Consulting and Upskilling a Team for Success
About Envisso
Industry: Financial Technology
Project Type: Consulting & Upskilling
Location: Singapore
Client Description: Envisso is a platform that helps payment companies identify and mitigate merchant risk. Its features include automated merchant onboarding and real-time credit and fraud monitoring.
Challenges
Envisso struggled with a poorly optimized tech stack that was misaligned with their needs and goals. They were using large-scale systems like Databricks, which were costly and unsuitable for their size. Additionally, their data ingestion pipeline was plagued with bugs, often producing incorrect data and resulting in significant backlogs.
Furthermore, the team lacked essential technical skills, and rigid internal organizational rules hindered development and innovation, compounding the overall challenges.
Our Solution
We were engaged by Envisso’s CTO to overhaul their entire technical approach. We recommended migrating to a more efficient tech stack, incorporating PostgreSQL, RDS, and Golang, which better suited their operational needs.
We developed a simplified data model, built multiple proofs of concept (PoCs) to demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of our proposals, and redesigned their UI to integrate the new, improved data model.
Additionally, we:
- Introduced advanced UI libraries to enhance development speed and flexibility.
- Conducted training sessions to upskill their technical team on development best practices, focusing on the newly implemented technologies and workflows.
- Created comprehensive documentation covering all aspects of the upgraded tech stack, including system architecture, deployment procedures, troubleshooting guides, and coding standards, ensuring their team could maintain and extend their new system effectively.
Process
We began with a thorough assessment of Envisso’s existing infrastructure to identify key bottlenecks and inefficiencies. Collaborating closely with their team, we developed a detailed roadmap for improvement.
We restructured their development workflow for greater efficiency and provided hands-on support in implementing UI improvements.
These steps were crucial in transitioning Envisso from a fragmented system to a streamlined, scalable framework.
Results
Our intervention transformed Envisso’s technical landscape, equipping them with a modern, scalable, and reliable infrastructure that significantly reduced costs and improved data accuracy.
The new tech stack and optimized workflows eliminated pipeline backlogs, enabling faster, more reliable data processing. Envisso’s in-house team, now equipped with enhanced skills and a deeper understanding of best practices, was able to maintain their stack and develop new features independently.
By the end of our engagement, Envisso expressed high satisfaction with the results, marking a successful transition to a more efficient and agile development model.
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