Lexunit

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m the CTO and co-founder of JobStep. We’re a startup dedicated to helping job seekers find work more efficiently.

What challenge were you trying to address with Lexunit?

I brought on Lexunit to translate my vision, prototypes, and code into a scalable platform.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Our technology uses automation software to help job seekers apply for positions. The software maps the job seeker’s data — including their profile and work history — and uses it to fill out forms. This prevents the job seeker from filling out the same form over and over again as they apply to jobs

At the same time, the backend aggregates and scrapes for information, using third-party APIs to filter through job lists based on what the job seeker is qualified for.

Recently, we kicked off another project with them. They’re using JavaScript to build a web app that can be used as an onboarding form.

What is the team composition?

I’ve been working primarily with Adam (CTO). He also brought in one of his colleagues when he needed additional coding help. Recently, they brought David (CEO & Co-Founder) on to support our most recent project.

How did you come to work with Lexunit?

We evaluated several different providers for the project. A friend of ours had worked with Lexunit on a project in the past, and he had nothing but good things to say about them. They were excellent software developers and were very transparent and easy to communicate with. I also wanted a team that had experience with machine learning for this project. Lexunit met all of our needs.   

How much have you invested with them?

So far, we’ve spent between $10,000–$50,000.

What is the status of this engagement?

The project began in December 2020 and is ongoing.

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

We now have a working platform. It’s still a little rough around the edges, but it does what we want it to do. As we continue to work on the platform, we plan to test it to see how many people it can serve. Right now, we’re just happy with their work so far.

How did Lexunit perform from a project management standpoint?

Their communication is excellent. They're based in Hungary, but they speak fluent English, which makes it easy to collaborate.  

We’ve been pleasantly surprised that they’ve been able to work autonomously. I don’t need to manage their team day-to-day, so I only need to meet with them twice a week. In each meeting, we set high-level requirements, and discuss implementation details, but I trust them to execute the project in full.

What did you find most impressive about them?

I’ve also been impressed by how quickly Lexunit’s team has been able to adapt to our changing business needs. When I come to them with new requirements, they make the changes within a week or so.

Are there any areas they could improve?

There have been a few cases when I know they’ve had to balance several different projects. It would be nice to know when they’re busy so we can plan around their capacity.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Come with a clear vision of what you want to build, including the technical requirements you’re looking for. Be willing it iterate and test ideas with their team.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I'm the CEO of Blueink Digital, a lead-generation marketplace that does marketing analytics for solar, home improvement, and insurance companies, among others.

What challenge were you trying to address with Lexunit?

We wanted to build a sophisticated database that could handle the storage, machine learning (ML) functions, and optimization of all the data that our marketplace is generating.

What was the scope of their involvement?

We’ve used Lexunit for a couple of development projects. We started off originally with developing a dashboard that communicated with our vendors. This was the database that stored all of our data, making them retrievable and queryable. It also connected a bunch of third-party services that we’ve been relying on. 

In most projects, we have a pretty clear idea of what we’re trying to accomplish. Almost everything is done via AWS, and the applications are mostly coded in Python. I’ve given Lexunit access to all of our backend data, and they help shape and guide some of it. Since they’ve completed several projects with us before, we’ve also opened ourselves up a little in terms of feedback and the scoping of our projects. 

Apart from development projects, we also use Lexunit for general technical help as far as connecting services and getting things up and running are concerned. Overall, we’ve relied on them like an outsourced CTO partner. 

What is the team composition?

Adam (CTO) is our main point of contact, but I’ve also worked with at least two other people on-call. Behind the scenes, there are around 4–5 people working on projects in some capacity. However, everything really only goes through one main point of contact.

How did you come to work with Lexunit?

We were referred to them. One of my employees had worked with somebody who knew Lexunit and worked with them directly. 

We also did our search and interviewed 6–7 development shops, including Lexunit. We ended up liking them the most. They had a competitive price and they seemed to know what they were doing. At the end of the day, we landed on them. 

How much have you invested with them?

So far, we’ve invested around $60,000. 

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working with them in May 2020, and they’re still working for us on projects. 

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

For success metrics, Lexunit gave us proposals for our first couple of projects. Within those proposals, there were hour caps, and they never exceeded those hours. In fact, they were under the hour cap a couple of times, which was nice — this wasn’t usually the case when other vendors gave us hour caps.

Since we’ve already worked on all types of projects, we’ve had all kinds of success metrics, such as checking whether they're doing what they need to do or creating something that has an effect on the system. So far, they’ve hit all of our success metrics, and they’ve been doing a good job.

How did Lexunit perform from a project management standpoint?

Lexunit’s project management is good. We have one point of contact, and we really like working with him. He’s made everything very streamlined and easy. We have weekly video calls, and we email back and forth; they’re extremely responsive. 

What did you find most impressive about them?

They’re professionals, and they know what they’re doing. Lexunit gets things done on or under budget. Everything has worked well so far, and they’re very competitive in terms of pricing and the services we’re getting from them.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Their only issue right now is their growing pains. Since they have so many clients, they might be at full or even over their capacity. That’s probably because they’re doing a pretty good job so people are booking more projects with them. Overall, as they grow, the only problem is their capacity issues. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

If you have a clear idea of what you want to do, and if you can clearly define it in the scope, then you’ll be better off with Lexunit. Remember that they don’t necessarily know your business from day one, and scope creep is always an issue for anybody, including those within your organization. As a result, my biggest advice is to have a clear understanding of what you want to achieve.

Introduce your business and what you do there.

I’m a cloud operations lead and product owner at an industrial technology company. 

What challenge were you trying to address with Lexunit?

We partnered with Lexunit to develop a cloud-native application.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Lexunit is working on an internal web application for our company. It’s a cloud-based environment that we can utilize in our daily business; it’s also an internal application, so it’s not reachable outside of our organization. 

What is the team composition?

On a daily basis, I communicate with 3–4 people. David (Co-Founder & CEO) and Adam (CTO) are my main contact points, but I’m also in contact with other developers. Adam organizes the technical aspects of the project, while David handles the general management of the partnership. They then distribute the actual work to their colleagues. 

How did you come to work with Lexunit?

I had a prior working relationship with Adam in my previous company. We had a great relationship, and I was totally impressed with his work. I trusted him enough that when we got the opportunity to work on this current project, I wanted to use Lexunit.

Our company had an internal tender, so other providers also fought for the same project. In the end, it made sense for us to choose Lexunit because they had the best offer. 

What is the status of this engagement?

We started working together in August 2019, and the partnership is ongoing. 

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

We’re satisfied with their work. While the actual software is still in development, we’ve already reached milestones — we can already use the software. It helps us a lot in our daily business, and our engineers now work more efficiently. Lexunit's job and the product itself are absolutely fine even if the development is still in progress. 

How did Lexunit perform from a project management standpoint?

We had different communication channels, including direct phone calls, Slack messages, and meetings. All of Lexunit members attend regularly, they’re always on time, and they don’t cancel meetings. Accidents happen, but the overall communication has been really fine. I’m totally satisfied with our communication and daily work with them. 

Are there any areas they could improve?

Lexunit is a startup, so they’re a bit small and they don’t have regular processes. As such, they don’t have standardized workflows inside the company, and organizing work with them is a bit ad hoc. They’re working pretty hard to change this. On the other hand, this trait can be beneficial since the Lexunit team can be flexible; they can move and change things quickly. 

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

Lexunit is a really transparent company, so they want to deal with their partners as transparently as possible. In other words, if you want to build a long-term partnership with them, you need to do business in an open way and with direct communication. Lexunit is also thinking about long-term relationships, so trust should be established, and that should also be the case for you as their partners.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the head of product engineering in a IT consultancy firm that does full scale digital transformation merging management consulting with engineering excellence. We are based in Hungary but working globally with a European focus.

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

We wanted to rewrite complex data pipelines for one of our client. These models had an Excel preimage with usable business documentation that should be transformed to well designed Python data pipelines capable of running on a scalable infrastructure.

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

We searched I network and selected Lexunit colleagues as the best fit for data engineering based on their CVs and personal interviews.

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

We used Python and relevant data science tools to deliver 4 models.

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

2-3 people worked with us as senior data engineers.

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

The delivery was completely successful and timely with complete client satisfaction.

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

They had a direct communication style, we mainly used zoom for meetings. They showed significant independence and reliability.

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

They were easy-going and professional.

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

Work with us more :)