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The year is slowly coming to an end, and it’s usually the time when you look back on it retrospectively. I think, as for any tech-related specialist, there will always be two priorities that keep you interested and motivated - what you can learn and what you can accomplish. Since I have been doing development for over a decade, it’s very important to be proud of what you are building. And one thing I’ve learned over 10+ years: the right environment multiplies your impact. Knot has a very unique engineering culture - small teams, huge ownership, lots of trust, and no bureaucratic nonsense. You get to build real products, solve deep technical challenges, and make decisions that actually move the business. It’s been a little more than a year since I joined Knot, and I have a great list to share of what I am proud of: 1. Architected and implemented the entire client-side of Transaction Link - literally in my first weeks at Knot. Grateful for the trust and ownership from day one. 2. Implemented header-based API versioning to support cleaner evolution of our platform. 3. Built a complete Docker-based local infrastructure from scratch and documented the entire workflow. 4. Configured a full CI/CD pipeline for our Kubernetes environment using Cloud Build. 5. Helped dramatically increase our test coverage and overall testing discipline as a team. 6. Set up scalable Grafana K6 stress testing across multiple products to measure and improve performance. 7. Led a seamless migration to a new billing system with zero customer disruption - included development of Go Microservice with Event/Listener integration 8. Migrated a high-load Laravel queue (300k+ jobs per hour) to Horizon -smoothly, with no downtime. If you’re looking for a place where you can grow fast, apply your experience, build meaningful systems, and work with people who genuinely care about craft - JOIN KNOT NOW :). We’re actively growing engineering teams, and I’d love to work with more engineers who want to build the future of financial connectivity. Let's go!

Happy Friday! We're joined by someone who has consistently built ahead of the curve — Rory O'Reilly, Co-Founder & CEO of Knot. Rory has a rare combination of product intuition, technical depth, and founder grit. From scaling viral consumer platforms to architecting fintech infrastructure used by millions, he’s repeatedly shown what it looks like to turn bold ideas into real impact. In this episode we dive into: 💳 How Knot is redefining card activation and adoption Knot helps card issuers instantly become the preferred payment method at hundreds of top merchants, improving retention and unlocking meaningful interchange revenue. 📈 Why leading fintechs and banks are choosing Knot Seven of the top 10 finance apps use Knot today, driving higher monthly spend, better engagement, and measurable improvement in ongoing card usage. 🔐 The security and compliance foundation that makes it possible Knot’s infrastructure is designed for financial institutions with strict PCI controls, strong authentication, and a security model built for scale. 🚀 Where the industry is heading next Rory breaks down Knot’s ambition to power merchant connectivity across the financial ecosystem and how community banks and digital banking platforms fit into that vision. 🤖 What AI and SKU-level data unlock for consumers From personalized insights to real spending visibility, Rory shares how Knot is bringing richer data and smarter experiences to everyday financial decisions. #Fintech #Payments #DigitalBanking #FinancialInfrastructure #AIinFinance Check it out: https://lnkd.in/gD9X-y3D

I wanted to thank Rory O'Reilly for helping physically demonstrate our price break! If you register for Fintech Meetup today, prices are at my height. Tomorrow they go up to Rory's height! As much as you'd like to be like Rory, register today, and you'll be as happy as both of us! Registration link in comments.

Noah recently shared a glimpse into his day building product, so here is what things look like leading GTM at Knot:

As a PM at Knot, this is what a typical day looks like for me (for real): - 8:30am: respond to customers on European time in slack - 9am: answer questions/comments from engineering from night before - 9:30am: pull data in BQ for new feature validation, send to team for feedback - 9:45am: talk to engineering in slack/linear/office - 10:00am: check-in with team on incident post-mortem & follow-ups - 10:15am: talk to engineering in slack/linear/office - 10:30am: sales call with prospective Fortune 50 customer - 11:00am: respond to and debug issue for live customer in slack & admin dashboard - 11:30am: test new feature that just shipped to prod and make sure metrics are setup to measure it - 12:00am: meet with GTM to align sales collateral in all channels with recently-launched features - 12:30pm: talk to engineering in slack/linear/office - 1:00pm: lunch to recruit awesome engineer - 2:30pm: sync with tech lead - 2:45pm: create new analytics dashboard templates for feature launches, customer launches, deployments, etc. - 3:30pm: interview engineering candidate - 4:00pm: update public developer docs/API reference with cursor - 4:30pm: talk with engineering in slack/linear/office - 5:00pm: sales call with prospective fintech customer - 5:30pm: write up requirements for new project and clean up the roadmap in linear - 6:30pm: get into heated debate with tech lead on how to accelerate team velocity with code reviews, CI/CD, deployments, planning, and better observability - 7:00pm: go home The focus is work with engineering, talk to customers (existing & new), and hire.

Just a few days out from heading to Vegas for Money20/20 I’ll be meeting with banks, fintechs, and partners who are redefining how their customers connect with merchants. From updating cards on file to unlocking SKU-level data and enabling institutions to agentically buy on behalf of their customers, Knot keeps financial institutions at the center of their customers’ digital lives. If you’re around, let’s catch up over coffee, between sessions, or at the blackjack table!