Ikigai Digital

As the dust settles on the announcement that Old Mutual has received regulatory approval under section 17 of the South African bank’s act, we could not be more proud, we have been partnering with OM Bank for 3 years and delighted to be part of the journey and success. Having an opportunity to work on an initiative that so closely aligns with the Ikigai Digital values and has helped shaped Ikigai values does not come along very often, and having been on the journey from day 1 makes it even more special! Congratulations to the whole OM Bank team on this incredible achievement, and a big thank you to Rolf Eichweber, Royden Volans, Pauline Molloyi, Ray Deftereos, Dion Retief, Ina De Vry and Suvania Moodliar (as well as ex CIO Sudhish Mohan) for your continued support and the opportunity to contribute to such an amazing initiative. #IBUILTABANK was the theme of the evening celebrating this great achievement and yes, not many can say they've built a bank and we cannot wait to see how OM Bank will contribute to improving the lives of everyday South Africans. #digitalbank #digitalbanking #southafrica #ibuiltabank

When we say we bring product engineering expertise and financial services experience together as a catalyst for growth, we mean it. True to our mission, we are delighted to welcome yet another Modern Core Banking expert to our team, Tati Kmita. Tati has spent the last 6 years at Thought Machine in Singapore and brings with him an abundance of knowledge and experience in building on and migrating to Thought Machine’s Vault Core platform. Welcome Tati, we look forward to seeing you leave your mark on our clients and partners alongside our other new joiners Rob O'Connor and Kamil Zawadka focused on thin cores. If you are driven by engineering excellence and want to work alongside like minded people like Tati, please reach out to Craig Felston or have a look at some of the roles we have available here - https://lnkd.in/gCc3A6x5 will be looking to add experienced people across architecture, engineering and product in the coming months. What's in it for you? Remote work, generous leave, profit share, working with the biggest brands in financial services, access to modern tooling and of course, working alongside some of the best engineering talent worldwide. #corebanking #thincore #coexistance #thoughtmachine #moderncorebanking #coremigration

Heading to the Dubai Fintech Summit? So are we! Ikigai partner Luis Aguiar will be attending the event on the 6th and 7th of May. Luis has been deeply entrenched in helping one of our clients build a new digital bank over the last 2+ years and he is keen to share some learnings, connect and experience what will undoubtedly be a great event. Please reach out to Luis on his LI above, directly on our page or on the official event app to connect. Event details: Dubai Fintech Summit @ Madinat Jumeirah, 6th and 7th of May. #dubai #dubaifintechsummit #fintech #digitalbanking

As we see financial institutions continuously increasing their commitment and investment in modernising their infrastructure, enhancing customer experiences and improving customer value, the demand for quality engineering talent has never been greater or as important. In line with our focus on core banking modernisation, coexistence, migration and adoption of modern engineering practices / ways of work to unlock additional value, we have recently added 2 great people to our team. Kamil Zawadka who joins our Core Banking practice where he brings many years of hands on experience in building and running Thought Machine's Vault Core for some of biggest and most innovative banks globally. Similarly, Rob O'Connor joins our Delivery team where he most recently led the Solutions Consulting team at 10x responsible for designing and delivering Core Banking solutions to their clients. If you are interested in joining our kick ass team like Kamil and Rob, please reach out to Craig Felston or have a look at some of the roles we have available here - https://lnkd.in/gE3PrxCe. We will be looking to add experienced people across architecture, engineering and product in the coming months. What's in it for you? Remote work, generous leave, profit share, working with the biggest brands in financial services, access to modern tooling and of course, working alongside some of the best engineering talent worldwide. #corebanking #coremodernisation #transformation #coexistence #hiring #remotework

In our latest article Mark Olliver from our Data Practice shares his views on some of the latest developments in data processing and analytics. He takes a look at how the integration of WebAssembly (WASM) within Apache Kafka has the potential to revolutionise data contract validation, transformation, and analytics, particularly when combined with Apache Iceberg’s capabilities. Please also be sure to join Redpanda's Fireside Chat launch event where Mark will be sharing more of his views and insights on this and other topics. Register here - https://lnkd.in/eH7qiK4U https://lnkd.in/gSrPhkXt #redpanda #webassembly #wasm #apachekafka

Not getting the most out of the latest enhancements from Thought Machine yet? Supercharge your Thought Machine Vault Core Smart Contract API v4 upgrades! Have a look at our latest article discussing the new upgrades and what it means for you. Also feel free to give us a shout to have a more detailed conversation. https://lnkd.in/g4g79V7S #thoughtmachine #smartcontracts

Our CEO Andrew Farmer will be at the Singapore Fintech Festival this week. If you'd like to know more about the work that we are doing on Thought Machine's Vault Core and the progress we are making on de-risking core migrations and co-existence implementations, please drop Andrew Farmer or André Van Schalkwyk a note for a coffee. https://lnkd.in/gMwBHr8H

Read the latest article on our blog from Tiago Maurício who is a Platform Engineer at Ikigai based in Portugal. https://lnkd.in/gU7qk6GJ #platformengineering

With version 5 of Thought Machine's Vault Core being released last week the platform continues to evolve, adding more features and even more importantly allowing you to scale more seamlessly than ever before. Coupled with the enhancements in version 4 of the Smart Contract language it really puts the client in the driver's seat. Our team is already implementing v.4 Smart Contracts and getting our clients ready to capitalise on the enhancement to Vault Core. Reach out to discuss how we could potentially support you to do the same. #thoughtmachine #vaultcore #v5 #smartcontracts https://lnkd.in/gvz-GKbu