Case Study
Engineering the Engine of Global Digital Media.
How Be Data Solutions embedded 11 specialist engineers and architects to power the technology platform behind one of the world's leading digital video studios.
11
Engineers Deployed
5
Distinct Roles
Full
Stack Coverage
135+
Channels Supported
Client Overview
A Global Leader in Digital Video
Be Data Solutions was engaged by a London-headquartered digital media powerhouse — a global leader in video production, distribution, and monetisation operating across every major social and streaming platform.
The client operates at the intersection of content, technology, and data — partnering with the world's most recognisable brands, broadcasters, sports organisations, and IP rights holders to connect their content with audiences at global scale.
With an owned-and-operated digital media network of 135+ genre-dedicated channel brands, FAST channel distribution across major streaming services, and a social media agency specialising in YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, the business manages hundreds of social channels and generates billions of views annually.
Underpinning all of this is a growing suite of proprietary technology — data-powered platforms, content management tools, analytics dashboards, and mobile applications. As this technology layer scaled, Be Data Solutions was called upon to provide the engineering talent to build and sustain it.
Business Need
Scaling Technology for a Billion-View Business
As the client's technology ambitions grew alongside its content empire, it needed a high-calibre engineering team — fast, without the overhead of traditional hiring.
Full-Stack Engineering at Scale
Multiple concurrent product workstreams required a layered full-stack team — from lead architect through to mid-level delivery — to sustain velocity across platform development.
Mobile App Development
Audience-facing mobile applications required dedicated mobile engineering expertise to deliver polished, high-performance experiences across iOS and Android platforms.
Infrastructure & DevOps
Cloud infrastructure maturity was essential to support billions of media assets, high-traffic video platforms, and continuous deployment pipelines at global scale.
Rapid Integration
All resources needed to onboard fast and integrate into existing agile delivery processes — matching the pace of a business that operates in real-time across global time zones.
Augmented Team
11 Engineers. Five Roles. One Mission.
Be Data Solutions assembled a full-spectrum engineering team — from technical leadership through to delivery — across web, mobile, and infrastructure.
- Owned the end-to-end technical architecture of the client's core platform — defining standards, patterns, and technology choices across all engineering workstreams.
- Led a distributed team of senior and mid-level developers, providing technical mentorship, code governance, and delivery oversight across sprint cycles.
- Designed scalable, maintainable system architectures integrating React/Next.js front-ends with Node.js microservices, third-party APIs, and video platform infrastructure.
- Collaborated directly with product leadership and stakeholders to translate strategic roadmap priorities into concrete technical delivery plans.
- Drove engineering best practices including TDD, CI/CD, code review standards, and architectural decision records (ADRs) across the team.
- Identified and resolved systemic performance, scalability, and reliability risks across the platform before they impacted production.
- Delivered complex, production-ready features across React/Next.js front-end and Node.js/Python back-end, working across multiple concurrent product streams.
- Designed and implemented RESTful and GraphQL APIs powering the client's content management, analytics, and audience distribution systems.
- Integrated third-party video platforms, social media APIs (YouTube, TikTok, Meta), and data ingestion pipelines into the core product ecosystem.
- Participated actively in architecture discussions, providing senior input on technology selection, scalability decisions, and system design trade-offs.
- Led code reviews and mentored mid-level developers, enforcing quality, consistency, and performance standards across the codebase.
- Contributed to performance optimisation, responsive design, and cross-platform compatibility across a global audience-facing product suite.
- Developed and maintained features across front-end and back-end, working within established architectural patterns under senior engineering guidance.
- Built reusable UI components, API endpoints, and database models contributing to the client's content and audience platforms.
- Implemented bug fixes, unit tests, and feature enhancements as part of regular sprint delivery cycles.
- Integrated external APIs including video platforms, analytics tools, and social publishing services into the core product stack.
- Contributed to code reviews and internal documentation, supporting knowledge sharing and team-wide quality improvements.
- Designed and delivered cross-platform mobile applications using React Native / Flutter, targeting iOS and Android audiences for the client's media network products.
- Implemented video playback, media streaming, and content discovery features optimised for mobile consumption patterns and low-latency performance.
- Integrated push notifications, deep linking, analytics SDKs, and social login flows within native mobile environments.
- Ensured responsive UI, accessibility compliance, and platform-specific UX standards across both iOS and Android ecosystems.
- Collaborated with back-end and API teams to define mobile-optimised API contracts and content delivery strategies.
- Maintained app store compliance, release pipelines, and versioning processes across both App Store and Google Play platforms.
- Architected and managed cloud infrastructure on AWS supporting a high-traffic, globally distributed digital media platform with billions of asset requests.
- Designed, implemented, and maintained CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and AWS CodePipeline, enabling reliable and rapid software delivery.
- Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CDK, ensuring repeatable, version-controlled environment provisioning.
- Managed containerised workloads across Docker and Kubernetes (EKS), optimising for performance, fault tolerance, and cost efficiency at scale.
- Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting using Datadog and CloudWatch — providing full observability across all production services.
- Enforced cloud security best practices including IAM policies, secrets management, network segmentation, and compliance controls.
Approach
Built to Move at Media Speed
All engineers operated as genuine extensions of the client's product teams — embedded in their workflow, culture, and delivery rhythm from day one.
Fully Embedded Teams
All engineers integrated directly into the client's agile squads — attending sprint planning, stand-ups, retros, and demos as full team members.
UK Time Zone Aligned
Remote-first delivery structured around the client's UK working hours, enabling real-time collaboration across product, design, and engineering.
Architecture-Led Delivery
The Lead Developer set and enforced engineering standards across the team — ensuring consistency, scalability, and quality at every layer of the platform.
Elastic Capacity
Resource composition was designed to flex with the client's roadmap — scaling individual roles up or down as product priorities shifted across the engagement.
Impact Delivered
Delivery That Moved the Needle
The engagement delivered measurable results across platform development, mobile reach, infrastructure resilience, and commercial efficiency.
Accelerated Platform Velocity
A layered engineering team unlocked simultaneous workstreams — shipping platform features at a pace impossible with a single-tier team.
Mobile Products Launched
Dedicated mobile engineers delivered polished cross-platform apps that extended the client's media network reach to mobile-first global audiences.
Infrastructure at Global Scale
DevOps engineering matured the client's cloud foundations — improving reliability, deployment automation, and platform observability across a high-traffic system.
Cost Efficiency
A full engineering team accessed at a fraction of the cost of equivalent UK permanent hires — with no recruitment overhead.
Technical Leadership
The Lead Developer provided architectural clarity that reduced technical debt and accelerated decision-making across the team.
Rapid Onboarding
Engineers were productive within days — integrating seamlessly into tools, workflows, and sprint culture without disruption.
Sustained Quality
Be Data Solutions provided continuous performance oversight — ensuring consistent engineering standards throughout the engagement.
