Toptal partners with Yahoo Sports for a game-changing platform modernization project.
Yahoo Sports had to migrate, test, and deploy two decades’ worth of features in less than a year—and needed to rapidly scale its team to stay on track.
Client
Yahoo Sports is a leading digital sports media platform delivering stats, news, and fantasy data to millions.
Industry
Communication, Media and EntertainmentDelivered Services
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Platform modernization requires intensive updates and migrations of everything from API integrations to legacy code. Yahoo Sports, a dominant source for stats and news in its field, took on an ambitious modernization project to optimize and improve its sports data platform.
Solution
Vetted experts in 48 hours
Within two days, Toptal had a lean team of experienced developers assembled and ready to integrate with Yahoo’s team. Once integrated, they updated legacy code, rebuilt API architecture, and transitioned the feeds for 13 distinct sports to Yahoo’s refreshed platform.
Foundational team augmentation
Toptal’s vetted network allowed for the rapid formation of a foundational team, giving the project early stability. Working under the tenured leadership of Yahoo Sports’ Director of Engineering, Chuck Riess, this unified team delivered 60,085 lines of Kotlin code across 646 files, as well as over 5,000 lines of Java.
Outcome
Modernized code, improved process
During the modernization process, 20 years of legacy code files were updated and standardized. While processes were previously siloed due to individuals holding specialized knowledge, the new architecture allows all engineers on current and future teams to easily perform maintenance.
Accelerated innovation
Yahoo’s new platform further enhances an already impressive lineup of features, solidifying its position as the leading source of Fantasy data for its millions of sports fans. Additionally, the project enabled Yahoo Sports to strategically progress key initiatives, accelerating innovation across its entire ecosystem.
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