A logistics scale-up builds its engineering center in Vietnam

Client Logistics scale-up (NDA)

Headquarters Singapore

Duration 24 months

Team 40 engineers

The challenge

Challenge

After a Series B round, the company needed to triple its engineering capacity to expand into four new markets, but local hiring was slow, costly and competitive.

• →Six-month average time to hire a senior engineer at home
• →Roadmap for route optimization and partner APIs falling behind
• →Leadership wanted to own the team long-term, not rent it

Our approach

Solution

WeConext set up a Build–Operate–Transfer center in Ho Chi Minh City, mirroring the client’s engineering culture and tooling from day one.

• →Recruited the first 12 engineers in 10 weeks, growing to 40
• →Ran delivery in the client’s sprints with shared KPIs and a joint tech lead
• →Set up the legal entity and transferred people, process and IP at month 24

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