Ambitious Product Goals Bring Extensive Frontend Architecture Needs
Agreement Express is a platform that automates the client onboarding process for financial services firms, giving ISVs, ISOs, and FinTechs services such as customizable risk scoring, automated data collection, compliance monitoring, ongoing know your customer (KYC), anti-money laundering (AML), and fraud screenings.
To maintain its edge, Agreement Express had an aggressive product roadmap that included several large, complex releases. However, their internal team was stretched thin, creating a bottleneck that threatened their go-to-market speed.
Their product development goals required extensive and specialized frontend architecture knowledge that they lacked internally. Multiple major product releases were on the horizon, each with a non-negotiable deadline. To compound the issue, they needed to modernize their development process by migrating to JIRA and create a more efficient sprint methodology to keep pace with the market.
They needed a partner who could quickly provide experienced development capabilities to seamlessly integrate with their teams and deliver high-quality software under pressure.
A Flexible, Long-Term Partnership to Accelerate Development
Agreement Express needed a partner who has deep domain knowledge and a proven, flexible engagement model to meet their specific product needs. For over five years, KMS Technology has served as a core development partner, providing specialized scrum teams that function as a true extension of the Agreement Express team. Our ability to rapidly ramp teams up or down based on project needs gave them the agility to meet every challenge.
1. Specialized Frontend Architecture
KMS provided senior engineers and architects with specialized experience in frontend architecture, delivering clean, scalable interfaces that set Agreement Express’s products apart. We also brought deep domain knowledge to successfully release several large products, built
from scratch.
Our teams took ownership of complex features, ensuring they were built with a high-quality look, feel, and user experience.
2. Scrum Team Integration
Rather than working as a siloed contractor, KMS Scrum teams were integrated directly into the Agreement Express development environment. Leveraging KMS’s tried and true processes, our Scrum team held daily standups, collaborated through agile methodologies, and aligned on sprint objectives.
Our battle-tested processes, clear communication, and shared KPIs enabled cross-team trust and accelerated knowledge transfer. Hence, Agreement Express consistently met product release targets, improved code quality, and achieved a 25% increase in overall development efficiency, which directly translated into faster delivery for customers.
3. Platform Modernization:
As modernization needs emerged, KMS led the transition to JIRA – a foundational move that included sprint planning, ticket tracking, and progress reporting. Our consultants customized workflows, trained stakeholder teams, and introduced real-time dashboards, giving Agreement Express new clarity and predictability in product delivery.
The transformation empowered our client to synchronize development and QA cycles, setting the stage for more predictable and timely releases. The consistent development velocity was a key factor that facilitated their acquisition by NMI.
Achieving Successful Acquisition with High Development Velocity
The long-term partnership with KMS provided Agreement Express with the strategic engineering agility needed to outpace its competitors. By seamlessly augmenting their team with specialized talent, we helped them hit aggressive deadlines, modernize their platform, and deliver high-quality products that stood out in a crowded FinTech market.
The three Scrum teams drove a 25% increase in development efficiency, allowing Agreement Express to deliver more value faster. The high-quality development work and superior user experience of the new products were key factors that ultimately contributed to Agreement Express’s successful acquisition by NMI.
“KMS members are part of the team, and we’ve had a long relationship for a reason. When we were aggressively investing in our product, KMS delivered high-quality software development quickly, allowing us to stand out from the rest of the pack.”
KMS Technology provided the flexible, expert engineering partnership required to navigate intense growth and achieve a successful market exit.