Strengthening the technical foundations for this enterprise SaaS product
Our client, Seaters, offers an enterprise SaaS product that provides an online platform for intelligent invite management for business events. This software empowers hospitality and sales teams to invite the perfect guests to their events. Leveraging individual preferences, the Seaters algorithm suggests the next most valuable guest to invite. This case study delves into our collaborative setup and the significant impact we had on modernizing the platform's technical infrastructure.
Challenge
The core Seaters platform has been under development for over 10 years, with the engineering team primarily focused on delivering new features to meet evolving customer demands. As a result, some technical debt had accumulated. Our challenge was to modernize the technical setup, bringing it up to current standards and preparing it for future growth.
Solution
We enhanced the application's reliability by transitioning to a cloud-native architecture, simultaneously reducing hosting costs by half. By implementing improved engineering practices, streamlining deployment pipelines, and integrating various monitoring tools, we significantly improved both platform stability and development velocity.
Approach
We conducted thorough due diligence on all aspects of the technical setup, encompassing coding practices, cloud infrastructure, the operating model, and team dynamics. Based on our findings, we created a comprehensive action plan, defined a target architecture, and assembled a dedicated development team to drive the implementation.
Jean-Sebastien Gosuin
Founder CEO Seaters
"We loved Panenco's hands-on approach, immediately highlighting and tackling the biggest issues in improving our technical setup while keeping our business running. Thanks to the diligent engineering work, we feel that our platform again has the technical foundations for the next phase of its growth."
"Seaters is an impressive product and company. Together, we made sure that their technical setup is ready for further growth. We wish the Seaters team the very best of luck as they further expand globally. We'll be happy to keep supporting you every step of the way."
Fred Versyck
Product manager
Leslie Jobse
Engineering manager