SmartNearshore - BeNear, BeSmart

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WHO
WE ARE
+240
+280
+12 years
Clients
Employees
of Experience
Smart Consulting was created in 2010 as a tech
consultancy company, focused mainly on IT and
Telecommunications.
Today, we count on more than 280 focused, experienced,
and trustable professionals who develop and enrich
projects in Portugal and all around the world.
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MANIFESTO
SOLIDITY
MOTIVATION
IS OUR
MATRIX
IS OUR DRIVE
In more than 12 years
we had the opportunity
to work closely with
X clients.
We encourage our
clients to work with us
side by side, so we can
stand-out together.
ADAPTABILIT
Y
IS THE NAME
OFable
THE
GAME
Being
to adapt
to any
situation, to tackle any
solution, that is our motto.
RESPONSABILIT TECHNOLOGY
IS OUR PASSION
Y
IS OUR AIM
We are responsible to ensure
the best, the most comfortable,
and the most trustworthy
solution.
We are a team of wellinformed tech geniuses,
tailored to meet each of
your technological needs.
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OUR
GROWTH
2010
SMART CONSULTING
LISBOA
2013
1ST
INTERNACIONAL
CLIENT
2018
2021
2015
+ 280
2019
8.4M €
SMART CONSULTING
PORTO
Employees
in 2021
Invoiced
in 2021
2020
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
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OUR VISION,
OUR MISSION
SMART NEARSHORE'S MISSION IS TO FOCUS ON DELIVERING THE
BEST IT TEAMS FOR OUR PARTNERS’ PROJECTS, BY USING OUR LONGTIME EXPERTISE ON THE MARKET AND EXPONENTIATING OUR
TALENTED MANAGEMENT AND PRECISE RECRUITMENT.
OUR VISION IS TO WORK HARD TO FULFILL YOUR MISSION.
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NEARSHORE
EXCELLENCE
CENTERS
LISBON
AIRPORT
≅ 6km
10min
SMART
CONSULTING
LISBOA
SMART
CONSULTING
PORTO
≅ 12km
LISBON
Avenida 5 de Outubro
124, 9th floor
1050-061
Lisbon
15min
PORTO
AIRPORT
PORTO
Avenida da Boavista
197, 3th floor
4050-115
Porto
+40
Countries with
projects all around
the world.
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WHY
PORTUGAL?
LOCATION
Portugal offers a strategic
location off the edge of
Europe with a flexible
time-line
(CEST)
that
allows for overlapping
working-hours with a large
number of countries.
ECONOMIC
& POLITICAL
STABILITY
Portugal is a politically
stable country, and our
economic status has
been steady, expanding
continuously since 2014.
We are also known to be
one
of
the
safest
countries in the world.
LANGUAGE
SKILLS
Portuguese is a great
gateway language, which
means Portuguese people
are often skilled in multiple
languages.
REPUTED TECH
UNIVERSITIES
HIGHLY
SKILLED
ENGINEERING
Resulting
from
our
quality higher education,
we can count on highlyskilled professionals in
engineering,
among
other areas.
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WHY
PORTUGAL?
COMPETITIVE
RATES
ADAPTABILITY
& PRAGMATISM
In Portugal you can count
on lower, and, as such,
more competitive fees.
Portuguese people are
known as pragmatic by
nature. We are solution
oriented, and we are
proud of being able to
adapt to circumstances
as we go.
UNICORN
COMPANIES
“a grand conclave of the
tech
industry’s
high
priests”
TECH
CENTERS
Companies as Google,
Microsoft,
Ericsson,
Nokia, and Bosch have
already chosen Portugal
as their tech center.
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STAKEHOLDERS
CLIENT
Launches
the Challenge
SMART
DELIVERY
CENTER
BUSINESS
MANAGER
Takes on
the Challenge
Gives
Guidance
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SERVICES
WE OFFER:
TEAM
MANAGED
EXTENSION
SERVICES
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OUR PROCESS
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02.
03.
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05.
Client
Meeting
Recruitment
Process
Project
Meeting
Project
Kick-off
Follow-up
Meetings
4 to 6 Weeks
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OUR PROCESS
01. Client Meeting
WE MEET
We get acquainted with your company's culture
We get acquainted with your company's structure
We get to know your technological stack
YOU LAUNCH
THE CHALLENGE
We get to know your development style
What do we want to accomplish together?
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OUR PROCESS
WE TAKE ON
THE CHALLENGE
01. Client Meeting
We assess your Technological needs
We start designing the perfect team according to your tech needs
Our recruitment experts start working on a pool of candidates
We select a Project Manager and define methodologies
We set KPIs and SLAs
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OUR PROCESS
PROFILING
02. Recruitment Process
Direct
Hiring
Specialized
Recruitment
Smart
Consultants
1st pool of
candidates
Technical validation by our team
WEEKLY
INTERVIEWS
(SPECIALIZED RECRUITMENT)
2nd pool of
candidates
Assembling
the solution
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OUR PROCESS
03. Project Meeting
ASSEMBLING THE TEAM
CLIENT
TECHNICAL
VALIDATION
CONSULTANT
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OUR PROCESS
04. Project Kick-off
CLIENT
ONBOARDING
TEAM &
CONSULTANT
ONBOARDING
KICK-OFF
MEETING
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OUR PROCESS
05. Follow-up Meetings
We value a proactive solution style, as opposed to a reactive solution style, so that we can adjust and
manage the team and project as we advance.
CLIENTS
CONSULTANTS
First 3 Months
Weekly follow-up meeting
Weekly
Team follow-up meeting
3 to 6 Months
Follow-up meeting twice a month
Monthly
Individual follow-up meeting
6 or more Months
Monthly follow-up meeting
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SUCCESS
METRICS
CLIENTS
TEAM
CONSULTANT
STATUS REPORT
SPRINT VELOCITY
MOTIVATION
RISKS
CODE QUALITY
PRODUCTIVITY
PROBLEMS
BURNDOWN CHART
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
STORY POINTS
NEXT TARGET
DELIVER
(per consultant)
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COMMUNICATION
We want to be near you in every step of the way, and so we
value an open communication style and tranparency above all.
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DELIVERY
CENTER
PEOPLE
TECHNOLOGY
PROCESSES
METRICS
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OUR CLIENTS'
ACTIVITY SECTORS
TECH
BANKING,
INSURANCE & FINTECH
TELECOMMUNICATION
& INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION
& LOGISTICS
ENERGY
RETAIL
OTHERS
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OUR CLIENTS'
ACTIVITY SECTORS
TECH
BANKING,
INSURANCE & FINTECH
TELECOMMUNICATION
& INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION
& LOGISTICS
ENERGY
RETAIL
OTHERS
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OUR CLIENTS'
ACTIVITY SECTORS
TECH
BANKING,
INSURANCE & FINTECH
TELECOMMUNICATION
& INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION
& LOGISTICS
ENERGY
RETAIL
OTHERS
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OUR CLIENTS'
ACTIVITY SECTORS
TECH
BANKING,
INSURANCE & FINTECH
TELECOMMUNICATION
& INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION
& LOGISTICS
ENERGY
RETAIL
OTHERS
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OUR CLIENTS'
ACTIVITY SECTORS
TECH
BANKING,
INSURANCE & FINTECH
TELECOMMUNICATION
& INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION
& LOGISTICS
ENERGY
RETAIL
OTHERS
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OUR CLIENTS'
ACTIVITY SECTORS
TECH
BANKING,
INSURANCE & FINTECH
TELECOMMUNICATION
& INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION
& LOGISTICS
ENERGY
RETAIL
OTHERS
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OUR CLIENTS'
ACTIVITY SECTORS
TECH
BANKING,
INSURANCE & FINTECH
TELECOMMUNICATION
& INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION
& LOGISTICS
ENERGY
RETAIL
OTHERS
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FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
DEVELOPMENT
Mobile
Web
Desktop
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FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
DATA ANALYTICS
BI
Machine
Learning
Data Science
Big Data
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FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
DATA BASE
DBA &
Support
QA
Automatic &
Functionals
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FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
INFRASTRUCTURE
DevOps
Networking
& Security
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CASE STUDIES
APP
FINTECH
Front-end
• Development of an app designed for financial clients;
• Participated in the reformulation of the app, by developing new modules, updating features, and
correcting bugs;
• This app provides the company access to information about clients' transactions, marketplace, and
risk management.
Angular 11
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CASE STUDIES
APP
TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS
Fullstack
• Development of a B2B app that allows clients to construct service packages – this is a logistical
service;
• The clients have the liberty to create tailored services according to their shipping needs.
Angular 12
HTML
CSS
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CASE STUDIES
APP & API
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Development of an APP for text messages processing purposes;
• This app manages all the message receivals, and processes them in terms of content, sender, and receiver.
Furthermore, an API was developed to connect this system to clients’ messaging platforms.
Java
Spring Boot
PostgreSQL
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CASE STUDIES
INTRANET
BANKING
Back-end
• This project features Web and Desktop. It aims to insert new modules in banks’ Intranet systems.
Java
JavaScript
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CASE STUDIES
APPLICATION
SUPPORT
BANKING
• Application support for a major bank spread worldwide;
• Using SQL, we help clients with their issues in the trading platform, analyzing errors on the database,
and communicating with the development team to mitigate these errors.
Microsoft
SQL Server
MySQL
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CASE STUDIES
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Tech Lead
• Inserted in the information management team;
• Extracting and treating data, elaborating dashboards, and further data analysis, so that the several
management teams can make the most informed decisions.
SAS
MySQL
Oracle
Microsoft
Power BI
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CASE STUDIES
ANTI-FRAUD
SYSTEM
OTHER
• Development of an anti-fraud system with a major partner that aims to identify financial fraud
and money laundering in order to prevent possible hacking;
• This involves advanced technological stack, by using Python and R modules, as well as data warehouse
ad ETL processes.
SAS
Microsoft
SQL Serer
ETL
Data
Warehouse
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CASE STUDIES
QA
FINTECH
Tech Lead
• Reformulates the automated test area to the core business application;
• Upon entry there was already a framework implemented based on record and play, which have a high
maintenance cost and involve a large number of people;
• Our decision was to implement a new framework based on Selenium with Java and Cucumber in orde
r to improve efficiency.
Java
Cucumber
Selenium
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OUR
PROGRAMS
We invest in our people,
their training, culture,
and well-being.
Smart Partners
Smart Care
Smart partnerships are
created with our
employees, their
families, and their wellbeing in mind.
Sharing and solidarity are a part
of our DNA. Lowering our carbon
footprint is also one of our
priorities.
Smart Events
Smart Academy
We value leisure moments
and the well-being of our
employees.
We believe in constant
evolution and in knowledgesharing.
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FINANCIAL
PROPOSAL
TECH
Data Analyst
Data Engineer
Data Scientist
SENIORITY
RATE
Junior (1-2 years)
180€/day to 250€/day
Mid (2-5 years)
250€/day to 300€/day
Senior (> 5 years)
300€/day to 420€/day
Junior (1-2 years)
190€/day to 260€/day
Mid (2-5 years)
260€/day to 320€/day
Senior (> 5 years)
320€/day to 450€/day
Junior (1-2 years)
190€/day to 260€/day
Mid (2-5 years)
260€/day to 320€/day
Senior (> 5 years)
320€/day to 450€/day
EQUIPMENTS
The Standard Package is
assured by Smart Nearshore.
If there is an upgrade to the
Advanced Package, all extra
fees will be charged to the client.
30 days invoice payment.
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FINANCIAL
PROPOSAL
TECH
Backend Engineer
Frontend Engineer
Automated Tester
SENIORITY
RATE
Junior (1-2 years)
190€/day to 260€/day
Mid (2-5 years)
260€/day to 320€/day
Senior (> 5 years)
320€/day to 450€/day
Junior (1-2 years)
190€/day to 260€/day
Mid (2-5 years)
260€/day to 320€/day
Senior (> 5 years)
320€/day to 450€/day
Junior (1-2 years)
190€/day to 260€/day
Mid (2-5 years)
260€/day to 320€/day
Senior (> 5 years)
320€/day to 450€/day
EQUIPMENTS
The Standard Package is
assured by Smart Nearshore.
If there is an upgrade to the
Advanced Package, all extra
fees will be charged to the client.
30 days invoice payment.
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CONTACTS
[email protected]
+351 21 314 7067
NEARSHORE
BUSINESS MANAGER
JOÃO MARQUES
[email protected]
+351 911 111 870