co.brick sp. z o.o.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of Program of Kontrol GmbH

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Compliance Platform for Mobility Providers and Manufacturers of Autonomous Vehicles

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire co.brick sp. z o.o. to accomplish?

• Expertise in scalable Cloud Platforms
• Support developing Cloud Platform MVP

SOLUTION

How did you find co.brick sp. z o.o.?

Referral

Why did you select co.brick sp. z o.o. over others?

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

How many teammates from co.brick sp. z o.o. were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

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

After a few years of developing fundamental technology and knowledge in regard to requirements from laws and regulations in the field of autonomous vehicles, we were looking for a technology partner to build high-quality software in an MVP scope against a very tight deadline and on budget to start selling this MVP in a SaaS business-model. 
Key deliverables included according source code, code documentation, testing and verification before deployment, live demo's, engagement in agile working model.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Completion / development of user stories and features for the platform

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

The Co.brick team delivered the MVP on time. The project management was highly professional and ready to give recommendations. The PL was very experienced and always on-top-of-things. The team blended into our inhouse team seamlessly. Our feedback was implemented promptly.

What was your primary form of communication with co.brick sp. z o.o.?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

co.brick sp. z o.o. truly understood startups and how we operate. They were very flexible and eagerly adjusted to our needs.

Are there any areas for improvement or something co.brick sp. z o.o. could have done differently?

Sometimes Co.Brick could have challenged us more with best-practices from other projects. For us as young company this might be highly valuable depending on context. Documentation of all code and features might be more up-to-date during the project.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CTO of Emporix AG

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We provide b2b & b2c commerce enterprise software for manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire co.brick sp. z o.o. to accomplish?

Establish a core software development team

SOLUTION

How did you find co.brick sp. z o.o.?

• Referral
• Other

Why did you select co.brick sp. z o.o. over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Referred to me
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from co.brick sp. z o.o. were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

Hire a development, QA and support team Move application stack to Kubernetes and GCP Renovate and improve the existing software stack Establish a CD/CI development cycle to release new features Establish core DevOps principles and processes Establish QA processes

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Disconnect of the old application stack The number of new/ improved features developed per development cycle Deployment Frequency Code Quality (bugs reported) Number & Quality of people hired

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

Their hiring process was excellent and thorough. Candidates were of high quality. They helped us understand the Polish employment market and were resourceful in finding talent. We managed to build a great team in a relatively short time. We worked well on defining together what was needed, and the co.Brick team responded quickly. Delivering the required functionality was our responsibility, but the co.Brick supported us well in creating features on time and within budget.

What was your primary form of communication with co.brick sp. z o.o.?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

It's culture and openness—their knowledge of the market and the talent needed to get our development team up and running quickly. They are thoughtful and helpful in their advice. Without them, we wouldn't've been able to set up a great engineering team in Poland within six months.

Are there any areas for improvement or something co.brick sp. z o.o. could have done differently?

As with any other startup, there are challenges around process details, which however, we always found a way to resolve quickly. co.Brick has matured immensely since we started working with them and continues to do so.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the Chief Product Office of Productsup, developing the Productsup product-to-consumer (P2C) platform, which will enable you to take complete control over your product data. Getting products to consumers where they are and when they want to buy is becoming increasingly difficult and expensive. The proliferation of channels, marketplaces, platforms, brands, and regulations has transformed the retail space into a state commerce anarchy. Our comprehensive P2C platform will enable you to easily deliver the kind of superior personalized, consumer-centric experiences your customers expect across all touchpoints.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire co.brick sp. z o.o., and what were your goals?

I hired co.brick to build a new team focused on building complex commerce API integrations. This includes to find and hire the right people that work as a team and also fit into the Productsup culture.

SOLUTION

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

I selected co.brick because I have been in contact already earlier in my career and was always impressed by their very open and honest mindset, deep upstanding of technology as well as of people and culture.

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

The scope of work is to build and develop a full engineering team that is developing strategic API integrations to other commerce system for the Productsup P2C platform.

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

co.brick built for us a complete engineering team of 5 people including a Product Owner leading the team.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Not sharing numbers or details, but the team has impressed everyone with their deep technical skills and became a part of Productsup very easily. They delivered a lot of strategic and very complex integrations.

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

Their team is very committed, transparent, pro-active and honest about how they build and develop the team.

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

The very technical and open mindset to build a team that fits for our company.

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

Nothing that comes to my mind.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Engineering Director of a software company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We tackle the last-mile industry with an AI and ML powered route optimization platform.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire co.brick sp. z o.o. to accomplish?

• Build out a robust, scalable, infrastructure to support our global operations.
• Identify cost efficiency opportunities and apply changes for cost reduction.

SOLUTION

How did you find co.brick sp. z o.o.?

Referral

Why did you select co.brick sp. z o.o. over others?

• Great culture fit
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from co.brick sp. z o.o. were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

Prefer not to disclose.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Co.brick team helped address urgent production issues, as well as tackling changes in our infrastructure strategy.

Additionally, tackling projects that helped reduce infrastructure costs.

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

They are consisitently delivering on time, and shows iniative to identify new items founds and tackling them as needed.

What was your primary form of communication with co.brick sp. z o.o.?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

They've shown that they truly act in our best interest on multiple occasions.

Are there any areas for improvement or something co.brick sp. z o.o. could have done differently?

No. We're quite happy with their service.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am a department head of Customs4trade

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Simplify customs management with CAS, an automated customs declarations solution that keeps your goods moving.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire co.brick sp. z o.o. to accomplish?

• Hire Software Engineers
• Support in DevopsEngineer
• Assist in hiring QA Engineers

SOLUTION

How did you find co.brick sp. z o.o.?

Referral

Why did you select co.brick sp. z o.o. over others?

Good value for cost

How many teammates from co.brick sp. z o.o. were assigned to this project?

6-10 Employees

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

Cobrick supports us in hiring key profiles in engineering. They source and select candidates to start working as consultants in our company on long term bases.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Successful hires - Focus on Software, Devops and QA Engineering 
• Weekly follow up to check on engagement, possible issues, onboarding, offboarding...

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

Our contact persons within Cobrick always react quickly and adequately. We were able to build up a long-term relationship to support us in our sourcing and follow-up of the consultants. We are always updated timely and in a professional manner.

What was your primary form of communication with co.brick sp. z o.o.?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

The personal approach and open contacts

Are there any areas for improvement or something co.brick sp. z o.o could have done differently?

NA