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How a Golf SaaS Company Brought in Niche Talent to Extend Its Platform
3
compliance integrations delivered
1
senior Groovy/Grails engineer placed
18
months of platform development support
49
days to approval
How a Golf SaaS Company Brought in Niche Talent to Extend Its Platform
3
compliance integrations delivered
1
senior Groovy/Grails engineer placed
18
months of platform development support
49
days to approval
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Project details
Client: Nexxchange
Location: Austria
Industry: Golf and hospitality SaaS
Duration: 2018-2019
Tech Talent Placed: 1
Tech Stack:
Backend: Groovy, Grails
Database: MariaDB
Tools: Git
Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap
The client
Nexxchange is a European SaaS provider building digital infrastructure for golf clubs and hospitality operators. Its cloud platform centralizes tee-time bookings, membership management, tournaments, point of sale, and online sales into a single operational system.
The challenge
Nexxchange needed to close a specific skill gap to maintain development speed across its active SaaS platform. Expanding its in-house team would have introduced fixed employment costs such as salaries, benefits, and long-term contractual obligations, limiting flexibility in adjusting resources.
The company required a senior specialist who could integrate into the existing stack quickly, get up to speed on the architecture and workflows without a long onboarding process, and begin contributing early enough to avoid delivery delays.
The project scope
Solution capabilities
Nexxchange’s core product, GolfSuite, is an all-in-one B2B software platform designed for golf clubs. It combines bookings, member management, tournaments, and on-site sales into a single cloud-based system, allowing clubs to manage daily operations without relying on local servers or installed software.
Key platform capabilities include:
Tee-time booking and scheduling
Tournament management
Membership administration
POS-supported sales and payments
Unified management of bookings, member data, and financial transactions
Fully cloud-based setup with no on-site infrastructure required
The platform is built in Groovy using Grails within a JVM-based architecture and requires hands-on experience with Groovy’s meta-programming capabilities and the framework’s internal mechanics.
Expected contribution
Nexxchange expanded into new European markets and needed the platform to integrate with local services and fiscal systems.
The UNL developer was responsible for:
Integrating the platform with fiscal systems in Slovenia and Cyprus
Enabling POS terminal communication to comply with local regulations
Implementing the protocol of the French Golf League within the core system
These integrations directly affected regulatory logic and live transaction flows. The client, therefore, required a developer who could work with a high degree of autonomy and implement the required protocols with minimal guidance.
UNL’s process
The client provided technical requirements for the specialist in June 2018. UNL identified several candidates from its own pool of vetted engineers who matched the Groovy/Grails stack and seniority level.
The client prioritized quality over speed and chose to take additional time for interviews before approving a candidate to start in early August. After successfully completing the trial period, the engineer continued contributing to platform development, supporting regulatory integrations and expansion through the end of 2019.
Role Request
June
Interview & Approval
July
Start
Early August
Time to fill: 55 days
Technical expertise supporting delivery
Core technical roles placed:
Skills:
- Groovy
- Grails
- Java
- MariaDB
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- Bootstrap
Responsibilities:
- Integrated the fiscal systems of Slovenia and Cyprus into the Groovy/Grails backend to support transaction and reporting rules specific to each country
- Implemented the French Golf League data exchange protocol, mapping external message formats to the internal data model of the platform
- Developed POS terminal integration to enable compliant transaction processing
- Built country-specific compliance logic compatible with the existing components of the platform
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The result
The collaboration helped Nexxchange extend the GolfSuite platform and meet regulatory requirements specific to the markets it entered. During the engagement, the team delivered three compliance integrations — Slovenian and Cypriot fiscal systems and the French Golf League protocol.
By working with UNL under an outstaffing model, Nexxchange accessed the required expertise without adding costs such as a salary, benefits package, or tools typically associated with a full-time hire.
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