Sigli

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Procurator of a software consulting company.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We deliver end-to-end software projects with focus areas in digital media, edtech, logistics software, fintech apps, and AI-powered products.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• We needed a partner to re-architect a legacy logistics platform, rewrite core components in .NET, and migrate the solution to Azure. Beyond coding, we wanted a vendor who understood logistics processes (asset tracking, order flows, IoT data ingestion) and could design for scale, resilience, and easy integration with existing systems. Their portfolio in logistics, client portals, backend integrations, and microservices, gave us confidence.

SOLUTION

How did you find Sigli?

Clutch Site

Why did you select Sigli over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Sigli were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Architecture redesign → microservices with clear service boundaries and event-driven communication. Legacy rewrite in .NET (critical modules: order orchestration, asset tracking, pricing/quoting). Azure migration (App Services, Azure SQL, Storage, Event Grid; IaC with Bicep/Terraform; CI/CD in Azure DevOps). Integration with ERP, telemetry/IoT pipelines, and a self-service client portal for equipment mapping & provisioning. Reliability & Observability (health checks, dashboards, alerting). Post-launch hypercare and knowledge transfer. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Uptime improved to 99.95%+ (rolling 90-day).
• API latency for key operations decreased by ~38% (p95).
• Release frequency increased from quarterly to bi-weekly without downtime.
• Infra & maintenance costs down ~22% after right-sizing on Azure and pruning unused workloads.
• Partner NPS (internal stakeholders) rose from 7.1 → 9.0 post-launch.

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

Project management was excellent: weekly steering updates, risk logs, and demo-driven sprints. Most milestones landed on time; a couple of migration steps slipped by a few days due to edge cases but were flagged early and resolved without affecting the critical path.

What was your primary form of communication with Sigli?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting

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

Two things stood out:

I was impressed by their professionalism and ownership, they treated our goals as their own, not just tickets to close.

Domain depth, they quickly grasped logistics nuances (tracking, provisioning, IoT data flows) and suggested pragmatic designs that simplified operations. </ol>

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

Nothing major. We hit a few minor hiccups during the cut-over to cloud networking and secrets rotation, but the team triaged fast and documented permanent fixes.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Devox

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

software development service provider

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• software modernization
• system architercure redesign
• .Net expertise

SOLUTION

How did you find Sigli?

• Online Search
• Clutch Site

Why did you select Sigli over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Sigli were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

The key tasks for Sigli included re-architecting the existing solution, rewriting the majority of the codebase using .NET, and migrating the system to the Azure cloud environment. Sigli was responsible for analyzing the legacy system, designing a modern architecture based on microservices principles, and ensuring seamless integration of the modernized system with the client’s broader IT ecosystem.

Key deliverables:

Redesigned architecture (Now the system has a scalable modular architecture that is much easier to maintain than the previous one);
Legacy code rewritten with .NET technologies;
Migration from on-premises to the Azure cloud;
Integration with the client’s broader IT ecosystem;
Post-launch maintenance.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

After the legacy system was fully re-architected and migrated to the Azure cloud,  its performance and stability greatly improved. The system uptime increased to over 99.9%, and response times for key operations increased by more than 30%.

Apart from this, the move to a cloud-based infrastructure reduced infrastructure maintenance costs and enabled easier integration with other business applications.

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

Sigli demonstrated excellent project management throughout the project. They maintained clear and consistent communication, provided regular progress updates, and were very transparent about timelines and risks. Most of the key deliverables were completed on time. There were minor delays but they were promptly communicated and efficiently managed without impacting the overall project schedule.

What was your primary form of communication with Sigli?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The team showed outstanding professionalism and a genuine commitment to solving the problem. We truly appreciated how carefully they studied all our requirements. Beyond their technical expertise, their strong domain knowledge was also absolutely impressive.

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

There is nothing specific I want to improve. There were some minor challenges during the cloud migration stage. But these were normal working moments. The team managed to quickly get back to a normal workflow.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Ascendle is a custom software development firm. We focus on delivering business value to our clients. For each software project that we take on, we hire contract software developers. Our specialty is to manage these software projects so they result in commercial-grade software on time and on budget.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

A fortune 100 company wanted us to build a web portal to view the data collected by an existing cyber security system that they created. The purpose of this portal was to allow the users of this system to instantly see the status of the system and be alerted of any threats.

It was to also give the client the ability to manage the overall system, and perform customer service for their users. We hired Cortlex to provide us with a .NET back-end developer to be part of the development team for this project.

SOLUTION

How did you select Cortlex and what were the deciding factors?

We did extensive research for a software development partner. Cortlex was selected because we liked that their developers specialized in .NET and had good communication skills in English, and they were very responsive to our requests for developer candidates.

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

Ascendle is an Agile Scrum expert. All of our projects use our highly refined Scrum process. The project started with a Strategy phase where we had multiple meetings with our client to build and prioritize a Product Backlog.

Once the scope of the project was defined, we hired Cortlex to provide a developer for the development team. After the initial scope of the project was created, we started to run 2 week production sprints. It was required that "potentially shippable" user stories were completed each sprint by the development team.

To achieve this, experienced developers were needed. The project was to use Microsoft Azure cloud services, SQL Server database, .Net Core back-end and an Angular front-end.

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

We used one person from Cortlex. He worked with us as a Software Developer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The project was a complete success. We completed the project on-time and on-budget. The client was amazed at the accomplishment because they were more accustom to projects going off track.

The initial project was 6 months in length, but they ended up hiring us for many more projects including adding additional functionality to this portal.

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

We did all of the project management, using our Scrum process. This included Sprint Planning sessions, daily Stand-Ups, Backlog Refinement sessions, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives.

Communication was primarily done using Zoom meetings and by leaving comments in Jira issues. We also used Slack for impromptu conversations.

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

Cortlex provided us with a developer, Dima Dubovets, who had all the back-end expertise we needed. Dima turned into one of the leaders of the project. If extra work needed to be done to complete a sprint, he was always there to help out.

Also, his communication skills in English was excellent. This was very important for the performance of the development team.

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

It was great working with Cortlex. I can't think of any improvements to make.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CTO at the full-cycle software developing company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cortlex?

Our client is a lab that does medical testing (blood, urine, saliva). They had a portal that was running in old outdated technology, which was going away in a couple of years and it was difficult to support it. To start the project, we lacked 2 back-end engineers and we decided to collaborate with Cortlex.

What were your goals for this project?

The client wanted to redesign the portal using modern tech stack (.Net core and Angular) and add advanced features.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I was acquainted with Cortlex Founder for a couple of years (we met on the networking event). I knew the company was a reliable and well-qualified vendor.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

The initial product was allowing doctors to be able to log into a system, view reports, order supplies. And the client also wanted to add some new features into it.

One of the features provided analytics to notify users about lack of supplies, to foresee the future needs, and to create orders automatically. Cortlex back-end engineers integrated in our team and worked as our own team members, just the remote ones.

What was the team composition?

7 people: we had 2 .Net back-end engineers from Cortlex side in addition to 2 Angular front-end engineers, a designer, a QA and a Project manager on our side.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

Our client is excited to have something new, fresh, and with extended functionality.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The project manager was on our side. We worked with an agile methodology and Cortlex engineers took part in all project activities: daily meetings, planning, retrospectives.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their communication ownership sets them apart. We were never left in the dark.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Nothing comes to mind. There is always a desire to get the project quicker and cheaper, but the project is delivered on time and the end-client is satisfied. They did a great job.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Experts in global mobility, Ineo is the only company to offer comprehensive global mobility management software, outsourced mobility financial management, and specialized mobility tax services. For decades, some of the world’s largest corporations and relocation management companies have relied on us to efficiently manage their global mobility programs. My role is Chief Technology Officer overseeing all development efforts within Ineo.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cortlex?

We are developing a next generation connected application platform for our customers. Cortlex provided two amazing developers to work with us in building platform support services within our product.

What were your goals for this project?

We are pulling our current market solution forward into our new platform while expanding the existing capabilities to deliver a mobility focused market leading solution.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

I have prior knowledge of Cortlex and from recommendations by colleges within the industry, they were the logical choice.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Our project is based on the Microsoft stack with a web spa front end built in the current version of Angular. Cortlex assisted in the development of supporting services primarily in C#. They were responsible for the implementation of support services which would be consumed in our macro service architecture. They were responsible for the entire service implementation including: architecture, process and algorithm design, integration interfaces, persistence, coding and testing.

What was the team composition?

Our overall team is comprised of 5 on staff developers, 2 Cortlex developers with supporting staff in build, devops and product QA.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

We were able to provide an outline of the service requirements and expected capabilities. Then we worked with them as needed to deliver the capabilities in a MVP model. They were considered and respected as developers on our team and functioned in that role. The impact was, I had 2 solid developers which I did not have to find and was able to take advantage of the longer work day as a benefit of them be 10 hours ahead.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

We have a dedicated SCRUM master who oversaw the effort. The Cortex developers were linked into our core communication protocols; teams and jira. We are familiar with remote workers and they were the same as our remote workers.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

There commitment to finding the right people. If the developers we chose were not the right fit, they would replace them and eat the cost of getting the new developer up to speed. It was a no risk proposition.

Are there any areas for improvement?

We had some rough patches at the beginning and were able to work with the developers to smooth out the communication and process. You need flexibility and patience as the cross culture idioms do not always come across properly which leads to interesting assumptions. Be clear and thoughtful.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a senior developer and software architect at Sensotec NV. We are an assistive technology company that works with people with visual disabilities such as blindness, reading problems, short-sightedness, age-related reduction in vision, as well as dyslexia.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Cortlex?

We have several software products and a few hardware solutions, and we were lacking manpower. We initially started out with two other companies but it didn't go too well.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We treat them as part of the team, so they are a part of every meeting that our developers are involved in. They get assigned tasks of various complexities and durations depending on the projects.

We operate in markets that aren’t usually found in software development, dealing with all kinds of speech recognition, text prediction, and text analysis. Cortlex quickly picks up on the systems and invents new ones is needed.

In addition to doing software development, Cortlex also provides valuable feedback in the design phase. They design new features as well as make sure that the design is translated into a workable piece of software. The team works with us from the start of new features right until delivery, but I’m the one who makes the final decision whether to go with a certain solution or not.

One of the teammates took our basic online speech server and turned it into something that can convert text to audio at absolutely amazing speeds. Another developer is going to help us with other projects we inherited from our sister company because he specializes in PHP.

What is the team composition?

As of now, we work with four main and four short-term developers, along with two project managers. We started by taking on one developer as a test case, and they managed to save the project. Since then we’ve expanded the team to four permanent developers and will expand the team as the need arises.

How did you come to work with Cortlex?

They approached one of my product managers through LinkedIn. I had my first contact with Olga (Senior Business Development Officer) and, when I told her about my reservations, she quickly explained how Cortlex works and put me at ease. After some hesitation, considering our previous experiences, we decided to hire them.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in December 2018 and our engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

The team has rapidly reduced the number of bugs in the system. It’s not that they don’t write bugs as well, but they quickly follow-up and make adjustments based on feedback from customers. The work they do is incredibly valuable. We haven’t had a single major bug in two years. We’ve occasionally had a server hiccup because we were a little too hasty in deployment but that was more a failure on our part. 

Cortlex is really amazing — professional and very driven. They’re quick to point out potential problems and integrate well with the rest of our development team. Their technical skills are very high. I hope our partnership will go on for a few more years because they are very pleasant people to work with.

How did Cortlex perform from a project management standpoint?

There’s constant communication among all the members of the team, so it feels like they’re part of the team. They don’t manage sprints but they do keep track of all tickets and do minor project management tasks. 

Cortlex quickly readjusts when deadlines are being shifted around, managing themselves quite well. I had reservations about there being a language barrier but it’s not a problem. Overall, the engagement has gone really well.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Their language and development skills are good and they're on top of their game. They’re everything one would hope for when looking for reinforcements for a team. We had an urgent need for a PHP developer and, when I reached out and asked them for on, they had one ready for us four days later, which was pretty impressive.

One of my ex-interns asked me for some advice on a certain project, so I recommended him to Cortlex. His boss told him to send me a huge thank you for getting them in contact with a company that can deliver good developers on such short notice.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, I have no suggestions. 

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm the CIO at The Divi Project. We're a cryptocurrency startup that provides software to make it easier for non-technical users to earn store cryptocurrencies.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Cortlex?

We needed a vendor to help us develop our software. 

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Cortlex used open-source software to which they made some modifications. Then, they created our biggest USP for Massimo software, which is essentially a mining software. We gave them a unique set of requirements, which no other company has been able to replicate. Cortlex used Electron, which is a JavaScript framework to deploy cross-platform desktop applications. The app itself is written in AngularJS. The developers they assigned to us are very experienced with .NET, so they have a good understanding of the low-level requirements of an operating system, especially when it comes to Windows. (If you don't know low-level programming, you can run into a lot of problems, so we appreciate their expertise).

What is the team composition? 

We work with two of their developers. 

How did you come to work with Cortlex?

We found them through one of the talent management companies. They seemed very knowledgeable and they were able to provide the right resources at a reasonable cost, so we chose them. 

How much have you invested with them?

We pay them $17,000 a month, which is about $200,000 a year.

What is the status of this engagement? 

We started working with them in June 2018 and the relationship is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement? 

From a qualitative standpoint, we've been regarded as the easiest cryptocurrency wallet application on the market by a number of media outlets and influencers in our space. That can definitely be attributed to the development work that Cortlex has done for us. We have a different vendor that handles the design, but our application wouldn't exist without Cortlex.

How did Cortlex perform from a project management standpoint? 

We do most of the project management, and Cortlex has been able to integrate with our workflow. Over the course of the relationship, we've used Slack, Azure DevOps, Wrike, and GitHub for project management. Cortlex has been very flexible and able to use any tools we've thrown at them. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

They feel like they're dedicated members of our team. We can get hold of them whenever we need them. (Some consultants we've worked with were difficult to reach and tried to stay away if we ran into an issue).

Are there any areas they could improve?

There were times when I wished they took a little more liberty. But that's related to our management style, so it's not really their fault. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Keep an open line of communication. They're very open and understanding, but you have to communicate your requirements clearly since there might be a language barrier. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Softrange Technology is a custom software development company that provides a hybrid development model. Our project and product managers, system architects, and other key client contact roles are based in the U.S., while our high-quality development teams are in Eastern Europe.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Cortlex?

Our client wanted to develop a full system for managing an IoT [Internet of things] system for remotely accessible sensors and devices. It collects data from multiple remote devices via the Internet and SMS messages. This allows users to control remote devices and receive notifications. The system also provides high usability presentation and data management.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted to develop a full system based on a prototype.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We selected them based on several interviews as well as their previous experience with smaller projects.

Describe the project in detail.

The team was responsible for the delivery and testing of all the software components. They also participated in both the feature and system design process. They used .NET, legacy APS.NET MVC [model–view–controller], and AngularJS.

Explain how the solution addressed your business challenge.

The solution was the software side of our client's hardware.

What was the team composition?

The team was composed of a .NET server-side developer, an AngularJS web developer, and a QA [quality assurance] engineer.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What outcomes or results can you share that demonstrate progress and/or success?

They delivered software that’s well-designed and implemented.

How effective was the project management?

The project management was conducted by U.S.-based employees, and their communication skills were exemplary.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I was impressed by the quality of the engineers, their ability to work independently, and the decisions they made.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

We are a pet store e-commerce company. We dabble in distribution and have been doing retail e-commerce for years; we've built up our entire platform with all in-house technology. We've been getting more into the distribution side and have been working with retailers and are building SAS products and offerings that will be available for pet stores to sell our stuff from behind the counter and we're going to be doing the recommendation, etc.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Cortlex?

In January, Petflow was acquired by a pet food distributor called Phillips and they took us on as their innovation team, their ongoing technical resource. that gets the stuff done for them. They're a pretty big company and are behind the times on the engineering side of things, so we came in for that. With that came a bottled up roadmap, they had a lot of things they wanted to do to get a competitive edge in the industry, because frankly none of their competition are very good at executing technology projects. We stepped in and were given a lot of projects. Due to the scope of these projects and the amount of new products we were building, we needed to bring in outsourced help to get through the first wave and catch-up.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Cortlex worked on one thing for us. It was a three-month contract where they worked on the foundation of this application - a behind-the-counter special ordering app. That is a SAS solution we're giving to our Phillips clients, a log-in to the web based app where they can place orders for their customers. They can see products, they can recommend ones, etc.

Cortlex worked only on the backend in this case, we were using Laravel 5.4 and a bulk of the work was setting up a secure off base API that our frontend application team could use and be confident that it was secure, safe, and could provide a building block that we may build on later, because there's going to be different clients consuming the API.

What is the team dynamic?

We had one senior backend engineer and we had their account manager slash project manager.

Have you worked with a team like this in the past?

I've done similar work before with a couple other shops in Eastern Europe, but Cortlex were the most responsive and down-to-earth. They responded to my inquiry really quickly and provided resources really quickly, put talent in front of me, and integrated with our team seamlessly. They joined our Slack, calendar, e-mail and started working with us. It was really cool to have that close relationship set up pretty fast.

How did you come to work with Cortlex?

They cold-called me on LinkedIn and sent a message. There were a couple other companies I talked to at the time. Ultimately, Cortlex were accepted due to the speed at which they worked with me and I had a really good feeling about them.

How much have you invested with them?

The project was somewhere between $10,000-$20,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

The project began in April 2017 and was completed July 2017.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?

They accomplished everything we gave them. We work on an Agile cycle here and have a dozen or so stories we handed off to them and they did it. We signed a three month contract and they finished it, pretty much right on time. That was all pretty good.

How did Cortlex perform from a project management standpoint?

We talked daily, there was three hours of overlap with our team and we would do a standup with them, and every other week we would do a planning session to set the next goals to hit.

They are really well spoken in English and type just fine.

What did you find most impressive about them?

The turnaround and ease of integration, for sure.

We did a short contract with them, so I don't know what else they have to offer in terms of specific skill sets. I don't think there was anything super standout. They were pretty quality and better than other outsourced shops I have worked with.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I don't think so. The size and scope was pretty straightforward. Their engineer could have communicated a little bit better, he seemed a little shy sometimes; he would do some work and it would turnout that he went down the wrong branch for a couple hours and then talk to us and realize he was supposed to have been going a different way. But, it wasn't that big of a deal.

Advice for potential customers?

Make sure your projects are well-defined and what you're building makes sense. Be in communication on a daily basis. With any outsourced company, the worst thing to do is let them go at it for a couple weeks and hand off something that doesn't make any sense.