Binariks

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the head of global application development and support for an alternative investment fund, also known as a hedge fund, specializing in private equities and non-performing loans.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

We hired Binariks to support our app development work.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

We had a couple of resources from Binariks working for us on React app development.

What is the team composition?

At one point, we had four developers working on frontend development on different apps for us.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent between $200,000–$900,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them around 2019 and stopped in July 2024. Our CFO mandated that we transition our consulting away from a variety of service providers to a single provider. Unfortunately, we had to let Binariks go. Still, it had nothing to do with their performance or skills, and I would use them again for other projects.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Overall, Binariks' resources did a great job. All of them were fantastic resources. Usually, I have to interview a lot of developers to find a good one. However, every developer I interviewed from Binariks was pretty solid. I measured their success by assessing whether they got up to speed quickly, contributed as individuals, participated in our code reviews, and were reliable in doing all the work. All of the developers we had through Binariks scored very highly in all those metrics.

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

Binariks was very communicative. We communicated through Microsoft Teams meetings, audio calls, and chats. Every two weeks, I had a call with a project coordinator.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Binariks deployed a very effective small team of specialized developers who could work with our existing development team. They were all very capable of operating independently and within the framework of our existing app. Therefore, I felt very comfortable with them after a very short time. Binariks augmented our team very quickly, and their resources started adding value to the team.

Are there any areas they could improve?

There was nothing Binariks could have improved on. At one point, I had an issue with one of the developers. However, I mentioned it to the project manager, and they took care of it immediately. Overall, they took feedback very well, adapted, and adjusted.

Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?

There isn't any particular advice needed. Binariks has extremely solid developers.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm the VP of engineering at a clinical services organization.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

We needed staff augmentation support from a data engineer. We needed to bring a new role to our company and didn't have a profile within our staff.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

When engaging with Binariks, we had an existing data engineering stack that included Snowflake, Fivetran, and Tableu and required resources who could work with that stack. Binariks' data engineer doesn't require training and has integrated into our team. 

What is the team composition?

I only work with Binariks' data engineer.

How did you come to work with Binariks?

We contacted Binariks through an internal referral.
How much have you invested with them?

We've spent around $72,000 on this project.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with Binariks in July 2023, and our engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Binariks' work has saved our team around five hours a week and exceeded our expectations. 

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

Binariks' communication is good via Slack and video calls. We also use Jira to track and manage tickets.
Are there any employees from the service provider's team that you would like to give a shout-out to in this review?

I want to highlight Binariks' data engineer's work.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Binariks' communication is their biggest strength, and we have monthly check-ins with the team. Binariks recruit good talent, although we haven't requested other roles yet. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

I can't think of anything for Binariks to improve.

Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?

When searching for staff augmentation providers, we interviewed Binariks' team as if they would be full-time employees, and I was happy with that. I recommend using a similar approach when engaging with Binariks.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm the CTO of BlueVoice Inc., a seed-stage large language model company targeted primarily at first responders. Our first product vertical is for law enforcement officers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

We needed help with building our initial designs, our prototype to be used for sales calls, and our initial product.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Binariks helped us design and develop our first product, and they also onboarded our full-time engineers onto the technical solutions that their team implemented. Initially, we had a lot of sit-down calls, where we basically did a data dump of everything we were looking for. I had a lot of interviews with Binariks' designer and business analyst to create the user stories. The discovery process was planned to last two weeks, but it was extended for another week because it was very comprehensive.

Their design work included everything, from user stories to actual Figma designs. After the design phase, there was a 6–8-week sprint cycle focused on developing the first prototype. This prototype was very simplistic; it didn't have a lot of bells and whistles. The prototype simply included the main chat page, which was the feature I wanted to showcase. After the prototyping phase, Binariks went into the full development phase for another two months.

For the actual solution implementation, Binariks used React Native, FastAPI, and Python. This solution was created as both a web and a mobile app. Since law enforcement officers use mobile phones and cruiser computers, we had to support both platforms. Moreover, Binariks used AWS for DevOps. Within AWS, they used Cognito, RDS, Textract for document analysis, and OpenAI APIs for machine learning.

What is the team composition?

At the peak of development, we had eight teammates from Binariks working on the project. The full-time team included a frontend engineer, a backend engineer, and a machine learning engineer. On a part-time basis, Binariks' team included a designer, a QA, a business analyst, a product manager, and a system architect.

How did you come to work with Binariks?

They came as a referral from a colleague of mine from school. She had used them for her startup and highly recommended them.

How much have you invested with them?

We spent roughly $150,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

We worked together from September 2023–February 2024.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Thanks to Binariks, we were able to launch pilot programs in two departments successfully. In those programs, 20 officers used our new product, analyzing over 500 questions without crashes or complaints.

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

Overall, Binariks' project management was great — I would give them almost perfect scores. Although some areas could have been improved, they were very clear about their expectations. For the most part, they were on time. Moreover, they were very realistic about what they could accomplish and consistently accomplished. We primarily communicated via Slack and Google Meet.

Are there any employees from the service provider's team that you would like to give a shout-out to in this review?

I would like to give a shout-out to Iryna (FinTech Product Director). She was excellent to work with and really capable at her job, helping me facilitate development and communication.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Binariks was capable of taking a design, providing adequate timelines and resources, scoping the project out, and delivering it. In my experience, most people can't deliver, but Binariks delivered.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Some of the technical designs could have been done with more forward-thinking thought. Still, I understood that they were working with the timelines we had. Other than that, there was nothing Binariks could have improved on.

Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?

Having consistent meetings and joining the daily sinc-ups is a great way to work. Moreover, having an independent and internal technical manager overseeing the approved designs is also really critical to the project. In addition to that, provide them with specifications, don't change things too close to the deadline, and be very thorough with the documentation you provide them. Doing those things is essential for them to do a good job.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of a B2B SaaS Company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

B2B SaaS company that helps DTC brands & retailers embed authentic video reviews on their e-commerce channels

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Create an application that will completely replace the old application and will be more scalable and easy to launch new tenants.

SOLUTION

How did you find Binariks?

Referral

Why did you select Binariks over others?

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

How many teammates from Binariks were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

HUE already has a system that provides the ability to find the product’s shade and upload user generated video reivews. However, the main goal for us is to reduce onboarding to improve workflow so Hue can launch faster with the brands and partners. 

At the moment, we spend a lot of time signing a contract, launching the product, and customizing each brand’s product. Binariks was hired to make a new application based on the old application. The new application must be scalable for faster launching new customers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The team managed to launch the product on time and is now engaged in the expansion of the application and its support

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

Binariks develops the application in its entirety, for good communication and product delivery, the team uses Scrum and Jira. All team members adopted the flow quickly and effortlessly. Binariks also provided us with meeting notes on high-level meetings and weekly status reports with a detailed description of the work accomplished.

What was your primary form of communication with Binariks?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The attitude towards work is something Binariks takes pride in. It’s a combination of a high-skilled team and mature management that makes this company stand out. We were pleased to work with them. All the team members had a high level of responsibility with top technical skills.

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

Nothing comes to mind. We would like Binariks to keep growing and helping more customers to make successful products.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Managing Director of an Software Dev Company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Software development company focusing on miltech.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Frontend Development

SOLUTION

How did you find Binariks?

Online Search

Why did you select Binariks over others?

• Pricing fits our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Binariks were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

Military tech platform, which gives ability for end users (military forces) to manage resources, plan missions, speedup calculations different related calculations.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Completed tasks in project management software. 
• Tasks were issued from our product manager for the Binariks developers.

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

We communicated daily with Binariks teams, and meetings to discuss technical aspects and requirements. We use a board inside GitLab to manage task management. Binariks also provides us with weekly progress reports detailing the work completed. Also, every week we called the management of Binariks to share feedback about the cooperation.

What was your primary form of communication with Binariks?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

We are really impressed with the high-skilled developers, they always try to improve the product and provide us with great solutions. Binariks really cares about our product and always tries to give us valuable advice. for example, if necessary, we can involve highly qualified specialists to provide advice.

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

Would like Binariks to keep growing and to keep gathering the professionals in their company.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the VP of Engineering of a software company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Leveraging the power of music and technology to redefine what's possible in brain health

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Provide development and test support to other Engineering teams

SOLUTION

How did you find Binariks?

LinkedIn

Why did you select Binariks over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Previous experience with developers from Ukraine

How many teammates from Binariks were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

1. Implementing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in order to have consistent and reliable deployments across the platform with minimal downtime and robust quality controls in place. This work was done using Terraform and was successfully built for the entire backend platform.
2. Provide development and test support to other Engineering teams, as needed. These efforts includes CI/CD improvements, addressing gaps in monitoring and alert coverage of cloud components and supporting feature development work.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

1. The manual effort of standing up a new environment that previously took about two weeks, was automated using IaC and now takes fifteen minutes. 
2. Build out of the regression test suite in for the backend in order to provide the team with a way to consistently execute and document their test results for every release

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

Their efforts were managed by existing employees and they met the expectations of our team regarding hitting sprint commitments and delivering on the work they were requested to perform.

What was your primary form of communication with Binariks?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The quality of work and the commitment in getting the work done in a timely manner from each team member.

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

Communicate dates for upcoming holidays or when folks would be unavailable for a significant amount of time. There were time where the team members got their holidays wrong and were unavailable without any prior communication.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am a manager of ProTechnolgy GmbH

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We at ProTechnology GmbH are providing consulting services and building applications for our customers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• fast delivery of new feature
• high quality of new feature

SOLUTION

How did you find Binariks?

• Online Search
• Clutch Site
• Other

Why did you select Binariks over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fits our budget
• Technical expertise presented

How many teammates from Binariks were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

It is an application that enables users to track the activities and statistics of their social networks in one place. The primary purpose is to build a highly scaled, stable, and quite flexible application that can run social media analytics, track analytics, and interpret data across the 6 most important social media platforms.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Binariks is helping to build application from scratch. We are planning to release the MVP(Minimal Viable Product) version in the middle of August. We are constantly adding new features to the scope and prioritize them.

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

Binariks management provided us with meeting notes on high-level meetings and weekly status reports with a detailed description of the work accomplished. Roughly saying, with Binariks we got professional cooperation and fast response times.

What was your primary form of communication with Binariks?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Binariks has helped us to achieve our goals and deliver our work with good results collaboratively. The team is skilled, attentive, and well-integrated with our in-house team. The team at Binariks is also timely, responsive, and communicative, and their communication skills are awesome.

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

Nothing comes to mind. We would like Binariks to keep growing and helping more customers to make successful products.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Senior QA Engineer of Modo Labs

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Modo Labs allows customers to easily create apps for deployment in Android, iOS, and desktop.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

• Automation
• Performance testing

SOLUTION

How did you find Binariks?

Referral

Why did you select Binariks over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me

What was the size of Binariks’s team?

2-5 Employees

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

Create an automation framework for one of our products. Using this framework, create automated tests for a smoke suite. Make sure these tests run on desktop and native (Android/iOS).

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• We now have an automation framework at Modo Labs. We can now apply this to the next version of this product along with other products we will want to automate.

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

I interacted with the PM about once a month for a quick check-in. The lead qa person also did some PM work with me to strategize what we need from a technical standpoint. Things ran smoothly. It took a little longer than expected to get everything up and running, especially in mobile, but that was ok. There were challenges on our end that required changes in our code too. I think tests were delivered on time for desktop. Mobile took longer, but those are done now too.

What was your primary form of communication with Binariks?

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

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

I love the people I interact with at Binariks. Everyone I've been has been nice and personable. They're professional and down to earth, very easy to talk with. The QA resources I've worked with are very motivated and always want to get ahead of the game. If improvements are needed, they get done in a timely manner. Aren't these the qualities people want in all the people they work with?

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

Honestly, no. I've had a very positive experience so far with Binariks.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CEO and co-founder of a fintech platform that helps expatriates and retail investors track and manage their assets worldwide.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

We were looking to increase our development capacity.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Binariks provides us with backend development services. They provide a full-time developer who works with our CTO to build our product’s backend using Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, and AWS. They also provide light-touch project management to ensure the project is on track. 

What is the team composition?

We work with one full-time backend developer, a daily project manager, and a senior manager from Binariks. 

How did you come to work with Binariks?

I found them through Google and Clutch — I always verify my research on Clutch. Additionally, I looked at other platforms like LinkedIn and Google reviews. We researched different types of businesses, and we liked Binariks the best. 

How much have you invested with them?

We’ve spent around £25,000 (approximately $30,000 USD). 

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in September 2022, and the engagement is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We measure Binariks’ success based on the timely completion of tasks and the reduction of redos. For example, we look at how many times we have to retouch a bug fix in order to deploy the fix. 

How did Binariksperform from a project management standpoint?

They’re really good at communicating and meeting our deadlines. The developer and daily project manager are present for our daily stand-up meetings, and the team is also available in the afternoon in case we need to discuss anything. Meanwhile, I escalate issues to the senior manager if necessary, and I speak with him and the daily project manager monthly to ensure everything is going well.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Binariks’ clear communication is the best — they’re consistent with it and with deliverables. They log their hours accurately, and if there’s an issue, they respond in a timely manner. The team also sends meeting minutes after every management call, and their invoices come like clockwork. Moreover, they immediately respond to any issues. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

They could speed up the onboarding process; it took a long time for the developer to get familiarized with our product’s backend and source code. Additionally, their pricing could be a bit more flexible. As a startup, we want to keep cash flow, and Binariks’ retainer is very rigid. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

With any client or vendor you work with, I advise setting expectations early on and being as clear as possible about what you expect them to do and what you’ll do. Clarifying the roles and responsibilities is critical in any project. Binariks need to know exactly what they’re hired to do in the scope of work. 

You should also be aware that Binariks is based in Ukraine. Because of the Russian Invasion, there are situations where they can’t attend a call or lose electricity for part of the day. On a human level, that’s something to be conscious of — it’s why we’ve been flexible and understanding of their circumstances.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m one of the founders and the COO of YourCoach Health. We’re an operating system for behavior change; we provide tech-enabled health coaching services to our clients.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Binariks?

It’s always challenging to find great engineering talent. We had a core team, but when we signed a large B2B client, we needed a team that could get involved quickly.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Binariks provides engineering and DevOps services. They work remotely on business requirements, QA, and coding. Initially, we set up tight timelines to use our core system code; we needed to build off a branch for that software.

What is the team composition?

The team ranges from 7–12 people at its peak.

How did you come to work with Binariks?

We found them through a recommendation.

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in February 2022, and our relationship is ongoing.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Our clients are happy with their work. Moreover, we became fully operational in just a few weeks, which is almost unheard of.

How did Binariks perform from a project management standpoint?

They’ve performed exceptionally well. We have them in our Slack channel. Additionally, we use standard tracking tools for project management.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They have quality talent, and the team is very respectful. Binariks challenges our thinking, so they’re more than an outsourced service that does what we tell them. Moreover, we highly value their customer-first approach. If we have something going on, they’re easily available.

Are there any areas they could improve?

No, there’s nothing I can think of; they’re a top-notch company.