Padoa Fast-Tracked Global Expansion with Codemod

Company Overview

Padoa is a Paris-based healthtech company revolutionizing occupational health services. Their SaaS platform manages the medical files of more than 7 million employees across France. With a team of approximately 270 employees, including over 120 software developers, Padoa is at the forefront of modernizing workplace health through technology.

Challenge

As part of their strategic initiative to expand into European markets, Padoa needed to internationalize their extensive Angular codebase. The initial plan involved allocating 7 developers over 9 months to manually replace hardcoded strings with i18n keys—a process that would divert significant resources from core product development.

Solution

After evaluating their options, Padoa adopted Codemod, an AI-powered platform tool designed to plan, automate, and orchestrate large-scale code modifications, including internationalization tasks. By utilizing Codemod, they streamlined the i18n process, significantly reducing the manual effort required.

Custom dashboards help Padoa’s engineering leaders plan and track large-scale code changes by team and over time.

Results

Faster Time to Market, Lower Costs, and Happier Developers with Codemod

• 2X Faster Time to Market
  • Padoa completed internationalization in just 4.5 months, wrapping up by end of May—a full 4 months ahead of schedule (originally planned for end of September). This accelerated timeline enabled earlier market entry and unlocked additional revenue opportunities.
• 5X Less Cost
  • The project was delivered at a fraction of the cost. Instead of the originally scoped 7 FTEs for 9 months, it was completed with the equivalent of fewer than 2 full-time developers (FTEs) over 4.5 months plus Codemod platform and support fees.
  • This 2 FTE figure is based on contributions from 50 Padoa engineers who reviewed Codemod outputs and provided feedback, while the majority of their engineering capacity remained focused on core product work.
• Improved Developer Satisfaction
  • Replacing hardcoded strings is a tedious and low-leverage task. By skipping the 9-month slog, Padoa kept engineers focused on strategic features — boosting both developer morale and product momentum.
• Higher Accuracy Through Distributed Ownership
  • Codemod allowed i18n tasks to be distributed across domain experts. Code owners handled localization in the areas they knew best, leading to fewer bugs and better long-term maintainability—compared to having generalists or interns work across unfamiliar parts of the codebase.

Conclusion

By integrating Codemod into their development workflow, Padoa efficiently internationalized their application, enabling faster entry into new European markets. This strategic move not only optimized resource allocation but also enhanced the overall productivity and satisfaction of their engineering team. While Padoa adopted Codemod for their urgent i18n project, they have already lined up many more migrations to accomplish with Codemod, such as Cypress to Playwright migration, fleet-wide migration of moment.js to date-fns and more.