Product engineering
Web platform and portal development
A web platform or portal is the system through which customers, suppliers or staff interact with a business: accounts, orders, cases, documents and reporting behind a login. Hexploits designs and builds these on mainstream technology with authentication, roles, audit trails and tested releases, and then runs them under managed support.
A named engineer replies within one working day. A written scope and an indicative price within two.
Who this is for
- Businesses replacing email-and-spreadsheet processes with a system customers can use themselves.
- Companies whose existing portal was built by a supplier who has moved on.
- Organisations that need a customer-facing product built properly the first time.
What you get
Deliverables, not slogans. Each one appears in the statement of work.
- Discovery output: user journeys, data model, integration list and a costed plan with acceptance criteria.
- The platform itself: authentication and single sign-on, role-based access, audit logging, reporting.
- Integrations with your finance, CRM or line-of-business systems.
- Automated tests, a release pipeline and environments that match production.
- Documentation and a handover, or an ongoing managed support contract.
Our engineers work across the major languages, frameworks and cloud platforms. We build on the stack you already run, with technology choices explained in writing before work begins.
How it is delivered
The same four stages as every Hexploits engagement, applied to this capability.
Stage 1
Discovery
Two to four weeks with your stakeholders to define the journeys, the data and the integrations, ending in a written scope and fixed price or capped estimate.
Stage 2
Build in slices
Working software every fortnight, demonstrated to the people paying for it, with a weekly written report.
Stage 3
Launch
Security review, data migration rehearsal, cut-over plan and training before go-live.
Stage 4
Operate
Hosting, monitoring, support and a monthly change allowance under managed support.
How success is measured
Every engagement agrees its measures and the measurement period in writing before work starts.
- Acceptance criteria met, as written at the start.
- Manual handling removed, measured in hours per week.
- Time to ship a change after launch (Gradvisor: from three weeks to two days).
- Availability and response times reported monthly.
Proof
Case studies with numbers, and reviews linked to Google where they were left there.
Gradvisor · Charity · 8 weeks to production, then ongoing
98% faster page loads and a 12% smaller cloud bill for a UK careers charity
JobVantage · Recruitment technology · Duration TBC
99.9% availability and sub-100ms responses for a recruitment intelligence platform, at negligible infrastructure cost
Director, Gradvisor
“Fantastic company and our development partner for Gradvisor, a social mobility careers platform with national ambitions. Extremely responsive and mission-oriented. Cameron owns any shortfalls humbly - rare for IT providers. Thinks like a client too.”
Director, IO Solutions
“Fantastic to work with. High level of attention to detail and flawless communication throughout. Would recommend to anyone looking to develop or improve a software product.”
Questions we get asked
Which technologies do you use?
Do we own the code?
Fixed price or time and materials?
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Next step
Request a proposal.
Tell us about the system and the sector. A named engineer replies within one working day. A written scope and an indicative price within two working days of a short scoping call.