endorsedOngoing

Embedded Android & Backend Development for Fintech Startup

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation • Mobile Application Development

Industry

Financial Services

10 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 August 2016

Team Size

1-5

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

77/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

Santa Monica, United States of America

Project Summary

Distillery augmented a rapidly growing fintech startup by embedding developers on both the Android frontend and backend. Their team of embedded engineers helped stabilize mission-critical work, contributing to milestones such as the company raising its next round of funding and doubling app users. The vendor is described as responsive and reliable and uses tools like JIRA and Slack for close collaboration.

Key Challenges

Rapid growth created a hiring crunch and the client could not meet engineering demands.
The client needed additional contract engineering support to deliver mission-critical features.

Project Deliverables

Android application
Backend services / integrations
Embedded development team members (four developers)

Project Solution

Distillery provided embedded developers who worked within the client's squads on both the Android frontend and backend integration. One or two Distillery developers collaborated directly with the client's engineers on mission-critical features. The Distillery team onboarded initially on-site for three to four weeks, then continued remotely; the current embedded team is about four developers and the client's internal leads manage the squads. The engagement was a referral-based staff-augmentation arrangement and the client invested roughly $150,000–$200,000.

Project Outcome

Company raised its next round of funding during the engagement.
Number of app users doubled since working with Distillery.
Distillery proved reliable and responsive, integrating into the client's processes and communication channels.

Platforms

Mobile
Web

Tech Stack

Android
Jira

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.63

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Distillery is responsive and reliable. Their developers can closely collaborate with internal teams to speed up timelines and help stabilize mission-critical projects. They’re a valuable addition, and their work contributed to successes like meeting funding goals and doubling number of app users.”
Anonymous
CTO
Date: 06/27/2017