Quema Overview

$50 - $99/hr
10 - 49
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We are European company with Ukrainian spirit that specializes in providing DevOps services. Development and DevOps are crucial pieces of the puzzle in the software development world.  We believe that the roles of the development team and DevOps should be connected to each other in order to build both the product and the IT infrastructure.                                    &n

We are European company with Ukrainian spirit that specializes in providing DevOps services. Development and DevOps are crucial pieces of the puzzle in the software development world. 
We believe that the roles of the development team and DevOps should be connected to each other in order to build both 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 product on the top level.

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Estonia
Quema
Kesklinna linnaosa, Vesivärava tn 50-201, Tallinn, Harju 10152
+37255988301
Focus Area
Service Focus
  • Admin Services
  • Cloud Computing Services
  • DevOps
  • Engineering Services
  • IT Services
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Client Focus
  • Medium Business($10M - $1B)
  • Large Business(> $1B)
  • Small Business(< $10M)
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Industries Focus
  • Business Services
  • Healthcare & Medical
  • Telecommunication
  • E-commerce
  • Banking
  • Startups
  • Food & Beverages
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Quema Reviews

5.0 (7 Reviews)

So good they are now in effect our IT operations department

Anders Lisdorf
8 months ago
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.
Pros :
  • Deep knowledge of their area of expertise in infrastructure and operations
  • Very good proactive and engaging customer service based on trust and sincerity
  • Flexibility and honesty in all aspects of our engagement with them
  • Take full responsibility and you never feel like just another customer
Cons :
  • Maybe a little more transparency in what tasks registered time was spent on
Project Details
Parkbird DevOps and CI/CD implementation
DevOps
$0 to $10000
In progress
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
8 months ago
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Quema provided us with highly responsive high quality DevOps services.

Boris Raskin
9 months ago
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.
Pros :
  • Very experienced project managers that help define the desired result
  • 24/7 availability in providing on-call support and timely resolution to outstanding issues
Cons :
  • A lot of their experience came from working with large companies and sometimes the proposed solutions were bigger than we needed
Project Details
Lingopie: Learn a Language with TV Shows and Movies
DevOps
$200000+
In progress
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.
COMPANY RESPONSE
Quema
Quema
Jun 20, 2022
Thank you Boris! We are proud to have had the pleasure of working with you. We hope that there will be more joint projects.
9 months ago
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Excellent communication and work! Working with them was a great experience.

Dr. Lihi Raichelson
7 months ago
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!
Pros :
  • Their work is always of the highest quality and delivered on time.
Cons :
  • NA - I don't think I can add anything wrong.
Project Details
Belle AI - Shopify plugin
DevOps
$0 to $10000
Completed
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.
7 months ago
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Experienced and highly skilled experts, they definitely know their stuff.

Serhii Soroka
9 months ago
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.
Pros :
  • Their high level of expertise and ability to recommend the most optimal solution.
Cons :
  • I do not have anything to mention here. Didn't have any problems.
Project Details
Fast-growing startup. The name is under NDA.
Cloud Computing Services
$50001 to $200000
Completed
9 months ago
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Focus on asset consumption and reuse to make sure the organization is extracting maximum value out of all the newly built assets.

Denis Levkov
7 months ago
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.
Pros :
  • Constant improvements as a part of daily routine are not a phrase, but a reality
Cons :
  • A bit better english level for employees, they understand enough to read and write, but may speak more fluent
Project Details
Bittax - Cryptocurrency Tax Compliance & Blockchain Analysis
DevOps
$200000+
In progress
- 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.
7 months ago
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Fast and professional service from Quema saved me time and money.

Oleksii Marchuk
3 months ago
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
Pros :
  • Fast reaction, minimal burocracy, professional team, democracy and flexible pricing
Cons :
  • why should I enter this field if I like everything?
Project Details
Migrate AB.GL website to AWS
DevOps
$0 to $10000
Completed
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
3 months ago
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Our company cooperating with Quema for almost a year and am fully satisfied with provided services.

Rita Ilkiv
8 months ago
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.
Pros :
  • the company's attitude to the employees which keeps them motivated
  • the company always keeping the deadlines that they provided from the very beginning
Cons :
  • provide employees with a higher level of English language which is important for us
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DevOps
8 months ago
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Quema Executive Interview

Serhii Antonuik
Serhii Antonuik
CEO, Quema
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
Portfolios
Blyp is a new ecommerce data analyst AI designed to help you get back to doing what you do best.
MyCointainer -Is a digital wallet that allows users to earn rewards from the decentralized economy through staking
Belle AI - Belle AI provides retail businesses with tailored forecasting, uncovering blind spots on customers' journeys.
Lingopie - Language learning made easy with hit foreign TV shows and movies
ParkBird - Offer safe and secure parking for truck drivers, shippers and distributors.
Bittax - Cryptocurrency Tax Compliance & Blockchain Analysis
8allocate - Full Cycle Development Company