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Contract Engineering Support for Sonar Web/Mobile App

Services Covered:

Website Development

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

6 months

Budget

10K - 49K

Start Date

1 June 2022

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

79/100

Good

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Client

Sonar

West Hollywood, United States of America

Project Summary

DevTeam.Space supplied a dedicated contractor engineer to augment a small San Francisco-area startup's development capacity for a Ruby/Node web app with mobile compatibility. The vendor provided rapid hiring and onboarding, regular code contributions via GitHub PRs, and support across backend development and testing. Communication was generally effective despite occasional time-zone challenges, and billing was handled biweekly.

Key Challenges

Difficulty hiring engineers in San Francisco
Rapid scaling and need for additional development capacity

Project Deliverables

Engineer resource (contractor)
Pull requests and code contributions via GitHub
Back-end and front-end development for web and mobile
Testing and test-environment improvements

Project Solution

The vendor supplied a single contracted engineer who integrated with the client's team, submitted GitHub pull requests for review, and contributed to backend and frontend work on a Ruby and Node.js web app (also used on mobile). The engagement scaled from roughly 10 to 40 hours per week, included testing and test-environment improvements, and was billed biweekly at about $100/hour.

Project Outcome

Improved development throughput via assigned engineer submitting PRs and addressing issues
Improved test environment and testing
Enabled the company to scale hiring from one to six engineers and survive growing pains
Smooth invoicing and satisfactory project management

Platforms

Web
Mobile

Tech Stack

Node.js
Ruby on Rails
JavaScript
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“All projects, from back-end development to testing, were completed quickly and flawlessly. Although working from a different time zone occasionally made communication difficult, DevTeam.Space impressed with their technical skill, rapid turnaround, and painless billing process.”
Michael Makarov
Founding Engineer
Date: 07/12/2016