endorsedOngoing

Development Team Augmentation for Novantas

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • Staff Augmentation

Industry

Financial Services

Duration

102 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 February 2018

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

78/100

Good

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Client

Novantas

New York City, United States of America

Project Summary

Svitla Systems sourced developers and engineers to assist a fintech company (Novantas) with Java and Angular projects and database work. Their team also contributed to big-data development using Scala and provided a 4-5 person full-stack engineering team that integrated with the client's engineering team. The client praised Svitla's technical knowledge, communication, and ability to scale resources up and down.

Key Challenges

Difficulty hiring engineers with specific skillsets.
Need to scale development capacity up and down as needed.

Project Deliverables

UI development
API development
Modern application tier implementation
Database development/support
Big data development (Scala)
Full-stack development team (4-5 developers)

Project Solution

Svitla Systems provided a 4-5 person team of full-stack engineers who worked alongside the client's engineering team on multiple products. The team contributed to UI work, API development, implementing a modern application tier, and database support, and they performed big-data work using Scala. They overlapped time zones to improve collaboration and integrated into the client's Agile workflows.

Project Outcome

Integration with the client's engineering team was efficient and communication was strong.
Developers were technically knowledgeable and self-driven.
Agile collaboration with daily progress tracking using GitLab.
Vendor managed underperforming contractors when required.
Feedback was incorporated quickly, improving candidate performance.

Platforms

Tech Stack

Scala
Java
Angular

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Svitla Systems delivers skilled and efficient workers that specialize in various technologies. Their motivation complements their professional management style. Customers can expect a team that balances technical expertise with high-level performance.”
Sankar Nair
VP of Engineering
Date: 08/23/2019