How Streamwide leveraged an UPPER team to upgrade their product and fill a talent gap
About the company
Streamwide (FRA: 07R) is a leading communications software technology provider delivering mission critical communications and operations solutions.
Their products range from real-time voice and data solutions to geolocation services and digital transformation of operational processes, servicing customers in government and enterprise.
Challenge
Streamwide was looking to refactor and upgrade part of their product suite, using a new technology stack that fell outside the expertise of their existing team.
To achieve this, Streamwide's strategy was to hire a team of senior engineers for a 12-18 month project, while they were recruiting internally.
Following the completion of the project, the team would do a full handover and phase out.
Solution
To address this challenge, UPPER assigned an Engineering Director to evaluate the technical needs of the product and collaborate with Streamwide's project lead to create a team ramp-up and onboarding strategy.
Having gained a comprehensive understanding of the necessary setup, UPPER assembled the complete team in less than 2 weeks, with each team member undergoing a custom interview process as required by Streamwide.
"We started to work with UPPER as part of our strategy to recruit senior developers for our product suite."
Lead Product Manager
solution implementation Timeline
Team setup and planning
An Engineering Director from UPPER assessed the product technical requirements and created a team ramp-up plan, in collaboration with the project lead at Streamwide.
Staffing of complete team
With a clear understanding of the required team setup, UPPER staffed the complete team in under two weeks.
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Malvin
- Node.js
- PHP
- Symfony
- TypeScript
- +15
Alex
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- React
- Node.js
- +8
Maja
- React
- Angular
- Node.js
- Vue.js
- Java
- +10
Andrei
- Node.js
- React
- JavaScript
- PHP
- +10
Ongoing dedicated support
With the team in place and fully onboarded, UPPER provided ongoing support with further team scaling, weekly reporting, monthly invoicing and more.
UPPER understood our needs and provided highly experienced engineers who deliver top work in a timely manner.
Lead Product Manager
Key Results
The solution enabled Streamwide to begin work immediately and bridge a hiring gap that would have otherwise cost them more than 6 months of downtime.
- 8 people hired
- Hiring gap bridged
- Zero downtime
- Successful transition
STREAMWIDE benefited from
Speed
Hire 8 senior experts in web frontend and backend technologies, in under 2 weeks.
Expertise
UPPER's CTO-level engineering director and talent specialist as 'team architects'.
Flexibility
Hire a temp team to build the product, then handover to a new internal team upon completion.
