The backend behind a mobile-first bank

The client was a Ukrainian mobile-first bank startup, with a licence and a product plan.

Our goal was to create a banking system from scratch, release the MVP, test the hypotheses and iterate on the product from there. The challenge was to do it in the shortest time possible.

We started by diving into the requirements and aligning them, then designed the architecture of the backend in tight cooperation with the product, mobile and infrastructure teams. The system covered customer onboarding with KYC, IAM, document storage, payments, cards, accounts, integration with the core system, observability and deployment. The backend served two native mobile applications.

We achieved our goal by taking a complex MVP solution live seven months after the start of development, with more than 30 microservices in the system.