Chris Doyle: Billd operates with just one in-house software engineer
Chris Doyle · Billd Construction Fintech Lends $100m to Subcontractors, Makes 12%+ Spread · Jan 2, 2021 · at 21:28
Chris Doyle, CEO of Billd, explains the company's technical headcount and engineering infrastructure to Nathan Latka.
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“We only have one engineer on staff. We have about seven engineers that we use let's see, Four or five of those overseas and then about three locally. And we manage three outsource dev shops and we balance the three on, on who we kind of want to use for whatever project.”
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