Case Study

Scaling to 10+ engineering squads for an enterprise online education platform

Client

An enterprise EdTech company

Industry

EdTech

Duration

24 months (ongoing)

Team

10+ squads (30+ people)

The challenge

Dozens of initiatives, not enough engineers to staff them.

The client is one of the largest online education platforms in Latin America, with millions of students and a product roadmap that outpaced their hiring capacity. They needed to scale engineering across multiple product lines simultaneously: student engagement features, teacher tools, content management, mobile experiences, analytics dashboards, and infrastructure modernization. Internal recruiting couldn't keep up. They needed a partner who could provide entire squads, not just individual developers.

Our solution

More than 10 squads across every layer of the product

Over 24 months, we grew from placing 3 developers to staffing more than 10 squads. Squad sizes vary based on the initiative: some have close to 10 people, others are a single specialist. Each squad includes the right mix of developers, designers, QA engineers, and product owners for its scope. The squads operate autonomously within the client's product organization, each owning a specific product area. We handle recruiting, vetting, onboarding, and ongoing performance management. The client focuses on product strategy and direction.

Frontend squads building React and React Native apps for students and teachers

Backend squads working on PHP and Node.js services

Dedicated QA engineers embedded across squads for continuous testing

UX designers collaborating directly with product managers on feature design

Product owners and project managers running backlogs, sprint planning, and stakeholder communication

Technologies used

ReactReact NativePHPNode.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLMongoDBAWSFigma

Results