Project Detail

What Was The Brief?

Role Relay required a senior-level "Team Extension" to accelerate the development of their core SaaS product. The brief was to provide dedicated Front-End and Back-End engineering resources to work alongside the in-house technical team, focusing on the delivery of complex features and the optimisation of the platform's performance.

Back-End

Front-End

How Did We Fix It

Identifying the Key Challenges

The Hurdles

Agile Roadmap Acceleration:
As a fast-moving SaaS startup, Role Relay faced a dense product roadmap. They needed external engineers who could "plug-and-play" into their existing architecture and deliver production-ready code without an extensive onboarding period.
Full-Stack Synchronisation:
Ensuring that new, data-heavy features on the back-end were seamlessly reflected in a responsive, high-engagement front-end required tight coordination between disparate development streams.
SaaS Scalability:
The platform required a robust architecture capable of handling high volumes of concurrent users and automated notification triggers during large-scale corporate hiring campaigns.
Engineering Quality & Consistency:
Maintaining a unified code standard while blending an augmented team with an internal one is often an operational challenge, necessitating a partner with strong technical leadership and communication skills.

The Solutions

Embedded Full-Stack Extension:
SoftwareSeni deployed a dedicated squad of .NET (Back-End) and React.js (Front-End) specialists. These engineers were fully integrated into Role Relay’s daily stand-ups and sprint cycles, functioning as a single, cohesive unit with the internal team.
Modern Front-End Refinement:
Leveraging React.js, the squad enhanced the user experience of the referral dashboard, ensuring the interface remained fast, intuitive, and mobile-responsive for employees on the go.
Robust .NET Back-End Engineering:
Our back-end developers focused on the mission-critical logic of the referral engine, optimising database queries and API performance to ensure that tracking and reporting remained 100% accurate at scale.
Streamlined Release Management:
By adopting Role Relay’s internal development protocols and CI/CD pipelines, SoftwareSeni enabled the business to increase its deployment frequency, allowing them to bring new features to market significantly faster than their competitors.