Quema

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We are a European company with a Ukrainian spirit specializing in DevOps services. Development and DevOps are crucial puzzle pieces in the software development world. We believe that the development team and DevOps roles should be connected to building the product and the IT infrastructure. Our team members make up a unique combination of strategy, creativity, technology, and deep knowledge of digital platforms to help our clients build a scalable and secure IT infrastructure for launching and running their products on the top level.

$50 - $99/hr
10 - 49
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Estonia
Kesklinna linnaosa, Vesivärava tn 50-201, Tallinn, Harju 10152
+37255988301

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  • Cloud Computing Services
  • Admin Services
  • Engineering Services
  • DevOps

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  • Medium Business
  • Large Business
  • Small Business

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  • Healthcare & Medical
  • Telecommunication

Quema Executive Interview

Serhii Antonuik
Serhii Antonuik
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Please introduce your company and give a brief about your role within the organization.
We are a company that specializes in providing DevOps services and helping companies to build a scalable and secure IT infrastructure with a dedicated DevOps team.
I am the CEO of Quema.
What is the story behind starting this company?
In my case, the origins of Quema are not unique. I would even say the story behind is quite typical.  Unlike IT achievers in other "success stories," I haven’t had an entrepreneurial spirit or business skills or abilities since my childhood.
However, I’ve been involved in sports since an early age, which has shaped my "thirst for a challenge" and a desire for constant growth and self-improvement.

This has given me the determination to work my way up in many IT companies for 12 years from startups to Fortune 100 companies and move ahead in my career from “IT Support" to Lead of DevOps position.

At one point, I realized that I needed to move on and take on a new challenge myself. Well, what could be a better challenge than starting your own company? There's enough challenge and opportunity here to implement all the ideas that I've been accumulating for over 12 years in IT. I was lucky enough to meet my business partner who shared many of my values. He also had some fantastic ideas which we have been implementing together we decided on directions and began our journey at Quema. This is the story behind starting Quema.
What are your company’s business model–in house team or third party vendors/ outsourcing?
We use and work exclusively on the "in-house" model because we have high requirements for candidates.  With all due respect, third-party vendors are not always able to meet them.

Also, at Quema we have our own culture which we stick to and follow, and the "in-house" model allows employees to be part of it.
How does your company differentiate itself from the competition?
First of all,  DevOps and related treads are our core business, while in most other companies Devops is part of the services in the company's portfolios.
What industries do you generally cater to? Are your customers repetitive? If yes, what ratio of clients has been repetitive to you?
We have no reference to any industry, so we work with all our clients. The main thing is that everything must be legal, and all activities must be performed in accordance with the law.

First of all, the industry chooses the technological stack, that it will use at the moment (or plans to migrate to it) and which best suits its requirements.
One of the most recurring areas in Quema is Big Data and data processing we have enough experience and expertise in this area.
Please share some of the services that you offer for which clients approach you the most for?
One of the most frequent requests is for scaling infrastructure and application(s).
Nowadays, thanks to cloud solutions and providers, this can be easily achieved. However, it is necessary to implement it on the application side first, and that’s when you need our expertise to exclude all SPOF (Single Point of Failure).
What is your customer satisfaction rate according to you? What steps do you take to cater to your customer’s needs and requirements?
For the company, the level of customer satisfaction is always a high priority, so we are constantly improving it.

At the moment, about 50% of our clients recommend us as a reliable service provider, which is an indicator of the level of trust and service to us.

This is due to our communication with them as we put ourselves in our customers' shoes and try to help them using all our knowledge and experience.
Naturally, we are trying to increase this percentage, and it is one of our top priorities.
What kind of support system do you offer to your clients for catering to their queries and issues?
From a technical perspective, the implementation of technical support and reaction in incident response is a common practice.
First, we install and configure a monitoring system for all important services and components. As soon as we get a notification, we automatically create a ticket with the incident in the ITSM system.
Once the problem has been fixed, we create a separate ticket to analyze the incident and prevent it in the future.
What kind of payment structure do you follow to bill your clients? Is it Pay per Feature, Fixed Cost, Pay per Milestone (could be in phases, months, versions etc.)
In our case, we offer two payment models. "Time of Material" and "Scope of Work”.  
Regarding SoW, we collect all the requirements from the client, do the analysis and create a proposal for SoW which includes:
  • A detailed description of what will be done.
  • What kind of work is included in the SoW.
  • End result.
  • Timing and delivery of SoW.
  • Final price.
All these items are discussed and approved by the client. SOW is preferable for single work with a fixed price, so the client can plan the budget for necessary works. In the case of long-term works, SoW is not suitable as it doesn't give as much flexibility as the "Time and Material" model. In any case, we discuss all these details before the work begins
Do you take in projects which meet your basic budget requirement? If yes, what is the minimum requirement? If no, on what minimum budget you have worked for?
We take into account the requirements of the client because it is the requirements and their complexity that shape the final cost.
For example, if the requirements are high, then we need to involve some of the best-qualified and highly-paid engineers for successful implementation. In the case of regular requirements, we will offer the customer the best option for implementation. We are open to all our clients from small to large with different budgets and requirements. In any case, we discuss all these aspects and come to a unanimous win-win solution for both parties.
What is the price range (min and max) of the projects that you catered to in 2021?
In 2021, the project based on SoW with a minimal budget was worth about $15,000. The maximum value contract on the T&M model in 2021 had a budget of about         $100,000, but it is still active and we continue to work with this client. If we are talking about contracts that are closed and not active at the moment, then it was the one based on the T & M model, which was worth $50,000.
Where do you see your company in the next 10 years?
I believe that in the next 10 years, the IT industry as well as DevOps direction will develop and transform, exactly as it has been doing over the last 10 years when the old paradigms have been replaced by new ones such as:
  • DevOps.
  • DevSecOps.
  • SRE.
  • MlOPS.
  • GitOps .
  • IaC.
And so on...
We will continue to do what we love and can do best, taking the demands and complexity of our projects to new levels. Also, in the next 10 years, one of the goals I see for Quema is to be associated with DevOps. when talking about Quema - talk about DevOps.

Quema Clients & Portfolios

Key Clients

  • Blyp
  • Parkbird
  • Lingopie

Blyp is a new ecommerce data analyst AI designed to help you get back to doing what you do best.
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Blyp is a new ecommerce data analyst AI designed to help you get back to doing what you do best.
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$10001 to $50000
29 weeks
E-commerce

Project summary:

A SaaS company was building a virtual data analyst for e-commerce businesses, so they hired Quema OU for assistance in developing the infrastructure and supporting the continuous integration of the product. 

THE REVIEW

"Quema OU quickly figured out our issues and delivered accurate and professional solutions to our tactical problems."

Feedback summary:

Quema OU delivered two separate production and staging environments which were scaleable and protected from the public web. The team organized the engagement seamlessly, and they were easy to work with. Moreover, they were described as reliable, professional, and knowledgeable specialists.

MyCointainer -Is a digital wallet that allows users to earn rewards from the decentralized economy through staking
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MyCointainer -Is a digital wallet that allows users to earn rewards from the decentralized economy through staking
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$50001 to $100000
36 weeks
Banking

MyCointainer is a digital wallet that allows users to earn rewards from the decentralized economy through staking, masternodes and airdrops.

Customer feedback:

Great management, everything is always on time, and the most important is that the company treats its employees very well, which keeps people motivated and helps them to provide a great performance.

Project Description:

MyCointainer is a solution designed for everyone - newcomers and professionals alike. Our aim is to enable easy access to the crypto world. We want everyone to equally benefit from rewards that come from various digital assets and as a result speed up the advent of crypto adoption worldwide.

We believe that by providing a great value to our customers, product design excellence and education, we can help both people and industry to achieve the win-win scenario.

We are committed to shaping MyCointainer to fit with a “user first” approach. With that in mind, we’re also very open to collaborating with new partners, exchanges, platforms, teams and entrepreneurs to participate on new and existing user-centric projects.

Belle AI - Belle AI provides retail businesses with tailored forecasting, uncovering blind spots on customers' journeys.
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Belle AI - Belle AI provides retail businesses with tailored forecasting, uncovering blind spots on customers' journeys.
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$10001 to $50000
18 weeks
Information Technology

Сustomer feedback:

During our first conversation with Quema, it was clear we were in good hands. The team completely understood the scope of work and created a clear list of all the tasks to be performed.
Once we started, we got everything we needed just on time in accordance with our schedule. With full visibility of the progress, we were able to get exactly what we needed. Honestly, they are the best!

Project Description:

Hi and welcome to Belle! With Belle AI, we analyze data on a micro level in order to generate demand forecasting that is based on the needs of the store, thus addressing the biggest issue of supply-chain in retail - overstock and stockouts.

Lingopie - Language learning made easy with hit foreign TV shows and movies
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Lingopie - Language learning made easy with hit foreign TV shows and movies
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$10001 to $50000
19 weeks
Education

Customer Feedback:

We worked with Quema for more than a year. In that time they helped us set up alerting and monitoring systems, migrate our production servers to use auto-scaling and provided on-call support when needed.

Quema brought a lot of DevOps experience to the table. They were always available to provide guidance and support for our growing infrastructure needs. Overall we are very satisfied with the experience of working with them and would do so in the future.

Project Description:

Lingopie is the world’s first language learning platform that uses TV shows & movies to teach languages. Lingopie's mission is to empower 100's of millions of users globally to learn languages by doing what they already love to do everyday. 

With Lingopie, language learners get access to 1000's of hours of blockbuster foreign TV shows & movies from all around the world. Each TV show & movie is offered with a layer of interactive language learning tools and features that turns any episode into a language lesson. The product leverages Natural Language Processing and behavioral analytics to create a rich and immersive binge-learning experience.

ParkBird - Offer safe and secure parking for truck drivers, shippers and distributors.
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ParkBird - Offer safe and secure parking for truck drivers, shippers and distributors.
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$10001 to $50000
16 weeks
Transportation & Logistics

Customer Feedback:

We have worked with Quema for almost a year to build out and stabilise our infrastructure. We started with only a production environment based on Kubernetes on GCP, to a fully integrated CI/CD infrastructure where everything is integrated and parameter based. Everything is monitored, alerts configured for important events and many errors in the infrastructure are automatically repaired.

Quema brought focus on DevOps and infrastructure and were essential in guiding us to a solid and stable infrastructure that we can go to sleep in peace thinking about. If anything happens they are there to help.

Project Description:

At ParkBird, we ensure you and your employees safe and secure parking for truck drivers, freight forwarders and distributors.

We offer you...

Safe rest time
Good facilities, fences, cameras and patrolling security guards ensure you when you have rest time.

Close to your route!
Save unnecessary driving kilometers.
Use the app to find parking close to your route.

No parking fines:
Book a parking space easily and simply for rest periods and avoid expensive parking fines in public spaces.

TAPA approved parking spaces
We comply with TAPA level 3 safety requirements in our car parks and offer good facilities.

Customized package solutions
With our customized package solutions, you get your own admin module and manage your expenses.

Safety and service at the forefront
All parking lots have fences, cameras and surveillance. In some places, it is also possible to opt for services such as bathing and overnight accommodation.

Automatic check-in/out
When the drivers arrive at the site, their number plate is scanned at the gate and they are given access to the car park. It provides security for drivers and security guards.

Bittax - Cryptocurrency Tax Compliance & Blockchain Analysis
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Bittax - Cryptocurrency Tax Compliance & Blockchain Analysis
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$10001 to $50000
16 weeks
Banking

Our role:

We operate as an outsourced DevOps provider and we have a fairly robust and well designed infrastructure thanks to the constant hard work of our guys. We allow you to dream big and quickly turn dreams into products.


Technologies:
AWS, Jenkins, CI/CD processes, scalability, test coverage, metrics, reports, and more.

Project Description:

Bridging the worldwide regulation gap between traditional Tax & AML practices and the crypto industry with a revolutionary, blockchain-based Crypto Data Analysis Platform (CDAP).

Solutions enable for, the first time, the use of real Blockchain Native Decentralized Data to enable the use of crypto with-in clean and safe regulated environment.

CDAP is specially designed and built to enable consecutive tracking on & off-chain activities based on the unique Specific Identification Technology identifying monitoring and indexing every coin fractions at any point of time.
Our solution enables the most restrictive level of AML and TAX complaints.

o 3 years of development, bootstrap funding
o Deployed successfully our products, over 3 M ILS income
o 14 employee headcount, AWS environment over 150 machines
o Unique patent-pending technologies
o Training program with over 14 foreign tax authorities
o Israeli tax authority Pre-Ruling for worldwide crypto exchanges

Bittax makes crypto fully traceable for regulatory requirements while keeping it fully private and safe to use.

8allocate - Full Cycle Development Company
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8allocate - Full Cycle Development Company
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$50001 to $100000
35 weeks
Information Technology

Project summary:

Quema OÜ provides Cloud consulting services for a staff augmentation solutions company. They give technical support at all stages, from infrastructure design to automation of routine processes

THE REVIEW

"They justify our hopes and brilliantly complete all the tasks."

Feedback summary:

Quema OÜ proves to be a professional team in the field. They maintain an efficient project management style, leading to a seamless workflow. The Quema team takes the initiative and achieves the desired result through Scrum methods. In the end, they continue to accomplish tasks on time.

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Excellent job deploying our docker container to Fargate

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We worked with Quema to have them write some scripts which would deploy our docker container to Fargate. Quema team did an excellent job completing our task. They were thorough in explaining any issues we had with running the scripts. I highly recommend this company for aws scripting needs, and in particular they helped us with automation in aws.

What was the project name that you have worked with Quema?

Deploy docker container to Fargate

Describe your project in brief

Quema helped us deploy an existing docker container to fargate.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Very proficient in aws and cloud formation scripting. They finish their assigned tasks in a timely manner.

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

None

Oleksii Marchuk

Fast and professional service from Quema saved me time and money.

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I came with a need to transfer web server to AWS, without any test server or load balancer. So, I supposed it will be half a day downtime.
But the team did theirs job better than I expected, prepared everything to do the final switch. As a result my visitors did not feel any uncomfortable situations

What was the project name that you have worked with Quema?

Migrate AB.GL website to AWS

Describe your project in brief

AB.GL provides URL shortening service, QR code generating and single page websites, known as Bio-link pages. Having all these functions together influencers, bloggers, internet marketers can controll all theirs things in one place

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Fast reaction, minimal burocracy, professional team, democracy and flexible pricing

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

why should I enter this field if I like everything?

Denis Levkov

Focus on asset consumption and reuse to make sure the organization is extracting maximum value out of all the newly built assets.

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We're using Quema as an outsourcing DevOps provider and we have a pretty solid and good designed infrastructure due to constant hard work of Sergey. Quema are always friendly and open minded. They allow me to dream big and transform our dreams into products quickly. Very good knowledge of AWS, Jenkins, CI/CD processes, scalability, test coverage, metrics, reports, you-name-it.

What was the project name that you have worked with Quema?

Bittax - Cryptocurrency Tax Compliance & Blockchain Analysis

Describe your project in brief

- Crypto tax filing and compliance - Anti-Money Laundering ('AML') analysis tool - Tax Regulation for Crypto Payments and Exchanges - Tax Authorities: computes gains and/or losses, indicates discrepancies and missing data and produces a report, which includes tracked cost basis, assets type, amount, date, value, transaction source, transaction classification and generate various reports, including assets segmentation by tax years and blockchain audit trail.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Constant improvements as a part of daily routine are not a phrase, but a reality

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

A bit better english level for employees, they understand enough to read and write, but may speak more fluent

Dr. Lihi Raichelson

Excellent communication and work! Working with them was a great experience.

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During our first conversation with Quema, it was clear we were in good hands. The team completely understood the scope of work and created a clear list of all the tasks to be performed.
Once we started, we got everything we needed just on time in accordance with our schedule. With full visibility of the progress, we were able to get exactly what we needed. Honestly, they are the best!

What was the project name that you have worked with Quema?

Belle AI - Shopify plugin

Describe your project in brief

Implement a plug-and-play solution for Shopify to assist online shops in improving their supply chains. With Belle AI, businesses can anticipate sales based on demand and inventory data.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Their work is always of the highest quality and delivered on time.

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

NA - I don't think I can add anything wrong.

Rita Ilkiv

Our company cooperating with Quema for almost a year and am fully satisfied with provided services.

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Great management, everything is always on time, and the most important is that the company treats its employees very well, which keeps people motivated and helps them to provide a great performance.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

{"1":"the company's attitude to the employees which keeps them motivated ","2":"the company always keeping the deadlines that they provided from the very beginning"}

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

{"1":"provide employees with a higher level of English language which is important for us"}

Anders Lisdorf

So good they are now in effect our IT operations department

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We have worked with Quema for almost a year to build out and stabilise our infrastructure. We started with only a production environment based on Kubernetes on GCP, to a fully integrated CI/CD infrastructure where everything is integrated and parameter based. Everything is monitored, alerts configured for important events and many errors in the infrastructure are automatically repaired.

Quema brought focus on DevOps and infrastructure and were essential in guiding us to a solid and stable infrastructure that we can go to sleep in peace thinking about. If anything happens they are there to help.

What was the project name that you have worked with Quema?

Parkbird DevOps and CI/CD implementation

Describe your project in brief

Implementation of full CI/CD in the entire infrastructure with complete monitoring, alerts and selfhealing infrastructure was implemented. The effect was increased system stability and faster development time

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

{"1":"Deep knowledge of their area of expertise in infrastructure and operations","2":"Very good proactive and engaging customer service based on trust and sincerity","3":"Flexibility and honesty in all aspects of our engagement with them ","4":"Take full responsibility and you never feel like just another customer"}

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

{"1":"Maybe a little more transparency in what tasks registered time was spent on"}

Boris Raskin

Quema provided us with highly responsive high quality DevOps services.

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We worked with Quema for more than a year. In that time they helped us set up alerting and monitoring systems, migrate our production servers to use auto-scaling and provided on-call support when needed.

Quema brought a lot of DevOps experience to the table. They were always available to provide guidance and support for our growing infrastructure needs. Overall we are very satisfied with the experience of working with them and would do so in the future.

What was the project name that you have worked with Quema?

Lingopie: Learn a Language with TV Shows and Movies

Describe your project in brief

Lingopie is a language learning company that teaching languages through great TV shows and movies from foreign countries. The learner watches great foreign content in the language they are learning and passively acquires vocabulary and language comprehension while also being able to click and collect words for later review.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Very experienced project managers that help define the desired result

24/7 availability in providing on-call support and timely resolution to outstanding issues

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

A lot of their experience came from working with large companies and sometimes the proposed solutions were bigger than we needed

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Thank you Boris! We are proud to have had the pleasure of working with you. We hope that there will be more joint projects.

Posted on Jun 20, 2022
Serhii Soroka

Experienced and highly skilled experts, they definitely know their stuff.

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We found these guys on a recommendation to a fast-growing startup and worked together for over half a year. In conditions of constant stress and confusion, Dmitry has proven himself excellent. He justified our hopes and brilliantly completed all the tasks. Special thanks to the management of Quema.co. The guys know their stuff very well. Keep it up. We recommend it to everyone.

What was the project name that you have worked with Quema?

Fast-growing startup. The name is under NDA.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Their high level of expertise and ability to recommend the most optimal solution.

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

I do not have anything to mention here. Didn't have any problems.