endorsedOngoing

SaaS Data Management Platform — Development Support (Staff Augmentation)

Services Covered:

Staff Augmentation • Custom Software Development

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

85 months

Budget

200K - 999K

Start Date

1 July 2019

Team Size

Confidential

Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

75/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

London, United Kingdom

Project Summary

VirtusLab provides staff-augmentation development support for a SaaS data management platform, contributing Scala backend and TypeScript frontend work on an AWS stack. The vendor functions as an extension of the client's in-house development team, with teams in the UK and developers provided by VirtusLab in Poland. The engagement began in July 2019 and is ongoing; the client praises the team's quality, communication, and alignment with the client's product-building approach.

Key Challenges

Need to scale the development team in a cost-effective and flexible way
Integrate remote VirtusLab developers with the client's in-house UK team to work as peers

Project Deliverables

Ongoing development support as an extension of the client's team
Backend application code in Scala
Frontend application code in TypeScript
AWS-based infrastructure and stack

Project Solution

VirtusLab acted as an extension of the client's engineering team, providing a group of developers in Poland who work as peers with the client's UK developers. The engagement focused on delivering backend and frontend development using Scala and TypeScript, respectively, and running on an AWS stack. The relationship began via referral and is ongoing since July 2019.

Project Outcome

High-quality engineering work and satisfaction with mid- to experienced engineers provided
Strong communication and effective project management
Close collaboration and shared product-building approach that supports ongoing success

Platforms

SaaS
Cloud

Tech Stack

Scala
TypeScript
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“VirtusLab’s work has been exceptional. The team is efficient, hard working, and functions as an extension of their client’s in-house development team. Customers can expect a thorough vendor that gets the job done.”
Anonymous
Head of Engineering
Date: 07/14/2020