endorsedOngoing

Real Estate Investment Platform - MVP and Microservices Migration

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development

Industry

Real Estate

Duration

139 months

Budget

1M - 10M

Start Date

1 January 2015

Team Size

21-25 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

73/100

Good

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Client

BrickVest

London, United Kingdom

Project Summary

The Software House provided ongoing development for a real estate investment platform, building the MVP in PHP Symfony and later migrating the system to a Node.js microservice architecture. The platform now serves thousands of users (more than 650 sponsors and over 5,000 investors), and the engagement expanded from a small team to over 20 developers across multiple teams. The vendor provides project management, scales resources as needed, and consistently delivers high-quality, reliable work.

Key Challenges

Build and continuously develop a robust real estate investment platform
Acquire experienced developers with in-depth technical knowledge and Node.js expertise
Migrate from a monolithic PHP Symfony codebase to a scalable microservices architecture
Scale the development team and maintain product quality during growth

Project Deliverables

MVP
Microservice-based platform (migration from monolith to microservices)
Performance improvements
White-label platforms for third-party clients
Framework to support future products
Secondary-market technology product
Various individual product builds

Project Solution

The Software House built the platform's MVP in PHP Symfony and continued as the primary development partner. They migrated the application from a monolithic architecture to a Node.js microservices-based platform, implemented performance improvements, and developed white-label platforms for third-party clients. Multiple development teams handled different streams of work, including a framework for future products and a technology targeted at a secondary market; the vendor also provided QA, DevOps, and project management support.

Project Outcome

The platform is used by more than 650 real estate sponsors and over 5,000 investors
The Software House provided project management and now manages delivery and cooperation with the client
The engagement has continued for multiple years and the vendor scaled the team from two to around 20 people
Improved system speed and additional white-label products expanded the business's offerings

Platforms

Tech Stack

Node.js

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The platform launched and now has over 5,600 users, leading to more work for The Software House on new projects. The team’s in-depth expertise yields high-quality products reliably. Constant communication, clear organization, and the ability to scale resources as needed makes the workflow smooth.”
Rafal Okninski
CTO
Date: 03/15/2019