Blue Coding

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the CEO of a small SaaS company developing ecommerce apps on various platforms

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Blue Coding?

We were looking for qualified, full-stack NodeJS and React developers that join our team, hit the ground running, and strive for engineering excellence.

SOLUTION

How did you select Blue Coding and what were the deciding factors?

I met David, the founder of Blue Coding, at a conference

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

We needed 2 NodeJS and React developers as part of our team to work on major product redesigns and platform enhancements.

Describe the recruitment process in detail.

Blue Coding interviewed us to get a detailed picture of not only what we were looking for as far as skills, level, and budget but also team culture and fit.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the engagement that demonstrate progress or success?

Blue Coding was able to help us place 2 key engineers on our team who were sharp, onboarded exceptionally fast, and were able to help us release a complete product redesign in less than 3 months.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Developers have been flexible with our requirement to have significant overlap with PST timezone, have incorporated into our team and process very well.

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

Their thoroughness in selecting and interviewing candidates has been impressive. Also, how well the team was able to get on the same page as us with regard to what we're looking for in a candidate

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

Nope. Lovely team

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the founder of a software company.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What challenge were you trying to address with Blue Coding?

We were trying to hire a developer.

SOLUTION

What was the scope of their involvement?

Blue Coding helped us through the HR process of hiring a developer. First, they went through our requirements and did a discovery call with us. Then, they did interviews and went off to do their own research. Finally, they provided us with a list of those who met the requirements and helped us with the whole interview process. We have used their services for three hires.

What is the team composition?

We had a primary person in charge of the project, and they brought in more people for other roles.

How did you come to work with Blue Coding?

I got to know Blue Coding’s founder at some conferences. We started talking to him and some people on their team.

How much have you invested with them?

Over the years, we’ve spent close to $100,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

Our latest hiring process was in January 2021, but we’ve worked with them over the past two years. We’re still working with a business developer that we hired through them.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We have pretty particular needs, and they have been able to find multiple people to meet those. We’ve been very happy with them.

How did Blue Coding perform from a project management standpoint?

We communicate through Zoom or email, depending on the part of the project we’re working on.

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re able to distill down a number of prospects from a very big pool to a very specific pool. They present us with candidates that actually meet our needs, so we don’t have to interview tens or hundreds of people. Blue Coding does a really good job of pre-selecting candidates for us.

Are there any areas they could improve?

I really can’t think of anything. We’ve been very happy with them.

Any advice for potential customers?

They just figure out what your needs are, so give them all the details, and they’ll run with that. Give them all of the details that you possibly can and let them do their thing.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the co-founder of a a small, but growing software company that provides DIY consumer research services to business customers around the world.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

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

My co-founder and I are both engineers and did all of our software development. As our company started to grow, we decided to build a fully remote team but still wanted to developers roughly in the US timezone so we turned to Blue Coding to help us hire developers in Latin America. We wanted a partner that could help us navigate the Latin American market and also provide the technical expertise to vet the candidates.

SOLUTION

How did you select Blue Coding and what were the deciding factors?

We selected Blue Coding because the team is capable, professional and easy to work with. They have a very hands-off approach to recruiting that lets us focus on our business.

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

The initial scope was to provide full end-to-end recruiting services, from candidate sourcing to initial vetting to technical interviewing. Deliverables included personal and technical interview evaluations.

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

We worked with a number of people from the team, including the CEO, Head of Talent, VP of Operations, and recruiter.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The main outcome was the successful hiring of our first developer / engineering manager. He has had a huge impact on our development productivity. We were so happy with him that we had Blue Coding hire our next developer as well who is also an amazing team member.

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

They have very thorough note taking, email communication, and meeting scheduling skills. There was never any doubt about the status of anything and replies were always timely.

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

I'm impressed at the quality of talent they are able to source and the thorough vetting they do for each candidate. Every candidate that they presented was always technically superb which made it easy for us since we only had to decide on cultural fit.

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

Nothing about the current process.