Rapid Development and Consulting to Reduce Time to Market for a Buy Now Pay Later Platform
About Our Client
The Client is a UAE-based fintech startup focused on developing innovative payment products.
Challenge
The Client wanted to step into the fast-evolving Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) market by offering a BNPL web platform and a mobile application for shoppers. The solutions were aimed to provide consumers with a convenient online environment to make interest-free split payments for digital and in-store purchases.
The Client jump-started the product development using its in-house IT resources. However, they became insufficient due to the lack of necessary tech skills, and the team failed to meet the required project pace. To speed up the product’s time-to-market and optimize the development process, the Client was looking for an IT consulting and team augmentation services provider with a vast talent pool and expertise in payment apps development.
Solution
Within just 2 weeks, ScienceSoft provided the Client with all the required tech competencies to fill the in-house skill gap. ScienceSoft’s talents smoothly fit into the Client’s development process and corporate culture, so the Client decided to involve them in the long-term collaboration on the project. During the subsequent 2 years of ongoing cooperation, ScienceSoft’s team has been engaged in the following activities:
Front-end development
ScienceSoft’s front-end developers helped implement essential UX and UI components to provide smooth consumer journeys across the web platform. The team opted for responsive UX and UI design to ensure the web solution adapted well to mobile browsers. Also, ScienceSoft’s talents took part in developing built-in widgets for merchants’ ecommerce platforms and creating UIs for merchants and BNPL platform admins.
Back-end development
Working closely with the Client’s back-end development team, ScienceSoft’s Java developers helped create the web platform’s back end according to the Client’s requirements. Within the task scope, the team introduced QR-code-based payment functionality for quicker transfer of due amounts.
Quality assurance
ScienceSoft’s automation testing expert advised the Client’s in-house team on best suited QA automation tools. The expert applied DevOps approach to help the team establish the iterative front-end and back-end testing process to fit the pace of frequent releases.
IT project management consulting
Over the course of the project, ScienceSoft added a project manager (a Scrum master) to the Client’s IT team for project assessment and consulting on resource management. Our expert audited the project scope, analyzed the demand for resources, their availability, and advised on optimal resource allocation.
ScienceSoft’s team maintained consistent, goal-driven collaboration throughout the project and provided transparent reporting on the accomplished tasks. Upon the successful launch of the BNPL web platform, the Client proceeded with building a BNPL mobile app. The company has recently involved ScienceSoft’s mobile development talents to speed up the development process.
Results
Thanks to ScienceSoft’s proven tech expertise, in-depth knowledge of the fintech industry, and established Agile practices, the Client managed to significantly reduce the time-to-market for their BNPL product and ensure its topflight quality while optimizing project resources. After successfully launching the BNPL web platform, the Client decided to continue the cooperation with ScienceSoft and involve our talents in the development of a BNPL mobile app.
Technologies and Tools
Java 8, Redux, PostgreSQL, Feign, Spring Boot.
