Scalamandra

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Partnerships Manager at the IT company being a partner with the world's leading brands to design, develop and launch apps, chat, and voice conversational AI experiences across a multitude of channels.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Scalamandra, and what were your goals?

We were looking for Java/Scala and NodeJS developer, someone with MySQL, Elasticsearch, NestJS, and Cassandra experience.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We chose Scalamandra because they specialize in the development software of the Scala language. They have expertise in the technologies we need.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

We were looking for Java/Scala and NodeJS developer, someone with MySQL, Elasticsearch, NestJS, and Cassandra experience. First priority was to take some immediate enhancement requests we had commitments for on our backend services in NodeJS (using the NestJS library) - that involved developing restful APIs, working with MySQL and Cassandra - in addition, they helped us maintain an old Scala project that requires support.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Backend Scala/Node.js developer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Backlog completed on time.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

The work is done according to Agile. Management tool - Jira. Communication - Slack.

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

Their ability to deal with non-standard cases is outstanding.

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

During our collaboration, there weren't any major issues or challenges that we couldn't tackle during the process.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

DRVR is a next Generation Telematics startup based in Thailand. We have enterprise customers across Asia.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Scalamandra, and what were your goals?

We were looking for a quality development team to supplement our own staff and do some custom dev in Scala and other java frameworks. We needed an app and back end developed quickly.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We selected Scalamandra after an exhaustive process that took several weeks. They did a small development task for us and did a great job.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Deliver a smartphone app for Usage based Insurance

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

CEO Kris UX/UI Arsen - Developer Android Back end dev Project Manager/Solution Architect

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We're only at the first sprint for this, the second collaboration. So far the work has been delivered on time and to a high standard

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

Weekly sprints running Agile

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

They've produced quality work, and they're not afraid of challenges.

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

All good