Team extension services for Privacy & Data Security Company

The client

Tempest is a start-up that builds internet privacy-focused solutions, including search engines, browsers, and VPNs. Their mission is to deliver the best possible experience by protecting users' online activities from ads and trackers.

The goal

Primary objective was to provide expert backend engineering support to enhance the capabilities of Tempest's WikiCard feature. This included increasing data coverage, maintaining the project, fixing recurring bugs, and extending the service to other markets.

The outcome

We provided and integrated two full-time backend engineers to Tempest, ensuring smooth integration and high retention. The engineers continuously improved data parsers, resulting in richer infocards and a better user experience on Tempest’s Search Page.

challenge

Imagine checking the latest UEFA scores. How many seconds until you find the the results?

Tempest, renowned for its privacy-focused browsing experience, faced a significant challenge: enhancing and expanding their rich headers, including weather, stocks, sports scores, and especially Wikipedia infocards, to deliver quick and accurate information.

Despite their strong foundation, they struggled with inconsistent data coverage and frequent bugs, impacting the user experience.

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SOLUTION

The WikiCard Challenge

Tempest's WikiCard feature, which displays concise, relevant information from Wikipedia in response to user searches, faced numerous issues due to the variety of languages and content parsed from Wikipedia.

The inconsistencies and frequent bugs stemming from these variations significantly impacted the user experience, necessitating a more stable and reliable solution.

To tackle this problem, COXIT provided Tempest with Senior Python Engineer Yehor, who took on the challenge of maintaining and developing the WikiCard project.

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Reviewer avatar

Mickael Grima,

Engineering Manager at Tempest

Yehor always had an eye beyond the development, making sure that the code was released properly, and that the project was running smoothly and consistently, to provide our users the best experience. Skillful, Accountable, Reliable and Available.
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Mickael Grima,

Engineering Manager at Tempest

Under Yehor's leadership, the WikiCard feature saw significant improvements in stability and performance. His proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues ensured that Tempest could deliver quick and accurate information to its users, maintaining their reputation for a top-tier, privacy-focused browsing experience.

The clouds ahead

Despite these improvements, Tempest continued to face challenges with their other rich headers. The complexity and variety of different contexts led to persistent issues that required expert intervention.

Tempest's Senior Engineering Manager approached COXIT once more, seeking a highly skilled Python engineer.

The requirements provided:

  • At least 3+ years of experience with Python (from 3.8)

  • At least 3+ years of experience with Python (from 3.8)

  • At least 3+ years of experience with Python (from 3.8)

  • At least 3+ years of experience with Python (from 3.8)

  • Experience with Python async features

  • Experience with Python async features

  • Experience with Python async features

  • Experience with Python async features

  • Experience with async web frameworks

  • Experience with async web frameworks

  • Experience with async web frameworks

  • Experience with async web frameworks

  • Experience with Redis

  • Experience with Redis

  • Experience with Redis

  • Experience with Redis

  • Familiarity with Agile development tools

  • Familiarity with Agile development tools

  • Familiarity with Agile development tools

  • Familiarity with Agile development tools

  • Experience with microservices and Docker

  • Experience with microservices and Docker

  • Experience with microservices and Docker

  • Experience with microservices and Docker

RECRUITMENT FLOW

Let’s do that!

COXIT jumped right in. We conducted a comprehensive team extension process to find the ideal candidate for Tempest.

Our recruitment team meticulously identified candidates who met Tempest's specific requirements, ensuring a smooth and efficient onboarding experience.

Recruitment Process for Tempest's Rich-Header Project

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  • developers were approached

  • expressed interest in the vacancy

  • developers were invited for an interview with a COXIT recruiter

  • advanced to the next stage

  • developers were selected for an interview with Tempest's team

  • received was hired

Two weeks after Tempest's request, Maksym, the new engineer, was successfully onboarded by COXIT. He was assigned to work directly under Tempest's management.

Meanwhile, COXIT handled all ancillary details including HR, equipment, accounting, and other administrative tasks, ensuring a seamless integration and allowing Maksym to focus solely on the project.

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Mickael Grima,

Engineering Manager at Tempest

Maksym had the difficult task to lead and implement the automation of a complex ETL pipeline from scratch, and he succeeded to complete the different milestones within the deadlines It was a great pleasure to work with Maksym: the communication was smooth and constructive, allowing to make progress in the right direction at a good pace;

End of a great partnership:)

The collaboration between Tempest and COXIT has been a resounding success. With the expertise and dedication of engineers like Yehor and Maksym, Tempest has significantly improved the stability and performance of their rich headers, ensuring quick and accurate information delivery across various contexts.

Having successfully completed the outlined scope, Tempest decided to shift focus to other parts of their project. As a result, the engineers returned under COXIT management.

Our services not only provide easy onboarding but also smooth offboarding, ensuring that projects have the necessary resources at the right times.

Reviewer avatar

Mickael Grima,

Engineering Manager at Tempest

COXIT has put in the necessary effort to make a comfortable environment for their engineers.