Success Story
How DKB Code Factory Creates Financial Solutions of Tomorrow with Freelancers
DKB Code Factory is one of Germany's most well-known online banks. With ambitions to reshape modern finance through digital-first products, they needed senior IT freelancers to kick-start a flagship banking app and FinTech API. Fast.
FinTech · Mobile · Backend
About DKB Code Factory
As a subsidiary of DKB, one of Germany's largest banks with four million customers, Code Factory benefits from established financial backing while enjoying the flexibility of a startup. Based in the heart of Berlin, they work alongside other FinTech companies to redesign DKB's entire product portfolio: online banking, mobile banking, brokerage, internal tools, and third-party solutions.
Notable apps built by the Code Factory include the Miles&More and the Porsche credit card app. Their philosophy: code quality, thorough documentation, and a balance of ambition with sustainable team culture.
The Challenge
Launching a flagship banking app under tight deadlines, without enough internal capacity
Despite ambitious goals, Code Factory faced a critical bottleneck: kick-starting their new banking app and FinTech API at a time when IT experts were more in demand than ever. Long internal hiring cycles were not an option. They needed an experienced partner who could place senior talent quickly and let the team move from zero to production fast.
How ElevateX Helped
Senior freelancers for Android and backend, ready from day one
ElevateX placed a team of senior IT freelancers to start new high-profile projects across mobile and backend engineering.
Android Banking App
Our Android developers took ownership of hands-on development and architectural decisions, while guiding Code Factory's in-house team toward a future-proof, natively developed banking app with slick UI/UX and the highest security standards.
FinTech API
Our backend developers designed, developed, and supported a modern FinTech API, the foundation of the bank's digital service offerings.
The Outcome
The new banking app launched in August 2021, a major milestone reached in close collaboration between DKB Code Factory and ElevateX.
Since the beginning of our collaboration, the highly qualified team at ElevateX has been significantly involved in the development of our apps. With a proactive, communicative, and fully committed way of working, ElevateX has been laying an important foundation for the success of our projects. ElevateX is an ideal partner for us.