Zapalean

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Uatalents

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Talent platform for migrants

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Enable quick iterations for the development team with automated deployments to dev/prod environments
• Make infrastructure highly available and secure

SOLUTION

How did you find Zapalean?

Referral

Why did you select Zapalean over others?

• Great culture fit
• Referred to me
• High quality of outputs

How many teammates from Zapalean were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Zapalean designed and implemented our AWS infrastructure from scratch. We had a no-code solution hosted in the cloud and were transitioning to a code-based solution.

Zapalean built the AWS infrastructure, including AWS EC2, Docker, AWS RDS, MySQL, GitLab, Cloudflare, and Terraform.

So, we got fully functioning production and dev environments connected to the DB and automation of our CI/CD process so our team can release more frequently while our production is highly available.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

SLA, Deploy speed, number of releases

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

The deliverables were shipped in time and if anything took longer than expected they communicated well. Moreover, the team went above and beyond if we had any extra requests or if we had any incidents in the meantime.

What was your primary form of communication with Zapalean?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The team was very straightforward and delivered high-quality service. I loved there was no fluff and we resolved all challenges in a way beneficial to our needs.

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

I believe Zapalean did a really good job. Maybe I'd prefer some cloud setup features to be simpler so our roadmap is quicker but the solution appeared to work smoothly for 2 years now, so I cannot complain.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Engineering Manager of the company.

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

A reflective technology company. We build tools to accelerate reflection in schools and beyond.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Rebuild Cloud infrastructure
• Reduced deploy time
• Mentor inhouse devops to maintain everything
• Create CI/CD pipeline and auto test run
• Improve security scanning

SOLUTION

How did you find Zapalean?

Referral

Why did you select Zapalean over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Zapalean were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

We partnered with Zapalean to enhance our CI/CD processes and rebuild old AWS infra, and they delivered beyond our expectations. They reduced our deployment times by 90% and helped us triple the number of releases, and slightly improved stability

In addition, they handled our production  security assessment. Overall, Zapalean was a reliable partner that truly helped us streamline our operations and improve our delivery process

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• deploy time
• 99.9 Uptime
• number of deployments per day
• tests code coverage

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

• automated CI
• reduced deployment time
• 99.9 sla
• IaC for AWS

What was your primary form of communication with Zapalean?

• In-Person Meeting
• Virtual Meeting

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

• Perfect quality 
• Communication and response on time 

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

 They could support a bit more documentation