profiq

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of BePositive s.r.o.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

BePositive is a digital agency that specializes in designing and developing tailored websites, e-commerce solutions, and mobile or web applications. Additionally, we offer comprehensive digital marketing services to enhance online visibility, engagement, and business growth for our clients.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire profiq to accomplish?

• At BePositive, we’ve recently experienced an extensive growth phase, and it became essential for us to carefully evaluate and improve our internal processes and organizational structure to sustain this growth effectively. We partnered with profiq specifically for their fractional CTO services, seeking expert guidance to assess and streamline our development workflows and align our technology strategy with our growing business objectives. Our primary goals in hiring profiq included optimizing team efficiency, establishing robust engineering leadership practices, and implementing scalable processes to ensure continued innovation, reliability, and agility as we grow.

SOLUTION

How did you find profiq?

networking

Why did you select profiq over others?

• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from profiq were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

assess and improve the technical processes and organizational structure
implement scalable development practices
ensure that the technology strategy effectively supports BePositive’s ongoing growth.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Our CTO will have a clearly defined work structure and plan, and we will know what expectations we have of him.
• We will be better at managing the development team.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

All consultancy sessions with profiq were well-planned and consistently executed according to schedule.They remained responsive and adaptive to our evolving needs, and proactively provided valuable recommendations throughout our collaboration.

What was your primary form of communication with profiq?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

It was great working with someone who genuinely understands the real challenges of scaling a business. profiq demonstrated their practical, hands-on experience with growing Silicon Valley startups from early stages to global success.

Are there any areas for improvement or something profiq could have done differently?

We were completely satisfied.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the Director of Engineering of a SaaS company. 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Our company provides a SaaS tool for engineering teams. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire profiq to accomplish?

• To support the rapid scaling of our development efforts, enabling us to manage increased workload and efficiently address our backlog.
• Get an additional expertise to contribute to our frontend (FE) application and backend (BE) systems, ensuring smooth progress and timely delivery.

SOLUTION

How did you find profiq?

Referral

Why did you select profiq over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Referred to me

How many teammates from profiq were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

• Active participation in our core development team, contributing to our primary SaaS product.
• Collaboration with the frontend team, enhancing and expanding our React application.
• Contribution to the backend team, developing new features and functionality for our backend systems which was exposed via REST API to our FE application. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Delivery of features & projects that positively impacted customers 

Performance of regular reviews and deployment to production alongside contributions from the in-house teams.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Profiq’s CTO was deeply involved throughout our collaboration, ensuring a smooth and efficient process. They delivered items on time and adapted to our needs with flexibility, maintaining clear communication and a strong technical partnership.

What was your primary form of communication with profiq?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

profiq stood out with their highly skilled and reliable team of engineers who seamlessly integrated into our workflow. Their deep technical expertise, proactive approach, and ability to quickly adapt to our needs made them a valuable extension of our team.

Are there any areas for improvement or something profiq could have done differently?

Profiq was great to work with. They were receptive to feedback. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of upskill

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

upskill's software helps recruiters scale. We're on a mission to make meaningful work accessible to all.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire profiq to accomplish?

• profiq has been responsible for developing the software component of our product from the ground up, enabling us to onboard our first paying customers. Furthermore, their contributions are crucial in scaling our operations to a fully mature SaaS product.

SOLUTION

How did you find profiq?

Referral

Why did you select profiq over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from profiq were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Build customer web app software from 0 to full production. profiq helped us hire and manager our talent, develop an efficient working cadence, execute our roadmap, and provide regular support for unexpected challenges or general consultation.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Over 1000 project tickets were accomplished in 8 months 
• Onboarded 900 users and 3 paying customers to web app 
• Over 3600 in-app visits

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Profiq has assigned a seasoned and skilled fractional CTO who helped the onboarding of the development team and has been continuously ensuring very high productivity of the team and processes. The team was well balanced with exceptional senior developers accompanied by juniors. In addition, we have regular scrum meetings. The profiq team is very responsive.

What was your primary form of communication with profiq?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They were very flexible, reliable, and dedicated to providing the services the project required to drive tangible business outcomes rather than over-staffing or over-engineering.

Are there any areas for improvement or something profiq could have done differently?

No.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CTO of Serenity Connect

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Serenity Connect is the only network that allows aging service providers, older adults, and their loved ones to “care together.” Our web, mobile and smart assistant products power the network to enable real-time, HIPAA-compliant communication, collaboration, and education. Providers and communities increase revenue and lower expenses, while older adults get better care and their families have greater peace of mind.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire profiq to accomplish?

• Profiq has been tasked to set up the whole software engineering team that would work together with the CTO on building the platform.
• DevOps - setup DevOps processes
• React/TS - frontend development
• Node.js - backend development

SOLUTION

How did you find profiq?

Regional visit

Why did you select profiq over others?

• Great culture fit
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from profiq were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Serverless backend architecture on the AWS cloud platform with all the usual products (AppSync, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, event brokers and queues, CloudWatch, ...). Different clients connecting to the infrastructure using GraphQL: Mobile app using React Native, Expo and Redux; Web app using React and Redux, Alexa for Senior Living client, CLI tooling. All of the code is written in TypeScript

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The success of serenity Engage services. Besides our CTO, profiq has been providing all engineering.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Profiq has assigned a seasoned and skilled principal engineer who acts as a liaison between the team and the CTO. In addition, we have daily scrum meetings. The profiq team is very responsive.

What was your primary form of communication with profiq?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They are true partners; we've always felt that the team shares our goals, ensuring our success. They are highly skilled and at top seniority / technical proficiency levels.

Are there any areas for improvement or something profiq  could have done differently?

No, they're great.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Co-founder, CPO and COO of Dizzion - Frame

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Frame (now part of Dizzion, Inc.) allows users to run any Windows application or a full desktop in a browser, streamed from a virtual machine in the cloud.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire profiq to accomplish?

• The Profiq team was responsible for creating various test automation suites for testing our software so we could release more frequently and with higher reliability.

SOLUTION

How did you find profiq?

Referral

Why did you select profiq over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from profiq were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

The task was to create an automated testing suite for performing functional end-to-end regression testing of our product. The number of suites increased over time as well as complexity of the product and tests itself. We needed an automated test solution with no manual interaction for testing that involved video streams using WebGL (with automatic quality settings based on network connection stability and speed) or interaction with other third-party systems.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

We were really happy with how flexible profiq is regarding our changing testing needs. From manual testing to automated testing development, profiq was a great partner. 

Even though testing involved video streams using WebGL (with automatic quality settings based on network connection stability and speed) or interaction with other third-party systems, the profiq team found a suitable approach to test that without the need for manual actions - so ultimately this meant we limited the need for human testers, saving time and money.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Profiq setup a team that was exclusively allocated to us. Everything was very transparent and professional. They always responded quickly, completed projects on time, and were flexible in working with us on our changing needs.

What was your primary form of communication with profiq?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Honesty, reliability, professionalism, quality, ease of communication and transparency.

Are there any areas for improvement or something profiq could have done differently?

Was happy with their work - did not have any issues.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Engineering of IndyRIOT AS

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We provide a white-labelled community platform as-a-service, helping brands, teams and organisations share, engage and communicate with safety, privacy and trust.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire profiq to accomplish?

• Quality Assurance in software development
• DevOps and managing infrastructure
• CI/CD pipeline and deployments

SOLUTION

How did you find profiq?

Referral

Why did you select profiq over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from profiq were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Software testing and DevOps services included: 

• QA
• Functional and automated testing of the UI and APIs of our platform DevOps
• Setup and maintain application infrastructure using Terraform, Helm and Github Actions InfoSec
• Assisting with security assessments and facilitating customer conversations around architecture, infrastructure and security Software engineering
• Assisting with software development, code reviews, work flow in software development lifecycle, working as part of the core engineering team Culture
• Aligning with improvement goals to help continuous improvement efforts from the engineering team for better quality and velocity.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Improvements to engineering velocity and product quality
• Lower lead times for changes
• Improved release cadence and traction toward continuous delivery
• Fewer bugs, customer support tickets and less engineering time on firefighting
• Improved team communications and psychological safety thanks to open-ness and candid comms
• Improved application performance metrics, load times and usability improvements
• Safety in releasing, including upskilling engineers on DevOps practices
• Improved ability to rollback and deployment performance generally thanks to CI/CD and DevOps skills

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Profiq are very responsive and stand by their commitments. They deliver with professionalism and honesty, while showing an agility to respond positively despite change in direction or strategy. They've cleared raised issues early on, which has help save countless hours in saved time.

What was your primary form of communication with profiq?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

profiq's culture fit means that they always feel like a natural core part of our team, not just an extension of it. They're ability to align well with the values and individuality of the business meant that it was easy for our team to collaborate with members of the Profiq team, and that we always had our shared interests at heart.

Are there any areas for improvement or something profiq could have done differently?

There are no improvements that I can think of. Any improvements would have been driven from us, they generally acted with excellence in what we tasked them with.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Engineering of IndyKite Inc

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

The IndyKite Identity Data Platform is a cloud-native SaaS solution that leverages a connected data model to deliver Identity and Access Management (IAM) services. Powered by a graph core, IndyKite enables organizations to unify identity and business data into an operational data layer that supports complex and sophisticated use cases.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire profiq to accomplish?

• DevOps - setup DevOps processes and provide leadership
• React/TS - frontend development
• Go - backend development
• AI/ML for enchanted AuthZ using Graph algorithms

SOLUTION

How did you find profiq?

Previous collaboration

Why did you select profiq over others?

• High ratings
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from profiq were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

• Building the application infrastructure. 
• Using Terraform for automated and reproducible infrastructure provisioning. 
• Defined & set up CI/CD processes - automated PR reviews, application build, promotion, and automated deployment. 
• (GKE -Kubernetes cluster, Neo4j database, LoadBalancing and networking, Logging, monitoring, and alerting, CloudRun, IAM & Service accounts, React application in Firebase, Server - Go/Node.js micro-services, Helm chart, ArgoCD) 
• Go - BE development - micro-services, high-level of code reusability in mono-repo codebase. 
• Unit test coverage > 90%, strong engineering practices - linting, committing, unit testing. 
• Working with Neo4j DB for persistent storage, providing endpoints for GraphQL, Rest API and GRPC - AI/ML 
• Technology research and implementation of backend service to collect platform auditing events to provide security insights and AuthZ recommendations. 
• Neo4j graph database and graph algorithms were used for data processing and further analysis.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

• Fully automated infrastructure provisioning allowing easy reusability
• Fully automated and stable application deployment from code commit, through multiple stages - build, testing, development deployment, staging deployment to production release with minimal human interaction allowing the team to achieve production release within few minutes. 
• All automated testing is integrated into CI/CD to allow for fast feedback with a focus on stability.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

profiq has been tightly incorporated into our team. profiq’s team also has a hierarchy so it was easy to manage the team with the help of profiq’s senior team members.

What was your primary form of communication with profiq?

In-Person Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

profiq's engineers are highly skilled, and profiq was always willing to provide additional resources when our assigned team needed support in areas where different expertise was needed.

Are there any areas for improvement or something profiq could have done differently?

We are extremely satisfied with our collaboration with profiq. They very knowledgable, experienced, and professional in their work ethic. It has been a pleasure working with them and we continue to work with them ongoingly.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Zigzag

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Zigzag is a global innovation platform that empowers entrepreneurs to build and launch quickly using an AI-powered business validation engine.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire profiq to accomplish?

• Migrate our platform to new infrastructure
• Set up and validate our DevOps processes
• Assess our product for scalablity

SOLUTION

How did you find profiq?

Referral

Why did you select profiq over others?

• High ratings
• Close to my geographic location
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from profiq were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

We hired Profiq to migrate our platform to a new infrastructure, set up and validate DevOps processes, and ensure readiness for any future scalability needs that may arise. All of this work was completed early and under budget.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The most measurable outcome was the migration of our environment to new infrastructure and setting up a staging environment for future testing.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Profiq did an excellent job in meeting our immediate needs. They were able to allocate a principal-level engineer overnight to address our highest-priority requests. The initial project came in early and under budget, allowing us to start some additional projects with them.

What was your primary form of communication with profiq?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The most impressive and unique aspect of Profiq is their commitment to quality, along with their consistent on-time and on-budget delivery.

Are there any areas for improvement or something profiq could have done differently?

profiq has been great. I have no complaints