Case Study · Automotive / Marketplace

Kavak

Latin America's largest used car marketplace and the region's first automotive unicorn. Operating in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and beyond, Kavak has reinvented how people buy and sell cars in the region — offering a fully digital experience with inspections, financing, and warranties built in.

Staff AugmentationReact + Node.jsAutomotive · Marketplace
Kavak platform screenshot

Challenges

What we came in to solve

Support a hyper-growth operation scaling across multiple Latin American countries simultaneously, with engineering demand outpacing internal hiring capacity.

Integrate seamlessly into existing squads working across a large, complex microservices codebase with strict quality and deployment standards.

Ramp up quickly and deliver production-ready code from day one, with minimal onboarding time in a fast-paced environment.

How we built it

FlyDevs embedded senior engineers directly into Kavak's cross-functional product squads — contributing from week one without disrupting existing workflows.

  • Squad embedding

    developers integrated into cross-functional teams, aligned with Kavak's rituals and deployment standards from day one

  • Frontend development

    marketplace user flows across buying, selling, and financing surfaces

  • Backend microservices

    contributions to inventory, pricing, and transaction services at scale

  • Multi-market support

    local adaptations for each country's regulatory and UX requirements

  • CI/CD compliance

    production-grade code from day one, aligned with Kavak's quality and deployment standards

What we delivered

FlyDevs engineers shipped production code in their first week and became a reliable, invisible extension of Kavak's engineering capacity — helping the company scale without sacrificing velocity or quality.

Production code shipped week one. Ongoing delivery across multiple markets without disrupting internal team workflows.

StarsClutch Review

“There's nothing FlyDevs needs to improve. They demonstrated dedication, full availability, and easy communication — making them a reliable partner.”

Pablo Ignacio Duro

Product Manager, Kavak · View on Clutch

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