Distillery

Distillery is a nearshore software development company based in Argentina with over a decade of experience. The company positions itself around staff augmentation and dedicated agile development teams, serving clients across fintech, e-commerce, retail, and SaaS. The website mentions AI-driven development as a focus area, claiming to help teams deliver software "up to 4x faster" through AI integration, though specifics on team size, founding year, and exact headcount are not provided in the source material.

Clients include Thrive Market, Carvana, Cruisebound, Sweetgreen, Naranja X, FilmTrack, Scorpion, Sixgill, and Reimagined Consulting. Testimonials highlight speed of hiring—Nate Bergey at Carvana notes engineers "ramp up quickly"—and quality; Nathan Strack (Reimagined Consulting) stated the engineers "delivered a level of capability that far exceeded our expectations" and provided "10x developers." Tyler Barber at Cruisebound credits Distillery with enabling "a high-velocity product cycle while improving overall quality." Bret Cullinan at Sweetgreen praised their ability to "quickly land a team to burn down our roadmap."

Services and capabilities

Distillery offers two primary engagement models: staff augmentation and dedicated agile development teams. Under staff augmentation, engineers integrate with clients' existing teams without the client surrendering project control; the company claims teams can be staffed "within just a few weeks." Dedicated teams are custom-built around client objectives and emphasize collaboration and iterative progress.

Service offerings span the full software lifecycle: custom software development (front-end and back-end), mobile app development for iOS and Android, QA and testing (manual and automated), UX/UI design, data engineering, product and project management, and AI systems integration. On the AI front, Distillery states it partners with teams to "design, build, and run AI systems that integrate cleanly with existing data and infrastructure."

Tech stack includes React, Angular, Vue.js (front-end); Node.js, Python, Java, .NET (back-end); iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter (mobile); and AWS, Azure, DevOps (infrastructure). The company mentions working across web, iOS, and Android platforms.

How they work

Distillery uses what it calls a "Service Delivery Approach" (SDA) for onboarding. The company emphasizes flexibility: clients can scale teams up or down as project needs evolve, with custom contracts to match timeline and budget. Regarding communication, Distillery states it can work with any client tools—Slack, Teams, Zoom, Google Meet—and adapts to existing workflows. The FAQ notes that augmented staff take "high levels of ownership and responsibility" over their work and integrate with both full-time and contract employees without distinction.

Security is addressed through industry best practices training for all team members, technical controls (firewall, intrusion detection, multi-factor authentication), identity and access management, and formal data governance. Privacy protocols comply with GDPR and CCPA.

Notable work

Clients span diverse sectors. Thrive Market engaged Distillery to improve web, iOS, and Android apps serving millions of users buying organic and non-GMO products. Carvana praised the speed and quality of hires and the engineers' ownership. Cruisebound built its MVP with Distillery and grew the partnership as the product scaled. Sweetgreen needed rapid team deployment to accelerate roadmap execution. FilmTrack made Distillery its exclusive engineering partner after starting with a small team, citing talent quality. Naranja X leveraged Distillery for growth and product development in a new stage of their platform. Scorpion has used Distillery extensively for web and mobile app work, noting "cost-effective flexibility" and rapid delivery.

Team and credentials

The source does not provide founding year, team size, founders' names, or formal certifications (ISO, SOC 2, etc.). No Clutch, G2, or award details beyond the claim of being "award-winning" appear in the material. The company states it conducts "rigorous vetting" of developers and provides "continuous training on current and emerging platforms and tools," but does not name partnerships with AWS, Microsoft, Google, or other tech giants. Language capabilities and English proficiency are not mentioned.