endorsedOngoing

Mobile MVP & Staff Augmentation for Financial Startup

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation • Mobile Application Development

Industry

Financial Services

Duration

74 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 June 2020

Team Size

6-10 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

82/100

Strong

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Client

Confidential

Islamabad, Pakistan

Project Summary

Droids On Roids provided mobile app development and staff augmentation to a Pakistani financial-services startup, supporting the build and ongoing development of an iOS and Android MVP for a core banking application. The vendor supplied Android, iOS and QA resources, integrated with the client's internal hires, and followed an agile approach with daily standups and Jira-based tracking. The engagement produced a tested, regulation-aware mobile banking MVP and maintained a high level of unit-test coverage.

Key Challenges

Build an MVP and get the first product to market
Provide engineering and QA resources because the client had no engineers initially
Augment the client's team while they recruited and grew an internal engineering team

Project Deliverables

Mobile MVP for iOS and Android
Core banking mobile application
KYC onboarding and identity verification flow
Virtual Mastercard issuance
Physical debit card ordering and delivery
Transaction history and balance views
Card management features (view card number, change PIN, control international transactions)
QA and testing services
Ongoing team augmentation resources

Project Solution

Droids On Roids provided continuous staff augmentation and mobile development for the client's iOS and Android MVP. They supplied Android and iOS engineers and QA resources on an hourly basis, integrated with the client's internal hires, and implemented engineering standards, testing, and agile ceremonies. The team built a core banking mobile app including KYC onboarding, virtual Mastercard issuance, debit card ordering, transaction history, balance views, card management features, and integrations to enable transfers to banks in Pakistan.

Project Outcome

Maintained around 90% unit test coverage across the codebase
Implemented the client's engineering standards resulting in high code quality
Supported a regulatory pilot (limited to 1,000 users) and prepared the product for scaling toward a target of ~1,000,000 users

Platforms

Mobile

Tech Stack

Android
iOS

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The work has maintained an average of 90% around its unit test coverage across the code. Droids On Roids successfully implements the partner's engineering standards and has been a huge asset to their startup's journey. They participate in daily standups and work with an agile approach.”
Anonymous
CTO, Financial Services Startup at Confidential
Date: 03/22/2021