35–40 Ruby on Rails developers. The vendor maintained constant communication, ramped quickly, and delivered high‑quality hires.

Key Challenges

Hire a large number of software engineers to build the client's products
Overcome limited UK talent by building a nearshore engineering squad in Poland

Project Deliverables

Established hiring processes and go-to-market strategies
Recruited an engineering squad of 35–40 Ruby on Rails developers
Set hiring goals and managed recruitment execution

Project Solution

Code & Pepper created hiring goals, built hiring processes and go‑to‑market strategies, and managed recruitment execution. Their team of about 3–4 people (head of recruitment, a recruitment officer, one co‑founder, and an account manager) sourced, vetted, and onboarded 35–40 Ruby on Rails developers in Poland over the engagement.

Project Outcome

Grew engineering headcount from zero to 35–40 engineers in Poland
Hired high-quality developers who passed the client's rigorous hiring process
Maintained constant communication and rapid ramp-up (about two months to start)

Platforms

Web
Cloud

Tech Stack

Ruby on Rails

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Code & Pepper grasped the project’s objectives and collaborated with internal resources to achieve them, hiring roughly 40 experienced developers. Facilitating effective collaboration, the team maintained open communication channels. Their smaller size enabled flexibility, which was valuable.”
Martin Warner
Director of Talent & People
Date: 03/16/2021