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Reward Shop Enhancement for Firstbird

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development
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Industry
Industry

Human Resources & Staffing

Duration
Duration

2 months

Budget
Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date
Start Date

1 December 2020

Team Size
Team Size

1-5

Engagement Model
Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

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73/100
Good

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Client

Firstbird

map Austria

Project Summary

Firstbird, a digital employee referral program, engaged SoftwareMill to enhance its Reward Shop module after an initial proof of concept. Two Scala engineers augmented the client's engineering team to implement technical improvements and refactoring using the Lightbend stack (Play Framework, Akka, Scala). The functionality was rolled out to customers and the module's technical foundation was significantly improved, simplifying ongoing maintenance.

Key Challenges

  • Enhance proof-of-concept Reward Shop to meet growing customer requirements.
  • Increase user engagement through the Reward Shop module.

Project Deliverables

  • Enhanced Reward Shop module
  • Technical improvements and refactoring
  • Improved maintainability of the Reward Shop module

Project Solution

SoftwareMill staffed two Scala engineers who augmented the client's engineering team. They collaborated on milestones to implement technical improvements and refactoring of the Reward Shop module, using the Lightbend stack (Play Framework, Akka, Scala). The work improved the module's technical foundation and prepared it for broader rollout to customers.

Project Outcome

  • Customer requirements met and functionality rolled out to customers.
  • Technical foundation improved, making ongoing maintenance easier.
  • Fast vendor onboarding that indicated high staff proficiency.

Platforms

  • E-commerce PlatformE-commerce Platform

Tech Stack

  • ScalaScala

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.75star5 out of 5 stars

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Thanks to the Software Mill team, the company was able to improve their technical foundation, making maintenance a much easier process moving forward. As a result, they are able to meet their customer's functionality requirements.”

Daniel Pfeiffer

VP of Engineering

Note: This endorsement is based on publicly available client feedback from external review sources.

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