Link Asset Services expands the Flex Front Mortgage mid-office platform
About Link Asset Services
Link Asset Services is an internationally operating company, part of Link Group’s Asset Services division, and works in partnership internationally with almost 7,000 clients. The clients of Link Asset Services include asset managers and investors, business managers, asset owners, trustees, issuers, and borrowers. Link Asset Services provide the infrastructure through which assets are secured or deployed in both regulated and unregulated markets. Recently, Link Asset Services acquired FlexFront group which is one of the largest mortgage distribution partners in The Netherlands.
Link Asset Services expands the Flex Front Mortgage mid-office platform
About Link Asset Services
Link Asset Services is an internationally operating company, part of Link Group’s Asset Services division, and works in partnership internationally with almost 7,000 clients. The clients of Link Asset Services include asset managers and investors, business managers, asset owners, trustees, issuers, and borrowers. Link Asset Services provide the infrastructure through which assets are secured or deployed in both regulated and unregulated markets. Recently, Link Asset Services acquired FlexFront group which is one of the largest mortgage distribution partners in The Netherlands.
The challenge
After acquiring FlexFront Group, Link Asset Services wanted to expand the existing Flex Front Mortgage mid-office platform. The goal was to provide a stable baseline, integrating with various 3rd party platforms for mortgage documents processing e.g. Leveris, Ockto, DaVinci Close Suite. To achieve this in a short time, they were in need of a high-skilled and experienced software development team able to guide them on this journey.
The solution
Typla, already a partner of Link Asset Services, teamed up with Typeqast for the implementation of the architectural solution envisioned by Typla and Link Asset Services. A multidisciplinary Agile team consisting of DevOps, Software Engineers and QA Engineers was responsible for delivering a platform for handling various mortgage mid-office requirements. Typla fulfilled the product owner role as well as the scrum master role, directing the team and assigning tasks.
Typeqast dedicated the team of DevOps engineers that worked on creating the infrastructure required in the AWS, using modern principles such as CI/CD and IaC. 5 Java Software Engineers were responsible for designing and implementing microservices using Java 11 and Spring Boot 2. Each microservices was served as a highly-available Dockerized component. 4 AngularJS developers implement rich mid-office web applications. Also, the mobile team built and helped launch the Android and iOS applications.
The results
The team successfully delivered the end-solution for Typla meeting an important delivery deadline for the first phase of the project. This enabled Link Asset Services to expand the acquired FlexFront Group mid-office platform, labeling it as Link Mid Office for other markets.
‘‘Typeqast was chosen because we were able to adapt and source from various locations while also offering all the required services to build the platform with the right mix of skill and seniority.’’
