Our partnership with Maple began after their Marketing Manager, Charlotte Dodds, reached out to WeAssmble’s co-founder, Darragh O’Meachair, to better understand how we could help them meet a tight deadline. After an initial conversation, we scoped out their resource requirements.

As timelines were tight, we needed to be economical in our approach. That meant finding the right people the first time around. During our scoping meeting with Charlotte, we discussed the roles Maple would need us to fill based on several factors: the technologies their existing team use, their culture and the demands of the project.

This boiled down to WeAssemble seeking out highly-skilled individuals with experience across the MERN stack and the ability to easily fit into Maple’s fast-paced culture, with seven roles to fill. Maple needed their augmented team to have daily contact with their existing DevOps team to ensure smooth delivery and manage pipelines, so a good cultural fit was imperative.

With the deadline for delivery fast approaching, it was decided that Maple’s augmented team would work from home to allow them to start without delay. We set their new team up with first-rate equipment and ensured they had access to the correct technologies and communication tools. So, it’s no surprise they hit the ground running. The onboarding process also included getting the new recruits up to speed with Maple’s ways of working, security requirements and payroll.

Maple’s development team extension was a huge success. Firstly, they coordinated with Maple’s technology, marketing and design teams to synchronise the project, going above and beyond to deliver the stake on time.

Secondly, Maple’s newest recruits integrated into their existing team flawlessly, embracing their culture and becoming an integral part of the team. They are now working on developing greater functionality for the product, which includes supporting an ongoing marketing push.

Not only did Maple deliver against their aggressive deadline, creating a safer cryptocurrency, but they also gained a flexible and cost-effective team that will continue to support the network’s growth.