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NBC IT Outsourcing is a Technological Partner that delivers software projects and helps companies scale their software development teams.
We use our expertise to understand the client's needs and business to deliver support in their projects. The team has over 10 years of experience in banking, media, e-commerce and new technologies.
NBC enjoys successful and long standing cooperation with ING, Idea Bank, Santander, Capgemini, Accenture, Asseco, Onet, Interia and many more.
NBC's proficiencies Include:
- Strong Domain Expertise - NBC has over 400 senior developers specializing in Front-End, Big Data, Machine Learning, Embedded Software Solutions, & Testing. They are skilled in Java, PHP, .NET, Python, React, and other programming languages.
- Rich Industry Experience - NBC can support projects in Finance, Banking, Media, eCommerce, Embedded Systems, AI & Machine Learning, and modern technology
- Various Software Delivery Models - NBC adjusts delivery models to business requirements to address adequate problems. They can provide entire teams to work on product backlogs, or extend internal teams with dedicated engineers.
- Quick Action - NBC works in Agile, not only for software development, but in building company culture too. Teams are not afraid of taking on new challenges and accepting non-standard solutions.
NBC also provides software and project delivery consulting. Contact us if you are stuck and in need of guidance.
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ING, Idea Bank, Santander, Capgemini, Accenture, Asseco, Onet, Interia and many more.
How Embedded Systems Support Environment Protection
Modern embedded software development allows data collection from multiple machines for business and technical analysis. Common problems related to embedded systems are legacy code replacement or the architecture not compatible with functional requirements.
The client is a producer of vehicles headquartered in Western Europe. The machines have an embedded system that controls mechanical devices to automate complex processes. New hardware is in production, so the new software solution is needed to assure the performance. Current software is in technological debt.
NBC as a Technology Partner advised to replace the legacy code with a modern software framework for new hardware. Team created machine prototypes and usability tests to prove that the software is compatible with the requirements before it can be implemented on the final hardware. Lab was created in the office to assure proper testing conditions that imitates the machines’ working environment. This has brought credible performance results.
The project began in late 2019 and is on-going (despite unexpected events due to Covid-19 expansion). Current NBC team consists of a Project Manager, Tech Lead, and Senior Software Developers with plans to incorporate Quality Engineers. Team members prototype ideas and test solutions with a software lab. The project was made in Waterfall methodology, however, tasks on the software development level were executed using Scrum approach. Dividing these two models allowed us to adjust business requirements and identify issues earlier.
NBC proudly supports this challenging technological project that will make a difference to the environment.
Contact us to discuss embedded software solutions.
Operation Resources Management System for an EU Agency
NBC created an updated version of a system that plans and manages operational resources among all member states for a major EU security agency.
The team consisted of 5 experienced .NET developers working in the Managed Capacity model, who are one of two distributed scrum teams in the project. Additionally, 2 NBC .NET developers were part of the Client’s team using Staff Augmentation. Due to security regulations, the team had to be screened and granted certificates.
The application allows the storage of information on available resources from member countries. It plans and controls the use of resources in operations, as well as summarizes the actual use after the operation. It is used by all EU member states. NBC influenced the data management process to make it user-friendly.
End-to-End Solutions: Implementation of a GDPR-compliant Solution to a Big Data Bank Ecosystem
NBC was responsible for delivering a project related to GDPR and Big Data for a large European Consumer Bank.
The goal was to create an application that would securely handle fragile client data that were stored using data structures of different formats (HBASE, HIVE, HDFS, text files). The application needed a Reporting Dashboard module to allow the end-user to control the entire process comfortably.
The NBC team was responsible for delivering an end-to-end solution: starting from initial analysis and design, through POC and MVP phase, to full project implementation in Agile methodology.
The client now uses the GDPR-compliant solution to handle considerable amounts of data in a secure and well-organized tool.
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IT Solutions for Global Credit Solution Company
"I feel confident working with them, knowing that they’ll be willing to help if an unforeseen situation comes up."
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I work for a global company that specializes in credit bureau and business information. We provide credit solutions, outsourcing, and provision services. I’m the IT director of the company’s Polish branch. I provide services mainly for the German market.
What challenge were you trying to address with NBC IT Outsourcing?
We’ve been collaborating with them for some years, and they’ve helped us on many projects so far.
What was the scope of their involvement?
They mainly provide us services in the IT solutions environment, such as development work. This includes pure programming as well as DevOps and testing. Occasionally, they provide people for analytics tasks.
All the resources from their team are integrated into our teams. We have our own development teams, and NBC IT helps us scale up projects for the German market.
What is the team composition?
We’re currently working with about 30 people from NBC IT, including analysts, developers, and senior developers. We have a dedicated point of contact with whom we discuss various topics on a daily basis.
How did you come to work with NBC IT Outsourcing?
We collaborate with several outsourcing partners. My company was already working with NBC IT when I joined.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working with NBC IT around September 2016, and it’s an ongoing engagement.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
The collaboration with NBC IT is quite valuable to us. They enhance our development capabilities.
We have long-term collaborations with partners and work on projects that require deep business knowledge. Most of the people from NBC IT have been working with us for a long time, which indicates that we’re satisfied with the collaboration.
How did NBC IT Outsourcing perform from a project management standpoint?
Project management is typically handled by our company. The programmers and other resources from NBC IT are integrated into our team.
We generally work remotely, especially now, with the COVID pandemic. We communicate with NBC IT’s team on a daily basis. We have standups and various other meetings organized remotely.
What did you find most impressive about them?
We collaborate with many providers, and NBC IT is on the top of our list of preferred companies. They care about their people. I feel confident working with them, knowing that they’ll be willing to help if an unforeseen situation comes up.
For example, if a team member leaves, they’ll provide a replacement quickly. If we need to increase the capacity urgently, they’ll find good candidates very fast.
Are there any areas they could improve?
Prices can always be lower. Aside from that, I’m quite satisfied.
Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?
In order to get the most out of the collaboration, it’s important to stay in close contact with them. From my experience, NBC IT really understands the client’s needs, and they can be flexible during unique situations.
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Backend Development for Language Learning Platform
"It’s been a pleasure working with them."
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the co-founder and CTO of ELSA, a foreign language learning app.
What challenge were you trying to address with NBC IT Outsourcing?
We were looking to build some new back- and frontend technologies to help companies use our app.
What was the scope of their involvement?
We brought in a small team of architects. The technology stack was Python with SQL database and an AWS cloud connection. The team collaborated with the frontend developers and designers we outsourced.
Now, the team is helping with other features that go directly into the app. They’re working on the backend technology that creates APIs for the app which involves a lot of interactions with our databases across several technologies.
What is the team composition?
We’ve worked with two developers as well as a project manager, who we talk to about any business or project needs.
How did you come to work with NBC IT Outsourcing?
NBC IT was recommended to us by another company in our area that was already working with them. We evaluated them as we did everyone else, and decided they would be able to provide us with good service.
What is the status of this engagement?
We’ve been working together since December 2018. We launched the platform successfully, but the developers remained on board and moved into the core of our product.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
I’ve enjoyed working with NBC IT. The team is always flexible in terms of their service, and they work hard to provide us with what’s best for us. There have been a few occasions when they’ve reached out to us to make suggestions on technology stacks or other strategies that would make our product better, which we really appreciated. They proved to us that they really care about us reaching our milestones.
We don’t just have client-vendor interactions. We have an actual relationship with NBC IT, so we can really talk to them about decisions in our project. It’s been a pleasure working with them.
How did NBC IT Outsourcing perform from a project management standpoint?
The two developers have integrated perfectly into our teams. They’ve been involved in all the daily stand up meetings and sprint planning with us. NBC IT has become part of our development team. We treat them as part of our company.
What did you find most impressive about them?
NBC IT really tries to make the engagement as good for the client as possible. It’s clear they believe that their success is related to ours. They’re thoughtful and always go the extra mile to make sure things are going well.
Are there any areas they could improve?
There’s nothing that comes to mind. They even visited us once when they were in Portugal, which was really nice. We’ve had a great experience.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Be very clear on your objectives and your limitations. NBC IT is an excellent long-term partner.
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Staff Augmentation for Banking Software Development Company
"We have a good collaboration with NBC IT."
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
Vodeno is a development company working on software in the financial services area. We mainly target banks and insurers. We’re working on our own core banking system, with solutions such as mobile banking apps, payment modules, and remote client onboarding modules using biometrics.
Most of our work is the development, maintenance, and implementation of our solution for external clients. We have one big client using our systems, and we’re implementing them for new clients. We offer both module and full digital banking implementation.
I’m responsible for financial and sourcing issues. I’m working with a full IT staff, coordinating who’s working where.
What challenge were you trying to address with NBC IT Outsourcing?
We have internal developers, and we also have a few strategic partners, including NBC IT.
What was the scope of their involvement?
NBC IT is working on parts of our system, providing backend development, automated testing, and development process analysts. They integrate with our team. We have a simple flat structure across the teams.
We’re working in Java and Python on the backend.
Their analysts are also helping our product team with using tools like business process model and notation (BPMN) and smart contracts.
What is the team composition?
The team size is quite fluid. We keep smaller groups of people after finishing a project. We’re currently at the stage of hiring more people from NBC IT, and I believe we’re working with 5–8 IT specialists from their side. They’re not providing a project manager.
How did you come to work with NBC IT Outsourcing?
They have a lot of experience with the banking industry in Poland. They’d worked with many of the biggest Polish banks, and they had a lot of specialists in loans, deposit savings, and so on. This was the most important factor for us.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working with NBC IT in 2019, and it’s ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We’re an agile scrum company, so the key metrics we track in our system are developers’ performance and burnout curves. We work in two-week sprints, and we check deliverables. We haven’t had any problems with NBC IT’s delivery.
How did NBC IT Outsourcing perform from a project management standpoint?
We haven’t had any communication problems with their team. We work with them the same as with our internal developers.
What did you find most impressive about them?
We have a good collaboration with NBC IT.
Are there any areas they could improve?
It depends on our approach. NBC’s developers are doing a very good job, but the results depend on our planning and sprint reviews. I have no issues with them.
Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?
We have four partners onboard, and the workflow is the same with everybody. We don’t assign full projects to them. All the management comes from us, and all our external developers work together as one team. That’s just our business model, and there are various others out there.
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IT Development for International Banking Group
"NBC IT is among our best providers."
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
My organization is one of the biggest banks in Poland, part of an international banking group. I’m responsible for IT development for the SME segment.
What challenge were you trying to address with NBC IT Outsourcing?
We collaborate with multiple outsourced developers, testers, and so on, and NBC IT is one of those companies.
What was the scope of their involvement?
NBC IT is providing full-stack development for a customer interaction app. It has a complex backend based on Java, and it has multiple integrations with external services.
We have a standard development lifecycle, with requirements analysis, programming, peer reviews and static code analyses, and unit testing. Our CI/CD stream and automated testing are on Jenkins, usually with Selenium, as per our requirements.
What is the team composition?
NBC IT provides developers, analysts, and testers, including for automated testing. We’re working with four to five people from their team now, but the size is always changing. We’ve collaborated with 15–20 of their specialists in total. We have a broader collaboration with them, in business areas beyond my own. We have a main point of contact on their side.
What is the status of this engagement?
I personally started collaborating with NBC IT around February 2018, but they’ve been with my company for much longer.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
NBC IT isn’t our best collaborator, but they’re in the topmost part. They’re efficient in finding and verifying resources on the market. They offer us only vetted resources, which isn’t a universal practice with development companies.
They generally deliver a very good quality of work. NBC IT is among our best providers.
How did NBC IT Outsourcing perform from a project management standpoint?
We work on a time and materials basis, and they don’t offer project management. There is a coordinator on NBC IT’s side.
We have meetings, and we talk on the phone and through email. The communication is very efficient.
What did you find most impressive about them?
The communication is fluent, the skills of their technical team are very good, and they’re experienced. NBC IT offers us good specialists that integrate well into our agile teams.
Are there any areas they could improve?
Any company can improve, but I can’t think of anything in particular about NBC IT. Maybe the price.
Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?
Anyone looking to have an efficient collaboration with NBC IT should express requirements very clearly, along with a description of the skills needed, including soft skills.
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Backend Web App Dev & Mobile App Dev for Donation Company
"They take criticism well and they build tools thoughtfully."
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
We are a donation company, so we help charities and nonprofits to raise money. Our core functionality is what we call round-up. Basically, we give charities this tool so that they can reach out to their own donors. Our platform allows donors to connect their credit or debit cards, and then round-up their transactions to the next zero and donate their digital spare change to whatever cause they care about. I’m a co-founder of the company.
What challenge were you trying to address with NBC IT Outsourcing?
They are building our entire backend. NBC IT Outsourcing came in and took what we had, understood our architecture, worked with our technical architect, and is developing everything from scratch.
What was the scope of their involvement?
At the moment, they’re building a web app using Ruby. We have an existing web app that is a first-generation MVP, and then the team is building it to make it more robust and workable. They’re creating it for both US and Ireland.
NBC IT Outsourcing had to work through a lot of complexities on currency and country locators, and other similar things, but everything should be completed in a week. They’re also helping with the placement of things and other services. After that, they’re going to be starting to work on our mobile apps as well. The mobile apps will be developed in React.
What is the team composition?
The team started out small with just one developer. Then, we had a project manager support us part-time, and the team has since grown. We now have an initial developer, two people for QA, and two people for the frontend.
How did you come to work with NBC IT Outsourcing?
They approached us at a summit. Lucas (Sales Representative) came to us and found us through the mailing list first. He reached out via LinkedIn and told us he was going to be in Dublin for the tech summit. He mentioned that he wanted to come by our booth. When he came by the booth, we had a great relationship.
NBC IT Outsourcing pitched to us when we were originally looking for the step up from our first MVP developer. We loved their pitch, but we wanted to stay in Ireland. That was basically the only reason we chose not to go with them at first. Once we were looking for new developers the following year, they were first in line and they knocked it out of the park again with their offer.
How much have you invested with them?
After the mobile app is developed, our investment will be around €100,000 (approximately $120,500). For the web app, we’ve spent around €68,000–€75,000 (approximately $83,000–$91,000).
What is the status of this engagement?
The project kicked off in June 2020, and the work is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
We’ve not officially launched the web app, so the public feedback is not yet available. We’re launching in the US on Monday, but our internal feedback has been great. Anytime that we say something, NBC IT Outsourcing understands the backend logic behind it immediately, and then the implications that it has for further iterations, changes, or tweaks that we will face down the road. Overall, they think critically before doing anything.
They’re exceptionally hardworking. I don’t think we’ve worked with any team before with working hours like that. They clearly care about the product and it’s not just a job for them, so that has been amazing for us as well.
How did NBC IT Outsourcing perform from a project management standpoint?
We have scheduled daily stand-ups, which can be 10 minutes or 45 minutes. Furthermore, we also have a Slack channel and it’s always open. We used Jira for all the project management.
I think it probably took us a couple of weeks, as with any new team to hit our stride. Once we were able to hit that, we began to understand how we all communicate, and since then, it’s been fantastic. NBC IT Outsourcing is also receptive to feedback. They take criticism well and they build tools thoughtfully.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They’re super professional in all aspects of the project. They understand the commercials on their side and on our side. The transparency has been complete — there is no rock that’s been uncovered on the development side. They’re completely upfront and transparent about their margins and the developer costs, and everything that goes into building something including their buffers.
In all projects, when you’re building a platform, you have to have an allowance and they clearly identify what is what. That’s why there’s no sandbagging in the budget. They show us the specific line items and they explain to us how long they’re going to take on each of them. Moreover, they mention that they added the buffer and the team places it as a separate line item — that’s just great in understanding where we are in relation to estimations.
I previously mentioned going a little bit over budget originally, but not significantly. It’s probably more our fault than it is anybody else’s fault. In addition, it’s also been great working with them because we have the ability to scale up as needed. Whenever we want to hit a deadline or we need something to be done faster, they have a great pool of resources that we can just tap into, depending on our varying needs.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I don’t think they have any areas where they could improve. Perhaps, they could have more of them since they’re really great. I wish they could be on our actual team.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Make sure you have a dedicated team and don’t tighten your budget when it comes to development costs. After all, you can’t shortcut good work.
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Dev Staff Augmentation for Data Analytics Agency
"The quality of the work they deliver is good."
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A Clutch analyst personally interviewed this client over the phone. Below is an edited transcript.
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m the CEO of Satori Analytics, an analytics agency specializing in data and AI.
What challenge were you trying to address with NBC IT Outsourcing?
We needed to scale up our development capacity to meet our client needs.
What was the scope of their involvement?
NBC IT Outsourcing augmented our team with developers. They use .NET, and the data engineers use PostgreSQL either on Microsoft Azure or AWS.
What is the team composition?
There are three .NET developers to complement our software engineering team. There are also a couple of data engineers.
How did you come to work with NBC IT Outsourcing?
I believe they may have found us, but I’m not sure.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent over €150,000 (approximately $183,000 USD).
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together in January 2019, and the work is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
Over time, they’ve given me 5–6 different resources, and I’ve been very happy with all of them except one. The quality of the work they deliver is good. It’s not excellent, but it’s not mediocre either.
How did NBC IT Outsourcing perform from a project management standpoint?
Their communication and response to emails have been brilliant. NBC IT Outsourcing has been very helpful and professional. If there are problems, they find people to help. We have daily standups and use tools like Microsoft Teams and Slack to communicate on a daily basis.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They’re a good outsourcing solution, and I’ve been happy working with them so far. I recommend working with them.
Are there any areas they could improve?
They could train their technical teammates on soft skills.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Hire some people from NBC IT Outsourcing, and try out the relationship. If you have good chemistry, go for it.
The team has successfully allowed the parter to scale their development staff quickly and effectively. They provide high-quality resources that easily integrate into internal project management methodologies and standups. Their consistent daily communication built a confident remote relationship.