INTO

International Education Platform Supporting Student Recruitment Worldwide

Long-term engineering partnership helping one of the world’s leading education organizations evolve its digital platform for applicants, universities, and internal teams.

  • Expanded engineering capacity for long-term product development
  • Improved applicant experience and platform accessibility
  • Extended Salesforce ecosystem while reducing licensing costs
About the Client

INTO is one of the world’s largest international education partnership organizations, working with universities across Europe, North America, and Asia to attract and support international students.

Its digital ecosystem supports thousands of applicants, university partners, and internal teams, requiring continuous development, accessibility improvements, and scalable enterprise architecture.

Summary

INTO needed to expand its engineering capacity without slowing delivery of strategic product initiatives. Lionwood joined the client’s internal development team, initially providing .NET and QA specialists before growing into a multidisciplinary engineering group contributing to applicant-facing features, Salesforce solutions, automation, accessibility improvements, and long-term platform evolution.

Industry
Education
Segment
International student recruitment & university partnerships
Location
United Kingdom
Team
.NET, Angular, React, QA & Salesforce specialists
Duration
2019-ongoing
Key outcome
Long-term product development partnership
Custom Software Development QA & Testing Web App Development

Implementation
& Results

Lionwood became an embedded engineering partner, delivering new platform functionality, improving accessibility, modernizing Salesforce workflows, and helping the client continuously expand one of its core digital products.

Global education platform

Global education platform

Long-term embedded team (scaled over time)

Long-term embedded team (scaled over time)

Accessibility improvements<br />

Accessibility improvements

Salesforce optimization<br />

Salesforce optimization

Continuous Agile delivery<br />

Continuous Agile delivery

Business Challenge

The client had ambitious development plans but needed experienced engineers who could quickly integrate into an established product organization without disrupting delivery. Beyond feature development, the platform required ongoing modernization, accessibility improvements, Salesforce expertise, and continuous optimization across multiple interconnected systems supporting international student recruitment.

Engineering challenges

  • Scaling development capacity quickly
  • Maintaining delivery across multiple workstreams
  • Improving accessibility for applicants
  • Supporting long-term platform evolution

Business challenges

  • Supporting international recruitment operations
  • Optimizing enterprise Salesforce environment
  • Reducing dependency on expensive third-party solutions
  • Maintaining development quality while scaling teams

Solution

Lionwood integrated directly into the client’s Agile product teams, providing experienced engineers who contributed across frontend development, backend services, QA automation, and Salesforce administration. Rather than acting as an external vendor, the team became part of the client’s long-term product development process.

Key decisions:

Embedded Agile collaboration

Accessibility-first development

Salesforce optimization

Cross-functional delivery teams

Continuous product evolution

We work on projects that help improve admissions, operations, CRM workflows, integrations, and the entire digital student journey.

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Core System Capabilities
Key features
  • Accessibility improvements
  • Applicant-facing functionality
  • Continuous UX enhancements

Improved accessibility and usability for prospective students throughout the application process.

Expert Team & Tech Stack

The collaboration expanded from a small engineering team into a multidisciplinary group covering frontend, backend, QA automation, and Salesforce administration. Engineers worked within the client’s Agile processes using shared tooling and delivery standards.

Full-stack .NET developers
Angular developers
React developers
QA engineers
Salesforce administrators

We build teams of different sizes that integrate perfectly into your engineering organization and keep delivery moving.

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SCALING PRODUCT TEAMS WITHOUT SLOWING DELIVERY
Capabilities
  • Dedicated development teams
  • Staff augmentation
  • Salesforce development
  • Enterprise education software

Whether you need experienced engineers, Salesforce specialists, or a dedicated product team, Lionwood integrates with your existing organization to accelerate delivery while maintaining engineering quality.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. We frequently work as an extension of internal engineering teams, participating in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, code reviews, and day-to-day product development.