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Yes we do. This process can take anywhere from one week to several weeks depending on how large and complex a project is. Sometimes we spend weeks working with potential clients to understand their goals and requirements. During this period, we work together to outline a project and craft a proposal with a considerable amount of detail for our potential customer. Our goal here is to thoroughly understand the project at hand.
It usually starts off with us asking a lot of questions to understand what the product vision is for your software product and understanding if anything has been built or designed yet. Our goal is to get a good sense of where you are in your own product roadmap. We go through several rounds of discussions and research if needed, to the point where we feel comfortable putting together a proposal if we believe we can deliver a solution for your company. Often times we’ll ask to meet with someone technical on your team if applicable, and request to see any available documentation.
Our onboarding process takes approximately two to three weeks. The first step is for us to enter a due diligence phase where we understand your technology plans, current team, and evaluate where we can best fit in. Our next step is to assign a project manager and a development team that fits your project requirements, technology stack or preferences, and work with you to develop a timeline and other documentation for the project.
Generally no. Sometimes we have one of our trusted partners help with specific work items such as wordpress development, but everything else that is custom built is made in house with our full time employees.
Our rates and pricing depend on several factors including the length of engagement, technology stack, breadth of services, and management needed. Generally we provide clients time-estimates and an hourly rate per role on the project. With our nearshore model, clients can expect cost savings of approximately 20-30% compared to developing the same types of products and software in the United States. Contact us to get an estimate and learn more about our rates for a specific project.
A few of the key benefits of working with us are:
- Access to a diverse talent pool
- Accelerating your product roadmap with engineering augmentation
- Cost savings by developing your software nearshore
Understanding the best way to integrate with your current team is a process. We take our time to understand how your current team is structured, and to evaluate the responsibilities and parts of the application that the current team is developing. Based on that assessment, we start thinking about how we can augment it with specific talent whether that be full-stack developers, front-end developers, or QA engineers depending on what we determine will be the best augmentation together.
Yes, we speak English and Spanish as the majority of our team is based in Mexico.
All of our developers operate on Pacific Standard Time (PST) or Central Standard Time (CST).
Asymm is able to recruit software engineers across technology stacks and specialties. Some roles and potential team members are harder to find than others in our nearshore context. We often recruit for front-end and full-stack developers that use modern technologies such as React, Ruby on Rails, Node, Python, and more.
Recruiting timelines for dedicated and competent engineers can take anywhere from 4-8 weeks depending on a company's specific requirements and project description.
We prefer long term engagements that are typically over 3 months, but if you have a very specific project with defined requirements and simple implementation instructions, we’re always happy to have a conversation and see if it’s a good fit for both companies.
We are usually able to start a project pretty quickly in about 3-5 weeks, depending on the technology being used or that is needed. Our staff’s capabilities cover a wide breadth of current web development technologies.
Projects vary in length considerably depending on their complexity. Simple projects can take anywhere from 1-3 months. More complex projects can take 4-6 months to complete while others can start and go on for 2+ years because of constant development work needed and innovation desired.
All projects, big and small are assigned a dedicated project manager and the other necessary roles depending on the scope of work to ensure a project is started quickly and requirements are documented. From this point we take 1-3 weeks to staff a project with our development team according to the necessary requirements.
Software development is our core service that we provide to our clients. Very closely related to our development capabilities are our design services. We have experienced UX researchers, product managers, product designers that help our clients conceptualize and wireframe new software projects. Also on our team are quality assurance engineers. With that being said, our heavy lifting is generally custom software development - and in that are many speciality professionals that contribute.
We use modern languages and frameworks and usually stick to open source technologies if they fit the project's requirements. We tend to build the majority of our projects with technologies such as Ruby on rails, React, Vue.Js, Node.Js, Python, .NET and more.
Yes we do, in both react native and native languages (Swift for iOS and java for android applications)
Yes, we have experience in designing and developing enterprise applications for B2B services companies, logistics companies and other companies with very specific requirements and needs for custom software.
Asymm has delivered over 15 projects over two and a half years. All of these projects have been web-based and are for a wider range of clients in different industries and verticals.
Since we started in 2020, we’ve been able to service over 12 clients in industries ranging from consumer products, biotechnology, insurance, real estate, and more. We love working with clients in new industries because it gives us an opportunity to come to the table and offer new ideas of how technology can change underlying business processes.
What makes Asymm unique to many other technology vendors is first and foremost our people and experience. Our team is made up of professionals from all corners of technology: design, development, hardware, quality assurance, machine learning, etc. Certainly there are other qualified software development professionals and teams out there, but we approach problems and build solutions with tremendous collaboration and rigor. We operate on flexible plans to support a client’s needs economically and focus on delivering high value technology deliverables at often half of what other agencies would charge for a similar experience and piece of software. Our goal is to grow with our clients and see the projects that we’ve developed be instrumental in their growth and success.
Asymm was founded in 2020 by Ari Lew and Eric Chen. Ari holds a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Michigan while Eric holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Tufts University, Summa Cum Laude. Both have been working in the digital consulting industry for several years now, working directly with small to medium sized companies on projects ranging from business intelligence dashboards to full-stack enterprise application development. Ari is the CEO and Eric is the CTO. Contact them at ari@asymm.com and eric@asymm.com