Software Development, Data, and AI Services for Consulting Firms

Our senior engineers help consulting firms scale technical capacity, close critical skill gaps, and deliver on demanding client engagements.

Success Stories

Automating Financial Planning and Budget Reporting

Distillery helped a global management consulting firm modernize a highly manual financial planning and reporting process. By automating data collection and centralizing reporting with Microsoft Fabric and Power BI, approximately 80% of the previously manual workflow was automated.

Transforming Data Into Actionable Insights With AI

We partnered with a global leader in management consulting to develop AI-powered solutions for complex knowledge retrieval and content use cases. The team built scalable platforms using RAG, OpenAI APIs, and advanced data engineering to deliver accurate information, automate metadata generation, and create more personalized user experiences.

Scaling Data Platforms and AI Solutions for a Global Consulting Firm

A global consulting firm turned to Distillery to strengthen its data and AI capabilities across several strategic initiatives. Our teams helped build scalable data platforms, automate complex data workflows, and develop AI-powered solutions that enabled consultants to access better insights and deliver greater value to their clients.

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Technical Solutions for Consulting Firms

Our teams support consulting firms across client-facing engagements and internal technology initiatives:

Engineering Team Augmentation
  • Senior engineers embedded into existing client and internal teams
  • Rapid support for new or expanding engagements
  • Specialized technical talent for hard-to-fill roles
  • Flexible teams that scale with project demand
  • Frontend, backend, data, DevOps, QA, and product expertise
MVP and POC Development
  • Rapid MVP development for client and internal initiatives
  • Proof-of-concept development
  • AI and GenAI experiments
  • New product and platform prototypes
  • Technical validation before larger implementations
Data Engineering and Analytics
  • Data engineering and platform modernization
  • Data pipeline development and integration
  • Business intelligence and reporting automation
  • Databricks and Microsoft Fabric implementations
  • Power BI and Tableau development
  • Data workflow automation
AI Development
  • GenAI and LLM integrations
  • AI-enabled applications and workflows
  • AI proof-of-concept development
  • Rapid experimentation and validation
  • Integration of AI into existing systems
Custom Software Development
  • Client-facing digital products
  • Internal applications and platforms
  • Frontend and backend development
  • API development and integrations
  • Legacy application modernization
DevOps and Cloud
  • DevOps optimization
  • CI/CD automation
  • Cloud infrastructure
  • Azure and AWS development
  • Infrastructure modernization
Quality Assurance
  • Manual and automated testing
  • Regression and performance testing
  • QA strategy and implementation
  • Quality support across accelerated delivery timelines
UX/UI and Product
  • UX/UI modernization
  • Product design
  • Product and project management
  • User experience optimization

Key Business Outcomes

Faster project delivery

Accelerated MVP and POC development

Greater flexibility across changing client demands

Ability to support larger and more complex engagements

Access to specialized technical expertise

Consistent delivery quality across client projects

Reduced pressure on internal teams

Expanded capacity without maintaining unnecessary bench

Our Core Competencies

Data Engineering, Data
Analysis, and Data Science

Turn complex data into actionable insights through modern data platforms, pipelines, analytics solutions, and data models.

Web
Development

Develop secure, scalable web applications and platforms built around complex business and user requirements.

AI Software
Development

Develop AI-powered applications, integrate LLMs into existing systems, and automate complex workflows.

Mobile App
Development

Develop high-performance, scalable, and secure mobile applications for iOS and Android.

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Custom Software
Development

Create scalable digital products, platforms, and applications tailored to client and internal business needs.

QA and
Testing

Support reliable delivery with manual and automated software testing.

UX/UI
Design

Design and modernize intuitive digital experiences for internal and external users.

Product and Project
Management

Keep complex technical initiatives aligned, organized, and moving forward.

Our Approach: How We Work

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Meet with our sales and technical leaders to discuss your engagement, technical requirements, timelines, and capacity needs.

2

We identify the right technical expertise and engagement model based on your needs.

3

We create a tailored proposal outlining scope, pricing, and team composition.

1

Meet with our sales and technical leaders to discuss your engagement, technical requirements, timelines, and capacity needs.

2

We identify the right technical expertise and engagement model based on your needs.

3

We create a tailored proposal outlining scope, pricing, and team composition.

4

Once approved, our team integrates into your existing workflows, tools, and delivery processes.

5

Throughout the engagement, we work closely with your consultants, technical teams, and client stakeholders as needed.

4

Once approved, our team integrates into your existing workflows, tools, and delivery processes.

5

Throughout the engagement, we work closely with your consultants, technical teams, and client stakeholders as needed.

Engagement Models

Choose a flexible engagement model based on the structure, scope, and timeline
of your consulting engagement:

Staff Augmentation

Add one or more senior engineers, data specialists, QA professionals, product managers, or technical leaders directly to an existing team.

Agile Development Teams

Bring in a cross-functional engineering team tailored to a client or internal initiative, with the mix of development, QA, data, product, and design expertise the project requires.
Our teams can support short-term technical gaps, rapid MVPs and POCs, or longer-term strategic delivery.

Why Choose Distillery as Your Software Development Partner?

Flexible Technical
Capacity

Scale technical resources according to project demand without maintaining permanent bench for every possible skill set.

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Senior, Vetted
Talent

Access experienced technical professionals across software engineering, data, AI, QA, UX/UI, and product.

Fast Team
Deployment

Move quickly when new engagements, expanding scopes, or tight deadlines create an immediate need for additional technical expertise.

Nearshore
Collaboration

Overlapping U.S. time zones make it easier for our teams to collaborate in real time with consultants, internal engineering teams, and client stakeholders.

Experience With
Consulting Delivery

Our teams understand the demands of consulting engagements, including changing scopes, tight deadlines, multiple stakeholders, and high expectations for delivery quality.

Flexible Engagement
Models

Scale from an individual specialist to a cross-functional engineering team based on the needs of each engagement.

FAQs

How can Distillery support consulting firms?

Distillery provides senior nearshore technical talent and engineering teams that can support both client-facing engagements and internal technology initiatives. We can augment existing teams, fill specialized skill gaps, build MVPs and POCs, or take ownership of defined technical workstreams.

How quickly can Distillery add engineers to an engagement?

Timing depends on the expertise required, but more than 90% of our consulting partner projects have been staffed within two weeks. In one engagement, three data engineering roles were filled in under 10 days.

Can Distillery support short-term client engagements?

Yes. Our teams can support short-term technical gaps, time-sensitive engagements, MVPs, proofs of concept, and longer-term initiatives.

What types of technical talent can Distillery provide?

Depending on your project requirements, we can provide:

  • Frontend and backend engineers
  • Data engineers, analysts, and scientists
  • AI engineers
  • QA engineers
  • DevOps engineers
  • UX/UI designers
  • Product managers
  • Project managers
  • Technical leaders

Can Distillery build MVPs and proofs of concept?

Yes. We can assemble lean teams to rapidly build and validate MVPs, prototypes, AI experiments, data workflows, and other proofs of concept before a larger implementation.

Can Distillery support data and AI consulting engagements?

Yes. Our teams support data engineering, platform modernization, business intelligence, reporting automation, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, GenAI, LLM integrations, and AI-enabled application development.

Can your engineers integrate with our existing delivery teams?

Yes. Our engineers are designed to work alongside existing consulting and technical teams, participating in established development processes, meetings, collaboration tools, and workflows.

Can Distillery support internal technology initiatives as well as client work?

Yes. In addition to client-facing delivery, Distillery can support internal applications, data platforms, reporting automation, AI initiatives, and other technology programs.

How does nearshore development benefit consulting firms?

Nearshore development provides access to additional technical capacity while maintaining overlapping working hours with U.S.-based teams. This supports real-time communication, faster iteration, and closer collaboration throughout an engagement.

Can we scale the team as project requirements change?

Yes. Our engagement models are designed to accommodate changing project scopes and technical requirements, allowing teams to scale or adjust as an engagement evolves.