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CREO had a React Native developer on TOTAL in 4 days

CREO was acquired by Hike to build TOTAL, an offline-first mobile platform. They needed a React Native developer who could take over the build, and the agencies they tried were quoting months. We took the brief and came back in 3 days.

  • Indian
  • Hardware
  • Tech Acquisition
  • React Native
  • Mobile Dev
  • Startup
CREO's TOTAL mobile operating system
CREO's TOTAL mobile operating system
04 Days to Onboard
02 More Contracts Signed
03 Products Launched
The Challenge

A React Native hire the agencies could not fill

  • React Native specialists
  • Thin candidate pool
  • Inflated agency costs
  • Delays piling up

CREO had built wireless media streamers and smartphone operating systems before Hike acquired them to build TOTAL, an offline-first platform bringing messaging, news and recharges to users across India.

TOTAL ran on lightweight, extensible services written in React Native. Developers who had built React Native at that scale were hard to find.

The agencies CREO tried came with long hiring processes, no specialist depth, inflated costs and no visibility into who was being put forward. Delays were piling up against a platform that still needed building.

How We Did It

One matched developer, found in 3 days

CREO did not need a longer shortlist. We ran the search and screening ourselves against the TOTAL brief, and came back with one React Native developer, Subramanyam, in 3 days.

  1. 1

    Matched in 3 days

    We screened against CREO's brief before anything reached them, so they reviewed one matched profile rather than a pile of resumes.

  2. 2

    On the build by day 4

    Subramanyam took over TOTAL's development directly and was working on it from day 4.

  3. 3

    Hourly engagement

    An hourly model let CREO scale the engagement up and down with project demand, and the total came in 30% below the options they had priced.

In Their Words

Subramanyam was very responsive and communicated in an excellent way throughout. He was ready to stretch and put in late hours as well. In short, he worked like an extended member of the team itself.

Overall Flexiple brought in high-level of transparency with extremely quick turnarounds in the hiring process at a significantly lower cost than any alternate options we had considered.

Kislay Shashwat

Kislay Shashwat

VP Finance & Strategy, CREO

Who We Placed
  • SS

    Subramanyam S

    React Native Developer

The Impact

TOTAL shipped, two more contracts signed

TOTAL gives users across India data-free access to messaging, news and mobile recharges, with services priced as low as INR 1 on a lightweight, offline-first operating system.

Three products launched over the engagement, and CREO signed two more contracts with us after the first one.

The hourly model kept the cost 30% below the options CREO had priced elsewhere, and we handled the employment side of the engagement throughout.