About the company
A top-tier multinational European financial powerhouse with a rich history spanning three centuries has a global footprint in over 55 countries including key markets such as the United Kingdom, Egypt, and the United States. The institution provides a comprehensive range of services from retail banking and wealth management to investment advisory and risk management.
The Challenge
The bank’s quantitative analysis team, consisting of 700 developers, oversees the bank’s infrastructure, continuous integration, and testing systems, frequently encounter changes that disrupt their processes. Some of the issues are typically initiated by other departments, requiring rapid adaptation to the evolving internal shifts. Additionally, regulatory constraints within the financial sector also limit their use of cloud services for certain types of data, adding layers of complexity to their operations.
To navigate these challenges effectively, they sought the support of Incredibuild for their compilation and software build needs, enabling them to be agile in responding to unexpected variables.
The experience with the Incredibuild Customer Success team has been invaluable. Their prompt attention and resolution to any issues ensures the ongoing stability of our operations. For that, we are pleased with the great service they provide.
”How Incredibuild Helped
The bank leveraged Incredibuild to optimize its development processes, particularly for its C++ compilation and Ninja build systems. The implementation included the deployment of 10,500 floating helper cores and over 500 initiators in the EMEA location, alongside 4,500 floating helper cores and more than 200 initiators in North America. This extensive support covered the bank’s 300+ products, 2,000 build configurations, and 50,000 monthly builds.
Incredibuild was critical to the bank’s continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment (CI/CD) processes managed through TeamCity CI, which is utilized in generating analytics libraries and building sophisticated financial models, for both the cross-functional teams and the quantitative analysis teams. Additionally, Incredibuild accommodates a vast remote workforce, ensuring seamless access to centralized computing resources through strategic VPN usage, thus maintaining high efficiency for employees working in various on-site locations or remotely.
Bottom Line
The bank credits Incredibuild for substantially accelerating its infrastructure processes and cutting down build times from 25 hours to just 40 minutes, significantly boosting developer productivity.
Incredibuild is great, and we are satisfied with the platform. As an Incredibuild customer for many years, we can say we are a happy customer.
”- Compilation times
- 25 hoursWithout Incredibuild
- 40 minutesWith Incredibuild