About Fexco
Established in 1981, today, Fexco is Ireland’s most successful privately held company, providing industry-leading Fintech solutions and business services to customers worldwide. Fexco processes upwards of €14 bn in transactions per annum across FX, treasury, digital tax and government-backed financing sectors. The company employs 2,500+ people in domains such as international payments, asset finance, outsourcing services and currency conversions.
Fexco's Goals
1. Hire stellar talent
The team at Fexco was struggling to find high-quality software professionals from their location in Ireland.
2. Replace legacy software
Fexco was looking to rewrite and migrate mission-critical mature applications from monolithic, on-premise solutions to modern cloud-based software.
3. Modernize tech stack
Investing in modern software applications, cloud-based solutions, microservices architecture and an entirely new technology stack was among Fexco’s key priorities.
The Solution
In 2016, Fexco contracted Zartis to assemble an extended development team to help them achieve their goals.
Step #1
Modernizing the Tech Stack
First, Zartis assembled a team of three full-stack developers, quickly expanding to a total of 11, from our distribution center in Spain.
Next, our extended team migrated one of Fexco's mature applications from a monolithic, on-premise solution to a new cloud-based software using Microsoft Azure and a microservices architecture — one of Fexco’s first forays into the world of cloud.
The new application was written in Java, using Angular for the frontend. The Azure cloud automated deployment was done using Ansible and Jenkins.
Step #2
Creating a Central API
Our extended developers then moved on to supporting the creation of a Central API — one of the key priorities for Fexco Technology Solutions.
Zartis started by defining the software delivery lifecycle, quality controls and process. Next, they introduced an entirely new architecture and technology stack, including Golang, Scala, Kubernetes and Helm.
By operating as an extension of Fexco's in-house engineering department, the Zartis developers helped speed up the development of the Central API.
Step #3
Developing Cutting-Edge Software
Our next project with Fexco involved using the Central API, Electron and Angular to rewrite a monolithic application and migrate it to the cloud.
A further ongoing collaboration with Fexco involves leveraging the Central API, a micro-frontend, Angular, Scala and Go for the purposes of a digital signature project.
The goal is to introduce a more efficient approach to the trading and financing of aviation equipment. Key elements of this project include the creation of a secure platform and a live, searchable electronic ledger with details of ownership and security interests.
The Results
4+ years partnership
continuous and growing
3 products
Delivery Platform, Central API, GATS
new, modern web apps
forget about legacy software
new tech stack
Go, Java, Scala, Angular, Docker, Kubernetes
11 Developers
working on the project full-time
2 deployments
every day
Transfer of Expertise
in both directions
high ROI
for our partners at Fexco