Building Great Software. Changing The Future
Waverley is a nearshore software engineering company with offices in the US, Australia, Ukraine, Bolivia and Vietnam. Our dedicated development teams build award-winning software products for both renowned tech giants and innovative startups across industries (Robotics, Smart Home, FinTech, Healthcare, etc.). Our goal—to create products that inspire, ignite ideas, provide real solutions for the world’s problems and change people’s lives for the better — informs everything we do.
We are experts in:
- Software architecture
- IoT & Robotics products
- DevOps & Cloud
- Blockchain & tokenization
- AI & Machine Learning
- Cybersecurity
- Mobile/web apps
- Enterprise software
- UI/UX Design
- Software testing
The Products of Tomorrow Demand the Best Engineers Today:
- US-based C-Suite, global engineering talent
- 63% senior staff, 20% of team members have Ph.D. degrees
- 28 years of experience in software engineering
- 90% chance that we’ve worked with your technology stack
- 80% of client partnerships last longer than 1 year
Proven by Multiple Awards and Listed In:
- Top 1 Custom Software Developers in Vietnam by Clutch, 2020
- Top 5 Custom Software Developers in Ukraine by Clutch, 2020
- Top 5 IoT Companies in Ukraine by Clutch, 2020
- Top 5 Staff Augmentation Services Globally by Clutch, 2020
- Top 5 Custom Software Developers in Latin America The Manifest, 2020
- Top 5 Software Developers in Ukraine by The Manifest, 2020
- Top 10 NodeJS Development Companies in Ukraine by Clutch, 2020
- Top 15 Custom Software Development Companies Globally by Clutch, 2020
- Top 15 IoT Development Companies Globally by The Manifest, 2020
- Top 20 Ruby on Rails Developers in Ukraine by Clutch, 2020
- Top 20 Java Developers in Ukraine by Clutch, 2020
- Top 50 Blockchain Development Companies Globally by TechReviewer, 2019

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Mozilla, Qualcomm, Swisscom, GroupOn, American Express, Seagate, Toyota

Client Testimonial by Freeman EMEA
Tom Vamos, Digital Development Manager, and Adam Jones, Director of Digital Products at Freeman EMEA (London, UK) are sharing their experience of working with a software development team extension at Waverley Software."Waverley's role in creating this product is probably about 90% of it." - Tom Vamos - Digital Development Manager at Freeman EMEA"I can say Waverley has been far greater than anyone else we tried. And I would highly recommend Waverley to anybody." - Adam Jones - Director, Digital Products at Freeman EMEA

Watch Our Company Story
We’re a software engineering company headquartered in Silicon Valley (California) with development centers in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia.
We deliver robust, innovative solutions for IoT including social robotics, home automation and mobile. That said, our innovation extends beyond these categories and we’re always looking to collaborate on exciting projects.
A consultative approach, acute sensitivity to design, deep expertise and focus are key factors that set Waverley apart.

Client Testimonial by Rich Sadowsky
Rich Sadowsky, Head of Engineering at Plannuh Inc. shares his experience of working with Ukrainian software developers at Waverley.
"I really like that they’re very assertive, very strong in their areas and they are not afraid to speak up." - Rich Sadowsky, Head of Engineering at Plannuh Inc.

R&D SOCIAL NAVIGATION APP FOR CYCLISTS
In cooperation with cycling activists, NGOs, communities and businesses Waverley initiated the development of a location-based application allowing to track and navigate cycling infrastructures in multiple cities. The team created a native iOS (Swift and UI Kit) and Android (Kotlin) app that works with cycling lanes, rentals, shops, parking spots, etc. using Mapbox services for location production and Firebase for back-end services. The application code is owned by Waverley Software and can be easily scaled and reproduced if needed.

AUTOMATED AND MANUAL SOFTWARE TESTING FOR A GUNSHOT DETECTION COMPANY
Waverley has been a Quality Assurance partner for the pioneering AI/ML based GunShot Detection company, ShotSpotter since Apr 2016. We delivered test design, manual testing and test automation services while working under tight schedules for a number of ShotSpotter projects and modules.
ShotSpotter provides acoustic gunshot detection and precision-policing solutions to help law enforcement officials and security personnel prevent and reduce gun violence. The company’s flagship product, ShotSpotter® Flex™, is the leading gunshot detection, location and forensic system trusted by over 100 cities. ShotSpotter® Missions™ uses artificial intelligence-driven analysis to dynamically direct patrol resources to areas of greatest risk.

Holu Hou: Cloud & Mobile Development for Energy
Waverley Software has provided software development support to a renewable energy company. Our engineering team built an AWS-supported web interface as well as Android and iOS apps based on Flutter. The platform allows users on the Hawaiian market view their solar energy usage data (up to 12 custom reports and dashboards) and manage their solar energy panels.

Options Trading Analytics Tool
Waverley worked with a FinTech startup, creating an innovative software product which helps to process, analyze and present financial data about options. The tool provided advanced financial analytics, such as graphs and charts about the options of different companies on the market. The product was built using Flash, so the client needed to modernize the tool with a more advanced and scalable tech stack. We also introduced Continuous Integration, Delivery and Deployment and automated software testing on this project.

Digital Assets Wallet
Waverley’s R&D department created an eWallet allowing to store and manage digital assets, such as real estate, art objects, software, options. Based on the Blockchain framework TokenD, the product helps to tokenize any kind of assets and stable coin, store them on the private Blockchain, sell, exchange and send those digital tokens to other users. The wallet is multi-tenant, but highly secure, providing different levels of access to various users. The features include:
- crowdfunding campaigns
- anonymous polls
- trading, exchange
- connecting any payment gateway

ShadowRobot: AWS cloud consulting for robotics company
Waverley engineers helped the leading robotics firm to update their cloud infrastructure to enable uploading large files, improved the software build system and integrated the client’s G-Suite domain with AWS account. Key technologies: AWS, Docker, Bash

Shaper Tools: Staff Augmentation for Power Tool Manufacturer
With a need for more development resources, a power tool manufacturer hired Waverley Software to provide support. Waverley’s cloud & DevOps engineers work on DevOps related tasks, and manage the client’s AWS infrastructure. Backend engineers work on the client’s internal development tools, writing node-based codes and interacting with databases and other systems. Frontend developers assist with the client’s marketing and project sharing platforms.

Corefact: Real-Estate Automation Tools
Corefact is a successful business dealing in real estate marketing automation. They offer a range of software solutions: from open house signage to direct mail with lead generation technology and single property websites. Waverley worked on a platform that automates the processes for the real estate industry.

Freeman: Experiential Marketing Platform
Waverley provided a dedicated development team to implement an online floor plan management program for event organizers, exhibitors, and attendees. The solution provides real-time design, editing, a view of the floor plan, exhibition stand booking, and online payment functionality, as well as multiple additional features.

AUTOMATION TESTING STRATEGY FOR FOR THE LEADING MANUFACTURER OF HARD DRIVES
Waverley became a Quality Assurance partner for the leading manufacturer of hard drives. Our QA Automation team set up an AWS infrastructure, implemented CI/CD and created an automated test strategy to verify the quality of the client’s flagship storage product. The client needed our engineers to quickly figure out the NVMe technology, get familiar with the manuals and create an end-to-end test automation strategy to cover the main performance areas of their product, as well as web-based and console-based clients created to manage the hard drives.

AI-Powered Virtual Assistant For Ideation Sessions
Waverley created an Ideation Tool in the form of a physical smart speaker that acts as a virtual Ideation Facilitator. It is able to perceive and reproduce human oral speech so that it substitutes for a live person and can hold a natural conversation on absolutely any topic. By asking relevant directive questions and using a pack of creativity tools and brainstorming techniques, this virtual facilitator can guide the user towards creative ideas or brand-new conclusions that can help the user invent and develop something novel.

Plannuh: Marketing Budget Planning Tool
A team of Waverley engineers helped build Plannuh’s signature web-based SaaS data-driven product for Marketing Departments that automates budget planning and tracking. Waverley’s development efforts helped our client secure seed funding from two major investment firms.

Face Detection & Recognition Software
Our R&D department is currently working on a face detection system that will recognize people when they enter the room and address them with an audible personalized greeting. The goal of the project is to create a Computer Vision algorithm and train it to detect a human face on the basis of footage from surveillance cameras. Once detected, the face is matched with the identity of a specific person whose data is in the system, which then generates action items such as a personalized greeting.

EMBEDDED & MOBILE DEVELOPMENT FOR A WEARABLE COMPANY
Waverley was hired by Motiv Ring, a startup developing a ring-shaped fitness tracker as their flagship product. Our embedded engineers assisted the client’s hardware team to develop the necessary drivers for the microchips. Our back-end team helped rewrite the back-end and transition from Python to Java to increase device capabilities. Our mobile team created cloud-based iOS and Android mobile apps to help users control the device and gather basic data about the user for onboarding. We also developed a Machine Learning-based system to determine the correct ring size for the user by using the photo of their hands.

Controller mobile apps development, wearables
Waverley’s engineers partnered with a leading provider of smart gear for winter sports. The company is working on developing intelligent goggles for winter sports with built-in heating and ventilation capabilities. Our team is currently developing iOS and Android mobile apps to:
- communicate with the goggles via BLE
- conduct the user onboarding process
- fill in the information about their preferred winter sports
- add other parameters for their user profile
- manage device functionality
- purchase goods online from the client’s store

EMBEDDED & IOT DEVELOPMENT FOR MUSIC STREAMING DEVICE
Waverley partnered with the manufacturer of a music streaming device that’s integrated with Spotify. Waverley’s expertise in embedded & IoT development, helped them create system drivers and expand functionality to enable integration with other music services, such as Amazon Music. We also built custom iOS and Android mobile clients to manage the devices, and assisted with DevOps infrastructure to integrate CI/CD into the client’s development process.

Smart assistant for the B2B marketplace
For the last couple of years, Waverley has worked with NTT Disruption in bringing back to life the new Jibo Robot technology.
The main focus of this new direction is to customize and develop a smart assistant for the B2B marketplace based on technologies already developed while adding new features and capabilities to the platform. The product is in the definition and early development stage. The Waverley team works on all aspects of the SDLC to ultimately enable the technology to help people with their day-to-day needs.

BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM FOR BANKING DATA VERIFICATION
A team of engineers created a Blockchain-based banking solution that allowed a financial services organization to securely store and access data. The solution ensured that data was non-erasable, non-modifiable and protected from fraud of any kind.
Key technologies: Tokend

IOT: Embedded Development for Smart Home
Working with the leading Smart Home company, Waverley with the development team in Ukraine and the QA team in Vietnam created a hybrid mobile application allowing remote monitoring and control of security, heating, and electricity for home management devices, assisted in developing embedded software for security panels and voice communication. Key technologies: JavaScript, C, Cordova, Java, Angular, Android, Objective-C

Java development team for an RPA company
Waverley engineers helped the leader in robotic process automation to fully move a .NET-based product into Java while expanding functionality. Key technologies: Java, JavaScript, AngularJS, Vue.js, Hibernate, Spark, Spring

SICAP: DEVICE MANAGEMENT APP FOR GSM OPERATORS
Delivered a new provisioning product for a market-leading provider of solutions for GSM operators. The software complies with SyncML Device management standard, fully integrates with the client’s other products and offers more reliability than other similar solutions on the marketplace.
Key technologies: Java, Oracle, Solaris

CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT SOLUTIONS
The initial solution that we developed for the client was native mobile applications (iOS and Android) with a chat, audio and video calls functionality that allowed insurance companies (their support agents ) to receive incident reports from end-users. This report or call-for-help had the time, location, and priority stamp for the backend queuing system to assign the best support agent from the available pool. This application was also used to submit photos, and other relevant information to insurance case evidence gathering to improve the investigation process of the insurance companies.
Later on, the cross-platform JS-based solution was developed to replace native mobile applications with similar functionality.

YOUSENDIT: WEB AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR FILE SHARING
In partnership with the global digital content sharing service ported their Windows product for distributed team collaboration into Mac platform, delivered an application for iPhone and multiple plugins, thus significantly expanding the client’s user base.

PALO COLORADO: SOFTWARE SUPPORT & MAINTENANCE SERVICES
For the past two years, Waverley has been providing software support and maintenance services, helping with the client’s internal legacy system. Our primary focus is on correcting back-end and UI errors, as well as bug fixing in the legacy system and database.

BLOCKCHAIN TOKENIZATION FOR THE ART SALES
Using the TokenD blockchain software platform, we created a marketplace for transparent and secure art trading, enabling ownership and copyright tracking, transactions involving digital currency, fractional ownership, and crowdfunding.
Key technologies: TokenD

Compliance Assessment for FinTech
Cybersecurity specialists worked with a company in FinTech to ensure their security system meets compliance standards for ISO and AICPA. We also consulted the client to provide the necessary intellectual property protection and protection of external services from attacks.

AI-POWERED INTERPRETATION OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS
A team of engineers Waverley works with developed an innovative tool for electrocardiograms annotation and interpretation. Compatible with various kinds of ECG and involving artificial intelligence and deep learning, this product streamlines cardiac patient monitoring and diagnostics.
Key technologies: Pytorch, Caffe, Theano

BLOCKCHAIN-BASED LOYALTY PROGRAM FOR RETAIL
For a client in Retail, Blockchain engineers at Waverley developed a transparent and secure loyalty rewards system in which the customers’ loyalty points are tokenized and stored in the mobile wallet.
Key technologies: Tokend

Security Assessment for a Pharmaceutical Company
Working with the leader in the pharmaceutical industry, our team of cyber security specialists provided a security check, helped detect and eliminate vulnerabilities, prevent lateral movement and achieve GxP compliance. In addition, we performed security training of the client’s personnel.

COMPLIANCE ASSESSMENT FOR FINTECH
Cybersecurity specialists worked with a company in FinTech to ensure their security system meets compliance standards for ISO and AICPA. We also consulted the client to provide the necessary intellectual property protection and protection of external services from attacks.

SECURITY CONSULTING FOR A TELECOM PROVIDER
By means of external penetration testing, WiFi penetration tests, and a targeted social engineering attack a team of cybersecurity practitioners helped the leading Telecom provider to protect their sensitive information from competitors and raise the overall level of employees’ security awareness.

Blockchain-based service for farmer cooperatives
Waverley provided Blockchain expertise to create a private ledgers network for small farmer cooperatives in Asia and Africa. Multichain-based microservices solution enables recording and storing incorruptible data about farming transactions. Key technologies: Python, Flask, Microsoft Azure, MultiChain, AngularJS

VinTwin: mobile application with vin-scanner for car retail
Created a mobile version of a car retail service. The app can scan VIN-codes, extract the car info from the database and calculate the approximate price range. Key technologies: JavaScript, React, Node.js, MongoDB, Express

Applause: test automation for Mastercard and Nike
Delivered test automation services working under the tight schedules as a team extension for a number of market-leading companies. Rapidly assembled a team of highly qualified QA Automation engineers with deep expertise in Java, PHP and related frameworks to optimize testing processes for clients worldwide. Key technologies: Appium, Selenium, PHP, Java

Seagate: hardware testing for the leading storage provider
Over the years Waverley’s been a dedicated testing partner for Seagate, providing a team of QA engineers in Vietnam to test Seagate’s hard disc drives. Under extremely tight schedules, Waverley managed to speed up the overall testing time and assure successful product launch. Technology Stack: Storage: RAID, USM, iSCSI; Networking: Active Directory, WebDAV, AFP, NFS.

FAN TV: MOBILE APPLICATION FOR TV-STREAMING
Waverley provided a fully customized UI and completely redesigned iOS client applications, integrated with the client’s cloud-based system for browsing and streaming movies and shows. Waverley continues to update the product.
Key technologies: Objective C, Swift, Flurry

DOUBLE GOOD: ECOMMERCE FUNDRAISING PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT
Waverley worked with the leading producer of handcrafted gourmet popcorn to develop a web-based retail and fundraising platform. Our iterative approach and continuous delivery allowed us to integrate ongoing analytics and design a product that increased the client bottom line.
Key technologies: Node.js, Docker, Polymer, PostgreSQL

READY.FM: NATIVE MOBILE SOCIAL PLATFORMS FOR DISASTER PREPARATIONS
Created iOS and Android versions of one of the first social networks for disaster preppers. Built all functionality from scratch, including a reliable and secure CMS, offline mapping, social and shopping features.
Key technologies: Objective C, Android, Java, .Net

IOT: Back-End and Mobile Development for the First Social Robot
3 teams of engineers are working in collaboration with Jibo, the first social robot for home. We provide server-side, mobile and QA expertise, develop native iOS and Android applications to enable user integration with the robot, with specific attention to security and data protection. Key technologies: Swift, Android, Java, AWS

Automatic speech recognition platform
The team of data scientists Waverley partners with applied neural networks and deep learning to develop an innovative speech recognition tool that can potentially work with all languages and dialects by converting sounds into texts while maintaining the high level of accuracy. Key technologies: Caffe, Thaeno, Pytorch

iOS and Android Apps for Energy Management
Designed and built native iPhone, iPad and Android applications to integrate with the client’s cloud-based energy analytics platform, enabling smart energy management for users on a device-by-device basis in real time. Created a unique design language, later adopted by the client’s desktop product. Key technologies: Objective-C, Android, Java, C++

iOS Application for Coffee Retail
For Nestle Nespresso Waverley created a native CMS-based iPad application with enhanced performance, full customization, and support for different regions so that the app can be used in various luxury brand boutiques all over the world. Key technologies: Objective-C, C++, Python

Mobile Application for Digital Service Providers
Provided mobile expertise to build a mobile access to the client’s platform for communications service providers. Ongoing development of the native iOS and Android applications for real-time transactions monitoring and management, digital marketplace, etc. Key technologies: Swift, Android, Java

Cross-Platform Application for Homecare Services
As requested by the homecare services company, Waverley designed, engineered and built a cross-platform mobile solution for schedule verification, communication, booking and canceling of appointments, payment requests, etc. Key technologies: JavaScript, Backbone.js, jQuery, HTML, CSS

Web-Based eLearning Platform For Charity
Working with a charitable organization, Waverley developed a cross-platform, cross-browser CMS-based web application, enabling kinds in hospitals access to different kind of media content provided by the partners. Key technologies: JavaScript, React, NodeJS, AngularJS
Reviews
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Mobile & Cloud Platform Build for Renewable Energy Solutions
“Their staff is knowledgeable, open to feedback, and intelligent.”
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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 director of software engineering for a company that provides renewable energy solutions for residential users.
What challenge were you trying to address with Waverley Software?
We hired them to build a mobile and cloud-based platform.
What was the scope of their involvement?
We put together an AWS server stack to support a web interface for product users, technicians, and maintenance personnel that will be interacting with the equipment. They also built Android and iOS apps, employing native technologies on each platform as well as tools like Cradle.
What is the team composition?
They have a team of 5–7 developers. We scaled their team size depending on our needs at any given point in the project.
How did you come to work with Waverley Software?
I conducted web company searches and shortlisted about five firms. They sent the most impressive proposal and both their expertise and proposed budget seemed like the best fit.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent between $300,000–$350,000 at this point.
What is the status of this engagement?
We’ve been working together since October 2019.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
They’ve always delivered pretty high quality, testing the app thoroughly on their end. Because they’re only staffed against building the interfaces, not the entire system, there have been a few small instances of miseducation. However, that is to be expected on a project of this scale. All issues we’ve run into have been simple fixes.
How did Waverley Software perform from a project management standpoint?
They assigned a project manager to us, and we spoke almost daily through Slack, weekly calls, and other tools. Communication has been impressive. That keeps a stream of feedback and ideas moving back and forth between our teams. They’ve come up with ideas that we had not considered prior to engaging. While some deadlines slipped, they always let us know well ahead of time and were cognitive of our budget and timeline requirements as well.
What did you find most impressive about them?
Their staff is knowledgeable, open to feedback, and intelligent. They were a great addition to the project and team.
Are there any areas they could improve?
There’s been a few small language barrier issues, but that hasn’t been a significant problem. We also operate in a niche industry, so their initial project estimations didn’t encompass everything.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Be prepared to engage with a highly educated and well-rounded staff.
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Dev Staff Augmentation for Power Tool Manufacturer
" They always work extremely hard to help us meet our needs and fill in gaps."
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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 director of engineering for a power tool manufacturer. We work across stacks.
What challenge were you trying to address with Waverley Software?
We used Waverley to help support some of our development needs through staff augmentation.
What was the scope of their involvement?
We needed to quickly spin up some additional resources within the team, which is what we originally used Waverley for. Over time, the engagement has expanded to backend development, as well as some frontend development.
They’ve dedicated resources to working exclusively on dev-ops related tasks, as well as managing our AWS infrastructure. The team works with us to scale and appropriately develop our general infrastructure, making sure it’s kept secure and running. There are also backend engineers working on some of our internal development tools, writing node-based codes and interacting with our various databases and other systems. We also have frontend developers who are working on our marketing and project sharing platforms. Those developers work directly with our designers and act as part of our own team, going through various backlogs of tickets and other experiences.
What is the team composition?
There are currently three full-time employees and one part-time employee working on various projects throughout the company.
How did you come to work with Waverley Software?
They were recommended to us by another company who was also using Waverley to manage their infrastructure.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent a little over $100,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
The project began in March 2019 and is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
Since partnering with Waverley, we’ve launched a product globally within the US and Europe, working against some reasonably tight deadlines. The team was quite flexible, working additional hours to ensure we got our product out. Most of the deliverables have been customer-facing changes and features we’ve been able to deliver with their support.
We’ve also migrated from legacy systems with AWS to Kubernetes.
How did Waverley Software perform from a project management standpoint?
They perform as a remote extension of our own team, so we track projects within our own Jira system and communicate in our Slack channels. We have weekly meetings, and they’re quite flexible. They’ve been great at sourcing and interviewing additional resources when necessary as well.
What did you find most impressive about them?
The flexibility they provide to spin up and spin down developers has been great. They always work extremely hard to help us meet our needs and fill in gaps. We’ve really appreciated that they’ve been able to roll with some short-term changes and always fulfill goals.
Are there any areas they could improve?
There haven’t been any problems with them. The engagement has been great; we’ve had no complaints.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Clearly articulate the day-to-day work you expect from the developers, and work to make them feel as if they’re part of our team. Have check-ins and keep communication consistent. Be sure to give Waverley as much detail as you can as early as you can.
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Web Dev & Growth for Beauty Services Marketplace
"Even though we didn’t run into any issues, they made it clear they wanted to help if we did experience any."
the reviewer
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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 director of engineering at a beauty services marketplace, where people can find professionals to do hair and nails. We also have a B2B product that those professionals use to manage their whole business, end-to-end.
What challenge were you trying to address with Waverley Software?
Largely, it was growth. We were trying to grow the engineering team, and we also had some very specific needs where we needed people to quickly go heads-down.
What was the scope of their involvement?
They all worked remotely from Ukraine, doing DevOps and a Python upgrade (2 to 3). We needed someone who could create and execute on a plan without a whole lot of oversight or the need to be fully embedded with a team. They had to be able to work pretty autonomously. They also participated in development planning, which can be seen as design, but they didn’t do any visual design.
What is the team composition?
We contracted two engineers through them, and within Waverley we worked with two people to help find and manage that relationship.
How did you come to work with Waverley Software?
Our VP of engineering had worked with them before or knew someone who had recommended them.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent around $60,000 so far.
What is the status of this engagement?
We’ve been working together since November 2019, but we’re wrapping up currently. We’re also exploring if we can continue working with them.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
A lot of the results are internal-based, but I will say that they’ve been able to deliver. For the Python upgrade, the engineer jumped in, created a plan immediately and started delivering upgrades on that plan. I don’t recall the exact turnaround time, but it was at a pace that some of the changes required from our internal engineers were coming too fast to keep up with. We had to scramble to get resources to test things they delivered and put things into production. Their pace and momentum were very good.
They were very good at driving themselves and getting the work done. The fully Python upgrade isn’t complete yet, but that’s part of the plan. They’ve executed on all the work we’ve given them.
How did PSYKHE perform from a project management standpoint?
They’ve done pretty well. Largely, they managed their own time. They worked with teams. There were times they got a little caught up, usually when they were in areas of the code they weren’t as familiar with, because a lot of the codebase requires a certain level of domain knowledge. They also provided updates along the way.
Our primary tools are Jira and Confluence, and then we meet with them daily on video calls in the mornings
What did you find most impressive about them?
Largely, it’s their willingness to jump in and get things done. Especially with a codebase that’s unfamiliar to them. It’s been one of the biggest things for us because it’s always the hardest thing when working with remote contract engineers. It’s always a question of how productive people like than can be in a system they don’t understand initially.
I’ve always appreciated how much they want to be a part of the team. They enjoy communicating with us and our team members even though a lot of their role is autonomous and self-directed. They’ve made an effort to connect with us and be part of the overall process.
On the Waverley side, I liked how responsive they were when we ran into problems. They were quick in the interview process and were pretty lightweight once we hired the resources. They wanted a message every Monday about how the engineers were doing on a red, yellow, green scale. Even though we didn’t run into any issues, they made it clear they wanted to help if we did experience any.
Are there any areas they could improve?
No, I can’t think of anything. I’ve worked with other offshoring engineering consulting, and they can be hit or miss with the talent they get you. I wasn’t super hopeful going into this because of that experience, but, overall, they’ve really come through. I can’t say there’s anything I would change.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Be direct and honest. Don’t settle. That’s the issue I’ve run into with other consulting firms. Don’t say to yes to ‘good enough’ engineers. We were pretty strict this time, and unless the engineers really met our considerations we said no.
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Staff Augmentation for Payments Consulting Company
"Waverley Software was fast, efficient, effective, and professional."
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The client submitted this review online.
Please describe your company and your position there.
Statement IQ is a payments consulting and software development firm for banks and the fintech industry. I am the owner and primary consultant. We employ approximately 15 independent consultants and developers for all aspects of payments assistance. We work primarily in the merchant acquiring space.
For what projects/services did your company hire Waverley Software?
Some software projects dictate the environment and programming languages required. These projects often have ridged timelines and requirements for on-site for specific locations. In this case, we needed a developer who could program React JS in an Azure environment, and be physically located in Miami Florida for a six month engagement.
What were your goals for this project?
We needed to find someone to not only fill this seat, but who could contribute to design discussions, and bring insight to best practices. Experience with front-end UX layout, navigation, reporting and dashboard techniques, and the ability to create pixel perfect screens with rapidly changing mock-ups was very important.
How did you select this vendor?
I was told that Waverley Software was a great resource for people in need of specific technology developers. We had already tried a tech recruiter and after several hundred resumes, we were no closer to finding the right individual.
Within a day of contacting Waverley, we had found our guy and we were coordinating flights, and apartments so he could get started. My lead developer worked closely with Waverley's staff to assure we got everything delivered, and the process was very smooth.
Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.
Eugene, the developer provided by Waverley, worked in my customers Miami based office with a team of people from both the customers staff, and with my staff. He joined a daily stand-up and other meetings as needed to understand the project and contribute to the design with ideas from his experience in UX development.
What was the team composition?
Myself, my lead developer based in Miami, Eugene, and a team of developers overseas.
Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?
This project helped improve my company, and completed the project on time and budget. At one point, we were all falling behind schedule due to the rapid growth of the team, so I went out and bought everyone noise-cancelling head sets to improve productivity. It certainly helped. At the end of the project, we celebrated by taking the team to a Miami Heat basketball game. We have all become friends through the course of the project.
How was project management arranged and how effective was it?
Project management was delivered by the customer, and was one of the biggest difficulties of the project. I was very grateful that my staff was willing to be flexible with such difficulties.
What did you find most impressive about this company?
Waverley Software was fast, efficient, effective, and professional. They delivered a best-in-class developer in a short time frame, and regularly checked in to assure we were satisfied.
Are there any areas for improvement?
No - very happy.
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Web & App Development for Multinational Retailer
“I would definitely put Waverley in my top list if someone asked me to refer development companies.”
the reviewer
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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 IT director of a multinational fashion apparel retail company. Our company has five offices, covering Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Korea, and Singapore. We have around 1,000 shops in these markets. I have a 20-person internal team, not including myself.
What challenge were you trying to address with Waverley Software?
We had some IT development projects — mainly mobile apps — but didn’t have the internal capabilities to complete them. For one of our apps, we had gone through the first phase of development but weren’t comfortable with the vendor that helped us. So, I started looking for better partners for phases two and three of development.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Waverley helped us develop a mobile app for consumer engagement. The solution had a CRM integration. They completed the second phase of this startup project well, so I felt confident in giving them more projects.
Waverley also developed a web platform to help us manage our licensees’ activity, contracts, and product approvals. This was particularly helpful for our license business in China.
What is the team composition?
They assigned three developers in the beginning, and we’ve expanded to six people, now. That includes a project manager, three senior developers, and two junior developers.
How did you come to work with Waverley Software?
I was previously running some projects with another company, but they’d closed their Chinese office. One of their former employees introduced me to Waverley, so I evaluated outsourced vendors in different countries (e.g., China, Hong Kong, the US) before going with them.
How much have you invested with them?
Our total cost to date is around $400,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working with Waverley around November 2017, and it’s ongoing. We’ve run multiple projects with them, and I consider them a part of my team. The six people there are totally dedicated to my company.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
I don’t have any benchmarks to compare them to. But, in terms of quality, I’m very satisfied with the level of service that Waverly provides along with their IT development qualifications.
How did Waverley Software perform from a project management standpoint?
I feel satisfied with their services. Waverly uses a project management system, but my company isn’t that big on using formal methodologies. I basically use email and Skype to communicate. Since they’re located in Vietnam, I know the language barrier can be difficult for them, but I appreciate that they’re still able to carry on with projects.
What did you find most impressive about them?
The most impressive thing about them is their technical skills. I would definitely put Waverley in my top list if someone asked me to refer development companies.
I asked them to do some web development a few months after our collaboration started. They weren’t really familiar with the technology initially, but it only took them a short period to learn Java and .NET. They delivered a tight-scheduled project on time.
Are there any areas they could improve?
The project management timelines could’ve been improved at times. I don’t think it’s out of control, but I sometimes need my teammates to work closely with them. They’re not sitting next to us, so we don’t always know what they’re doing. They may take a bit more than what we expected to hand over a sprint. Overall, they’re good.
Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?
Based on my experience, clients shouldn’t treat Waverley as just an outsourced partner. They should treat them like a part of the company — the same as the internal team. That can help build the relationship.
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Full Stack Dev & Support for SaaS Company
"They’re really good at communicating and project management."
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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 CTO of a SaaS company. We provide B2B software in the AI monitoring space.
What challenge were you trying to address with Waverly Software?
We had a lot of development needs for building full-stack technology from DevOp infrastructure to APIs.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Waverly Software provides frontend development services, such as UI development and programming. They provide full-stack and API engineers who build modern technology API services in the cloud using Docker and Kubernetes.
They also provide really good software development processes on top of all the engineer resources. The team provide project management and best practice engineering processes. They work in Angular, JavaScript, Java, and Python.
Additionally, they provide QA testing. They perform both manual testing and automation testing for UI frontend and API as well. We also use them for manual QA. We had the whole team doing additional data labeling and support for our AI infrastructure.
What is the team composition?
We currently work with 14 members of their team.
How did you come to work with Waverly Software?
We recieved a referral from a local Bay Area source.
How much have you invested with them?
We have invested about $500,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
Our ongoing engagement with Waverly Software began in June 2019.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
They’re a good source of talent. Waverly Software brought a lot of best practice architecture into the company. They’ve increased the test coverage significantly. The team has been instrumental in developing new features. They’ve really integrated into the engineer organization as much as a local engineer is.
How did Waverly Software perform from a project management standpoint?
Waverly Software is accommodating in both time and resources to fit our work schedule here to have team meetings and scrums. They’ve also been very efficient in recruiting existing talent pools. The team is able to recruit top-end engineers and QA, in a timely fashion, from other places within Ukraine if they don’t have one on the bench. Our teams communicate via Jira, Slack, and email.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They’re really good at communicating and project management. Waverly Software has very good practices of having part-time local project managers helping us to offload some of that job.
Are there any areas they could improve?
No, everything has been great.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Be very detailed about what you’re looking for in the person that you hire. They’re very good at sourcing what you want, but you have to be clear on what you want. Think it through before you hire them.
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Web & Mobile Development Augmenting Software Company
"The quality of their work is their greatest asset."
the reviewer
the review
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 principal of an enterprise software development company. We focus on life sciences but work in many different industries. We utilize many technologies and make decisions based on the client’s needs.
What challenge were you trying to address with Waverley Software?
We partnered with Waverley Software to take on bigger projects with their more advanced development capabilities.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Waverley Software offers desktop, web, and mobile development services. As we get projects that fit with their talents, we work with them. For a Fortune 500 client, we worked with Waverley Software to deliver an expert system. Currently, we have several projects underway with them.
For backend projects, their team uses .NET core and the Microsoft tech stack. For mobile app projects, their team uses Swift and Flutter. On websites, we use NodeJS. In the past, we used many web-based technologies such as XML, C-Sharp, and classic technologies involved in delivering web apps.
What is the team composition?
The size of the Waverley Software team varies based on the project’s needs. Currently, we work with 15 people including a project manager, QA personnel, UI/UX designers, and developers.
How did you come to work with Waverley Software?
A colleague recommended Waverley Software.
How much have you invested with them?
Over the course of the engagement, we spent probably more than $2,000,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We started working together in January 2009 and the engagement’s ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
Client satisfaction is a big metric. When we developed the expert medical system for our Fortune 500 client, it was viewed as one of the most successful outsourced projects that they had done. They’ve always delivered work on time and on budget with close controls, which is another important factor. Their team has managed change well too.
How did Waverley Software perform from a project management standpoint?
We have a highly collaborative process. We communicate on a daily basis via Skype, Zoom, and email. They have good availability in my time zone. Their team tends to work later days to facilitate availability in my time zone. They’re able to use the same resources across our different projects and we formed personal relationships with developers. They have high-quality project managers who provide ongoing information in terms of budget and schedule adherence. We have 1–2 standing meetings every week to go over any projects, which is a good method of communication and keeping everyone up to date. I meet with the principals in the Bay Area once a year. Their engineers come up with good ideas to solve any problems that we have. They give good solutions that keep us on budget and schedule.
What did you find most impressive about them?
The quality of their work is their greatest asset. Their work has never been an issue. Our life sciences clients go through formal validation. Several systems that Waverley Software developed for us have been used in internal and external clinical trials. There’s a high bar to meet in terms of the final product’s quality. We’ve always had a good experience with our clients’ QA teams in terms of a response to what we delivered.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I’ve never been disappointed.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
Be involved early and set expectations for the level of communication. Be precise with your language. Fine-tuning the style of communication is important to get good results.
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SaaS Development for Financial Management Startup
"They've helped us meet our objectives for continuing growth."
the reviewer
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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 startup called Plannuh, Inc. as the Vice President of Engineering. We offer software solutions that guide businesses in budgeting, planning, and investing based on market trends.
What challenge were you trying to address with Waverley Software?
We needed a team of developers to build our signature SaaS product.
What was the scope of their involvement?
We don’t have an in-house development team, so Waverley Software takes care of all our development needs. They built the SaaS platform in AWS, utilizing Angular for the frontend and Python for the backend.
What is the team composition?
Presently, we are working with eight developers, but we are considering expanding the team by the end of 2020.
How did you come to work with Waverley Software?
I worked with Waverley Software when I was at my previous company. When I started working at Plannuh, Inc. I recommended that we start working with them.
The rest of the executive staff had the chance to meet the Waverley Software CEO when he was traveling in the U.S., and they felt confident in their abilities.
Initially, I had been introduced to Waverley Software by a colleague who had a good experience with them.
How much have you invested with them?
So far, we’ve spent about $700,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We began working together in March 2019, and the work is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
Looking at the difference between our original product and the product they’ve developed, it’s clear that they’ve had a huge impact on our business. Their work is part of the reason we secured investments from Glasswing and Gradient. They’ve helped us meet our objectives for continuing growth of the company.
How did Waverley Software perform from a project management standpoint?
Project management is one of their strengths. We are not the only client that our project manager is working with, but it feels like we are.
The team is trained in agile methodology, and they’re all very experienced. We have daily status meetings via Zoom and use Slack to communicate, as well as Jira and Confluence.
What did you find most impressive about them?
They are highly-skilled in recruiting team members. Their team has access to a rich talent pool in Ukraine. This allows them to have a depth of experience in various niches.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I wish that they were able to think outside of the agile methodology more often.
Do you have any advice for potential customers?
It’s important to understand the strengths and challenges of working with an offshore team that is assertive and independent. It’s also beneficial to outline the rules of the engagement, rather than giving them detailed specifications.
the project
IT Staff Augmentation for Healthcare Tech Company
"We can count on Waverley Software to provide excellent resources and deliver great services."
the reviewer
the review
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 VP of technology for a health tech company. We have a service that allows people to manage their health information for free. Our clients are medical foundation and pharmaceutical companies interested in working with groups of consenting people with a special set of medical conditions.
What challenge were you trying to address with Waverley Software?
We were looking to augment our development team. Our internal team is pretty small, so we were looking to increase our capacity in iOS development, web development, and QA.
What was the scope of their involvement?
Waverley Software supplies teammates as the need arises for us. Once we inform them of our need, they’ll send a profile of one of their staff members and we make a decision based on that. If none of the people they supply seem right for the job, they’ll recruit a person for the position and, again, send us the profile and we'll interview them to get a sense of whether or not they’re a fit. The developer we choose then integrates within our team, attends the meetings, and works independently for the most part. Over the course of our engagement, they’ve provided iOS developers, web developers, and QA staff.
What is the team composition?
At most, they’ve supplied five teammates at a time. Currently, we work with one iOS developer from their team and we have a US-based point of contact.
How did you come to work with Waverley Software?
We found Waverley Software through one of our advisors. They had a contact who had worked with Waverley Software and we were introduced that way. We got along well, they talked about their approach, and their company seemed like a good fit. We began just with two development resources and the project went well, so we’ve continued with additional resources.
How much have you invested with them?
Throughout the engagement, we’ve spent a little over $400,000. We pay a monthly rate that depends on how many resources we need.
What is the status of this engagement?
We began working together in January 2018 and the engagement is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
I don’t have any hard statistics, but overall we’ve been completely happy with the quality of Waverley Software’s resources. They supplied qualified people and any issues we have are resolved very quickly.
How did Waverley Place perform from a project management standpoint?
They acted like members of our in-house team, so the project ran very smoothly. They attend our weekly meetings, are available to talk through any concerns, and work with us to find the right balance of resources. We communicate easily and my daily point of contact is based in the US. Work was delivered ahead of time and some teammates worked around the clock to make sure everything was built the way we wanted it.
What did you find most impressive about them?
In many cases, they exceed our expectations in terms of the quality and quantity of the work. Like I mentioned before, they sometimes work so much to the point where I have to check-in and ensure no one was over-working themselves. They are very committed to making sure the work is done on-time and well.
In this industry, we’re not looking for a “unique” vendor so much as someone who is reliable and gets the job done right, which is exactly what they do. We can count on Waverley Software to provide excellent resources and deliver great services. They’re flexible when we need to increase or decrease resources and are affordable. We don’t have any reason to consider a different team as we look to expand in the future. They’ve been a great partner to us and we’ll choose them first over any others.
Are there any areas they could improve?
Nothing jumps to mind for them to improve on. Their pricing is fair and aligns with others in the industry.
the project
Staff Augmentation for Experiential Marketing Company
“Since hiring them, more tickets are being completed and more features are being delivered than before.”
the reviewer
the review
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 digital development manager for Freeman EMEA, an experiential events, meetings, and conferences company. I run a couple of teams to provide software services for the exhibition elements of the industry.
What challenge were you trying to address with Waverly Software?
We’d had a problem finding and keeping software developers in the UK who had the skill sets we needed, so we started looking for overseas staff augmentation solutions.
What was the scope of their involvement?
We do all of the project management in the UK, and Waverly Software provides high-level and full stack JavaScript skills in a JavaScript framework. They work on our database as well as frontend UX. Waverly Software tests and reviews all of the staff, making sure they meet our requirements and are able to communicate efficiently.
They recently worked on a project to create software for designing a floor plan. It allows users to buy varying spaces for booths, and exhibition managers can use it as an e-commerce system and run their entire floor plan through it, without even being a CAD operator. Waverly Software built the MVP, and about 16 clients are currently using it. They’re also working on adding more features to the software.
What is the team composition?
Right now, they provide four developers and an account manager. We’re looking at hiring for some DevOps positions soon.
How did you come to work with Waverly Software?
We wanted an offshore solution with developers who could work in a JavaScript framework. When we met with Waverly Software, they found people who met those expectations.
What is the status of this engagement?
We’ve been working together since September 2018, and the work is ongoing.
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the impact of the engagement?
Since hiring them, more tickets are being completed and more features are being delivered than before. They were instantly available to start working, which was impressive. Before, our development would stop and start because developers would come and go, but now our development is consistent and efficient.
How did Waverly Software perform from a project management standpoint?
They’re always available and have a private chat feature that allows them to quickly respond. We use Slack to communicate, and they provide realistic timelines for their recruitment process, which is usually a few weeks to find potential candidates.
What did you find most impressive about them?
The quality of interviewees they bring are phenomenal. They have a superb filtering process, and we’ve hired almost everyone they’ve put in front of us, which saves us lots of time.
Are there any areas they could improve?
I can't think of any ways they could improve.
Do you have any advice for future clients of theirs?
Be comfortable with online communication, such as Skype and Slack. Because the team isn’t physically present, you’ll need to embrace that kind of communication.
Though only working on smaller parts of larger projects, all solutions delivered by Waverley Software have been of high quality. Frequent communication between the partners has allowed the team to contribute fresh ideas to the projects while staying aware of budget and timeline constraints.