Distillery

Distillery is a nearshore software development firm that provides software engineering and related services. The company operates as a provider of development teams, staff augmentation, and project delivery for commercial clients. Headquarters country: Undisclosed. Regions of operation: nearshore model serving organizations with teams and projects that imply work across North America and Latin America.

Services and Capabilities

• Custom software development — end-to-end application development including front-end and back-end systems delivered as production web applications or services.
• Mobile application development — development and delivery of native and cross-platform iOS and Android applications.
• Quality assurance and testing — manual and automated testing processes integrated into delivery pipelines to validate functionality and performance.
• AI and data engineering — development of machine learning components, data pipelines, and data infrastructure to support analytics and automation; use of generative AI tools to accelerate code production.
• UX/UI design — user interface and experience design work producing visual and interaction designs for web and mobile products.
• Product and project management — product delivery practices including agile team formation, sprint-based execution, and roadmapping.
• Staff augmentation and dedicated teams — supplying engineers and managers to client teams on contract or embedded-team basis.

Industry Focus

• Retail and consumer goods — web and mobile application work to support ecommerce and consumer-facing services (client examples include Thrive Market and Sweetgreen).
• Automotive and mobility — engineering support and team augmentation for vehicle marketplace and mobility platforms (client examples include Carvana and Cruisebound).
• Media and entertainment — application development and engineering partnership for media technology platforms (client example: FilmTrack).
• Financial and fintech — engineering and platform development for financial product teams (client example: Naranja X).
• Legal and professional services — process automation and web application work related to referral and workflow systems.

Technology and Delivery Approach

• Delivery through nearshore teams and staff-augmentation models, providing dedicated engineers embedded with client teams or organized as full agile squads.
• Use of agile practices including sprint planning, iterative delivery, and product management to manage scope and timelines.
• Integration work that connects new applications and services to client systems, APIs, and data sources.
• Emphasis on data pipelines, analytics, and data engineering to support machine learning and reporting needs.
• Adoption of automated testing and CI/CD pipelines to validate and release software; manual QA where needed.
• Application of generative AI techniques and developer tooling to accelerate code production and reduce delivery time.