Catalyte

Junior developers sourced for aptitude

Catalyte finds and develops junior software and digital media talent, then places that talent with employers that need engineering capacity. Its model is to source people on proven aptitude and attitude rather than on prior experience, and then to develop them through career development programs that the company says are open to people from any background. The firm says this raises the quality of the people it supplies and reduces the risk of a bad hire.

Its pipelines give a client a known schedule. The company says it can tell an employer exactly when resources will come online, which means no last-minute scramble and no reliance on seasonal campus hiring. It also says talent it has developed stays with the company one year longer than the national average.

Teams delivered end to end or added to yours

Catalyte offers on-demand engineering at every level. A client can take on a single architect, or scale to hundreds of junior engineers for immediate and long-term needs. Project-based teams can lead a critical project from start to finish, or slot into an existing team to add capacity. Where work needs to be done close to home, the firm supplies onshore and nearshore teams, and it says it can deploy people who are already proficient in a client's technologies, which saves ramp-up time.

The company says it works especially with large enterprises and government organizations, while also taking on startups and the portfolio companies of private equity firms. It describes its work for startups as flexible, given how fast those businesses move.

Assessment before the build

Before work starts, the firm offers a data and technology assessment, an AI readiness assessment for teams that want to know where they stand, and use case development that identifies where data and AI can help. It also builds talent pipelines for employers that want to hire steadily. The site presents these steps as a way to set priorities before money is spent on a project.

Public sector, enterprise and training work

Catalyte's site names clients including Nike, Flexera, the Nuclear Energy Organization and CompTIA. The City of Baltimore is described as working with Catalyte to create a supply of junior software developers for its agencies, and the company describes a rewrite of the flagship Casenet platform for the city on a demanding timeline. Its partnership with Koch Industries finds, develops and deploys software engineers in Wichita, Kansas.

The company also runs a software developer program for people who have no prior tech experience or education, which it presents as a fast route into a technology career.