endorsedOngoing

Android and Backend Engineering for Emerging Banking Platform

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation • Mobile Application Development

Industry

Financial Services

Duration

92 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 December 2018

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

78/100

Good

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Client

Umba

New York City, United States of America

Project Summary

Keeper Solutions provided two engineers and a staff manager to support an emerging banking/fintech platform, delivering frontend native Android and backend engineering. The vendor onboarded resources quickly (first engineer within a week, second about a month later) and has worked continuously since late 2018. The engagement produced frequent feature releases, significant volume growth, and cost savings versus New York–based alternatives.

Key Challenges

Find a remote development team that could reduce costs while offering similar or higher quality than competitors.

Project Deliverables

Native Android frontend engineering and feature development
Backend engineering and services
Ongoing engineering support with monthly feature releases
Documentation and workflow integration using Confluence, Clubhouse, GitHub, CircleCI and Slack

Project Solution

Keeper Solutions supplied two dedicated engineers (one focused on a native Android frontend with full-stack skills and one focused on backend development) plus a staff manager to work with the client's team. They onboarded quickly, integrated into the client's toolchain (Confluence, Clubhouse, GitHub, CircleCI, Slack), and delivered ongoing monthly features and backend support.

Project Outcome

Important new features shipped every month and all targets were met.
User volume increased tenfold.
The vendor replaced a departing engineer within a week with zero downtime.
The engagement delivered significant cost savings (approximately one-third the cost of comparable New York firms).

Platforms

Mobile

Tech Stack

Android

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“New features roll out each month, and user volume has increased tenfold. Keeper Solutions is flexible and friendly, and the business relationship is strong. They work well within an array of project management tools, and their costs are considerably lower than their competition.”
Tiernan Kennedy
CEO
Date: 11/18/2019