Profinit

Banking security-compliant big data platform for use case analyses.

The solution needed to meet the following specifications:

• Select and build a highly efficient big data processing platform
• Set up tools for solving business cases with data science
• Meet strict requirements on system security and data anonymisation

We implemented an end-to-end big data platform for new business use case analyses, and achieved these results for the bank:

• End-to-end delivery of a big data platform, including tools for data science
• Single sign-on and integration with Active Directory
• Fully compliant, bullet-proof platform security
• A powerful tool for self-service BI/DS analytical departments

Take over and upgrade a Java-based IT portal from a previous vendor without any support or documentation in less than a month.

The solution needed to meet the following targets:

• Swift takeover despite no communication with the previous vendor
• Azure DevOps configuration and operation
• Fully-documented solution
• Implementation of new features
• Deadline of 3 months

We took over the client’s portal-like Java solution in less than a month and completed the whole project on time, delivering even more features than expected.

• A new Java-based portal up and running in Azure cloud in just three months
• An agile solution resulting in the delivery of 50% more features
• Integration of the Azure DevOps platform with the benefits of automation/processes support and knowledge sharing
• Fully-documented solution serving as a basis for other Java-based applications

JAVA 11, Azure SQL, Angular 10, Azure DevOps, Docker

Berenberg, one of Europe’s leading private banks, was looking for a partner to outsource internal application development.

Profinit provided a nearshore software development team to work together with a team from Berenberg to develop applications and fulfil their business needs. The Profinit team covers the roles requested by Berenberg – Senior Full Stack Developer, Business Analyst, Application Architect and QA/Test Manager.

The collaboration started with the Securities Workbench project which facilitates investment advisory services in securities. The project is about client classifications and investor profiles pursuant to the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG).

Profinit brought their expert knowledge of full-stack development (Koltin, Spring, Angular in this case), project organisation and governance. Together with Berenberg we stabilised the Securities Workbench project, designed a modular architecture, migrated the project from on-premise to Azure DevOps, and implemented new modules.

We needed to set up an intensive collaboration between Prague and Hamburg, where Berenberg is based. While remote work for part of the week is standard these days, working together for months without meeting in person can be challenging. We had to address this to keep the team efficiency close to what we would achieve working together in one office.

We created a team and processes to make nearshoring collaboration smooth and efficient. At the start of the project, we focused on team building by working at Berenberg for a week, allowing all team members to get to know each other personally.

Later, the Berenberg team also worked with us in Prague at our offices. Meeting in person from time to time significantly increases team efficiency. Even working together remotely, we functioned as a single team, collaborating daily and using agile methods, such as daily stand-ups via video call.

We designed a modular architecture that simplifies development and deployment while setting certain boundaries to ensure future maintainability. This architecture allows easy transformation of the modules into independent microservices, should this be needed in the future.

We implemented new modules for client classification and a dashboard according to business requirements and migrated the application to the cloud.