Dev partnership with Payment Platform

  • Quality: 5.0

  • Schedule: 4.0

  • Cost: 5.0

  • Willing to refer: 5.0

Payment Logic | Arcanys team size: 5
5.0

Services: Software development, Dedicated team, Manual and Automated testing

Project Summary: Arcanys collaborates with in-house staff to develop and maintain a financial tech company’s payment platform. Their team also handles cloud hosting security and ensures the platform’s PCI DSS compliance.

Feedback Summary: Their team has been a major asset and has helped scale up business significantly. Since partnering with Arcanys, business has grown nearly 150% year over year. Their staff has excellent technical skills and communicates progress effectively.

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I love working with Arcanys; they’ve become part of our team.
Mark Nimco
Mark Nimco, Co-founder, Payment Logic

Background

I’m the CTO and a co-founder of Payment Logic. We’re based in Australia and provide our customers with cash flow benefits from commercial credit cards while earning reward points. We also negotiate early payment discounts.

  • IT Services
  • 1-10 employees
  • Hawthorn East, Australia

Opportunity / Challenge

What challenge were you trying to address with Arcanys?

We utilise a hybrid software development team with resources based in Australia and the Philippines and we were looking for a technology partner to help our company scale up cost-effectively.

Solution

What was the scope of their involvement?

They’ve been involved at every stage of development from defining project requirements to final deployment. Our staff build the payment platforms and then their developers help us to build and maintain web apps and cloud hosting infrastructure. Some of that includes overall security and payment card industry data security standard (PCI DSS) compliance. Everything is built using Microsoft technologies like Azure.

What is the team composition?

When we first began, we had two developers. Over time, we increased their team to six full-time staff, including a project manager/business analyst, three senior developers, and two QA engineers. We’re currently in the process of bringing on three more people.

How did you come to work with Arcanys?

We were recruiting in Australia and Arcanys responded to our online job advertisement. We’d never hired contractors before, so we met with them to learn more about their business. Their technical capabilities, company culture, quality of staff, and cost structure were impressive, so we decided to hire them for an initial proof of concept project. After seeing the quality of their work, we were sold.

How much have you invested with them?

When we started, our investment was approximately $10,000 per month. We currently pay just under $30,000 per month and have spent around $400,000 in total to date.

What is the status of this engagement?

We’ve worked together since 2016 and the project is ongoing.

Results & Feedback

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

Deloitte Australia’s Technology Fast 50 recently named us as Australia’s 34th fastest-growing technology company. We’ve averaged 148% growth over the last 3 years. This success has been supported by the agility, skill, and dedication of our Arcanys resources.

How did Arcanys perform from a project management standpoint?

I’d originally had some concerns about managing a team of remote resources, but it’s been much easier than I anticipated. We use Agile/scrum methodologies, so we talk daily via video conference. We strive to have open communication and it’s worked really well despite their team being in another country. To achieve this, we use Azure DevOps for planning, task allocation, and status tracking. It helps to have efficient workflows through our software development platform.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Not only do their staff have great technical skills, but they also possess initiative, excellent problem-solving skills, and great personalities.

Are there any areas they could improve?

There are some subtle cultural differences between the Philippines and Australia. Occasionally, the team is so eager to please that they jump in and start working before the full project team agrees to a concrete plan. We’ve been working to ensure everyone’s in sync and trying to take the shortest possible path from conception to release.

Do you have any advice for potential customers?

As great as our Arcanys resources are, they are like any other valuable resources: they need to be managed and nurtured. I suggest getting to know the team and encouraging two-way communication, which includes listening to what they tell you.

5.0
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  • 4.0Scheduling(Ontime/Deadlines)
  • 5.0Quality(Services/Deliverables)
  • 5.0Cost(Value within estimate)
  • 5.0NPS(Willing to refer)

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