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Rebuilding Integrata's Payroll App in Half the Time - with One Developer and AI

Two native apps. One fragile codebase split across two platforms. When Integrata needed to move faster, Hellon didn't just rebuild their app, we rebuilt how it was built.

Rebuilding Integrata's Payroll App in Half the Time - with One Developer and AI
Rebuilding Integrata's Payroll App in Half the Time - with One Developer and AI
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Integrata is a modern payroll and HR service provider whose own platform is the face of their business to clients. As their long-term digital development partner, Hellon has supported Integrata in continuously evolving that platform. When it became clear that their legacy approach, maintaining separate native iOS and Android apps, was holding back the pace of development, we took the opportunity to do something more ambitious than a standard rewrite.

Two different code bases holding back progress

Integrata's mobile experience was built on two separate native codebases: one for iOS, one for Android. Every new feature had to be built twice. Development was slow by design, and keeping the two apps in sync required constant effort that delivered no additional value to end users.

The goal was clear: replace both apps with a single, unified Flutter application that would serve both platforms from one codebase, and do it fast enough to matter.

One architect. Several AI agents. Half the time.

Rather than scaling up the team, Hellon introduced a fundamentally different way of building software at Integrata through AI-assisted development.

One developer took on the full scope of the rewrite. Instead of writing code line by line, they designed the system architecture and a custom design system, and then directed AI agents to implement it. Day-to-day, that meant feeding agents UI specs and API documentation as task briefs. Most of their time was spent reviewing output, enforcing architecture, and ensuring structural integrity across the codebase.

The result was a production-ready Flutter app covering both iOS and Android.

The Numbers

    • 80%+ of committed code was AI-generated
    • ~50% faster development of the app and significantly faster development speed for Integrata in the future
    • Integration problems that previously took weeks solved in a single day
Integrata payroll App
"After this renewal project, our app development speed is enormously faster than what it used to be. Absolutely great results!"

- Riku Honkanen, CTO

Integrata

What Changes When AI Agents are brought into development

When AI agents are brought to implementation, developers become the ones who shape what gets built, and why. That shift doesn't just change individual productivity. It changes the role of development and what's possible within a given budget and timeline.

"I was no longer the one shovelling endless lines of code. Instead I was in charge of maintaining a solid architecture and enforcing it: making sure the project was modularised, conforming to the patterns I chose, and followed the design system I created."

- Hellon developer

Hellon

A New Standard for Digital Development

For Integrata, the outcome is a faster, more maintainable platform; one codebase, one release process, and an agentic foundation that's easier and faster to build on going forward. This isn't about replacing developers. It's about amplifying them, and delivering more value to our clients as a result.

Want to build faster without scaling your team? Let's talk about what AI-assisted development could mean for your roadmap.