The Challenge
A global quantitative trading firm builds and maintains a range of internal business applications. The internal roadmap kept growing, and the firm wanted to add development capacity without expanding headcount for every new initiative.
The firm had already worked with BRIO on project-based builds, so it knew the team’s work. What it needed next was different: developers who would work under its own project management, follow its standards and release reviews, and be available on a predictable schedule.
The firm needed to:
- Scale its internal development team on a flexible, renewable basis.
- Keep direction, priorities, and scope with its own project managers.
- Work within its release process and reviews.
- Be confident that coverage would continue if a resource changed.
The Approach
BRIO provides a pair of dedicated full-stack .NET developers, one senior and one earlier in their career, with a short ramp-up period at the start. The firm sets priorities and directs the work day to day; BRIO manages availability, continuity, and quality behind the scenes.
The engagement runs on renewable terms, with the option to extend for a full term or month to month, and room to add resources or specialties as needs change.
The Solution
A Hybrid Working Model: Developers split time between the firm’s office and remote work on an agreed weekly schedule, so they stay close to the people they build for.
Aligned to the Firm’s Calendar: The team follows the firm’s market holiday and early-close calendar, with planned absences scheduled well in advance and unplanned ones communicated quickly.
Fits the Firm’s Release Process: Work moves through the firm’s own source control and pipeline standards, and releases are reviewed by its DevOps team before they ship.
A Replacement Guarantee: If a resource changes, BRIO provides a replacement at the same or higher skill level, so the firm’s roadmap does not stall.
Built on Earlier Project Work: The staff augmentation grew out of earlier project engagements for internal applications, so the developers joined with context on the firm’s systems and expectations.
Technical foundation
- .NET and ASP.NET MVC
- SQL Server and Entity Framework
- Git-based source control with client-managed CI/CD
The Impact
The model gives the firm a flexible extension of its own team:
- Development capacity added without a matching increase in headcount.
- Priorities and scope stay with the firm’s own project managers.
- Renewed for a further term, with both developers continuing.
- Coverage protected by a same-or-better replacement guarantee.
For a firm that holds itself to exacting standards, the value is predictability: the right people, working the firm’s way, on a schedule it can plan around.
