Toptal saves scooter rental company $100K per week through IoT system efficiency.
A scooter rental company partnered with Toptal to enhance its IoT systems and address operational disruptions caused by acquisitions and fleet expansion, resulting in cost savings and improved system performance and scalability.
Client
A US-based shared e-scooter company operating a large connected fleet for urban mobility.
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Logistics & TransportationDelivered Services
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Post-acquisition expansion led to operational complexity, revealing issues such as inconsistent network communication, high latency during state propagation, throughput bottlenecks, and single points of failure, necessitating scalable IoT solutions.
Solution
Optimizing Distributed Systems
Toptal improved the scooter company’s distributed systems by leveraging TCP and gRPC communication protocols, significantly reducing latency across expanding scooter fleets.
Scalable Infrastructure Design
Toptal developed a vehicle protocol simulator to run load and stress tests, allowing the team to identify and address scaling issues while eliminating single points of failure through targeted optimizations.
Outcome
Performance Improvement
The company’s IoT systems saw a 10x improvement in 95th percentile latency and throughput across multiple regions, ensuring smoother operations for the expanding fleet.
Weekly Cost Savings
Toptal’s optimizations led to $100,000 in weekly cost savings by reducing resource usage across Kafka clusters and increasing system efficiency without compromising revenue.
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