ftmo

Scaling the
fastest growing

Scaling the fastest growing

Scaling the fastest

fintech

growing

fintech in Central Europe

in Central Europe

About

About

About

About

About

FTMO is a fintech company which created new trading industry called modern prop trading where people get rewarded for trading activity on demo accounts. Due to rapid business growth, they sought to bring their technological solutions up to speed.

In 2021, FTMO approached Applifting with a request to analyze their architecture and propose a suitable solution for further scaling. This solution had to integrate smoothly into production environments without disrupting the business operations.

Java and Kotlin
Spring Boot
Kafka
Elastic
Keycloak
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Quality assurance
Cloud engineering
Solution architecture
Team augmentation, 5 people

Java and Kotlin
Spring Boot
Kafka
Elastic
Keycloak
Docker

Kubernetes
Terraform
Quality assurance
Cloud engineering
Solution architecture
Team augmentation, 5 people

2021

Outcome

Outcome

Outcome

Outcome

Outcome

€200 mil.

revenue

€200 mil.

revenue

€200 mil.

revenue

€200 mil.

revenue

€200 mil.

revenue

2.9+ mil.

registered users

2.9+ mil.

registered users

2.9+ mil.

registered users

2.9+ mil.

registered users

2.9+ mil.

registered users

€91 mil.

EBITDA

€91 mil.

EBITDA

€91 mil.

EBITDA

€91 mil.

EBITDA

€91 mil.

EBITDA

Mission

Mission

Mission

Mission

Mission

Design and implement a highly scalable architecture

FTMO wanted to turn their monolithic system into a microservice architecture with a cloud-based infrastructure. This upgrade would ensure scalability and flexibility for future growth. Due to the nature of business, it was crucial to be GDPR compliant and increase the security for platform users.

Challenge

Challenge

Challenge

Challenge

Challenge

Develop a strategy minimizing operational disruption

An effective audit of the whole system was necessary to design a suitable solution. It was important to identify the starting point as we needed to make fast progress and achieve FTMO’s goals quickly without disrupting the operations.

The switch to microservices brought about several challenges, the first and major one being —where to start with minimal changes to achieve the maximal impact. We had to figure out how to make a seamless transition into a cloud and how to implement authentication and authorization in a distributed system. Quality assurance automations and processes also needed to be set up and implemented.

Solution

Solution

Solution

Solution

Solution

Implement an out-of-the-box feature

Applifting successfully migrated the existing infrastructure into a fully automated Kubernetes-based solution on the Google Cloud Platform, establishing a completely automated CI/CD pipeline. Then, we implemented an OIDC IdP solution based on Keycloak that enabled authentication and authorization in a distributed system, addressed GDPR challenges, and introduced SSO and 2FA features. We also helped shift the approach to a professional QA process and showed FTMO the direction of automation.

Finally, our team began transitioning essential knowledge to the client. We assisted the teams with analysis and architecture and provided consultation on potential challenges. This enabled FTMO to gradually take over the reins of development and maintain key expertise inhouse.

Testimonials

Testimonials

Testimonials

Testimonials

Testimonials

"We really appreciated such a professional and systematic approach to development and way of thinking about our problems and goals."

Marek Vašíček

CTO & Co-Founder

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LONDON

Level 39, One Canada Square

Canary Wharf

London E14 5AB


+44 07 49 82 34 957

info@applifting.io

PRAGUE

River Garden Office

Rohanské nábřeží 19

Praha 8 186 00


+420 605 540 481

info@applifting.io

Copyright © 2025 Applifting

Applifting s.r.o.
Rohanské nábřeží 670/19, Praha 8

IČO 02542072
DIČ CZ02542072

Městský soud v Praze,
Vložka C 220046

Meet our pilots

LONDON

Level 39, One Canada Square

Canary Wharf

London E14 5AB


+44 07 49 82 34 957

info@applifting.io

PRAGUE

River Garden Office

Rohanské nábřeží 19

Praha 8 186 00


+420 605 540 481

info@applifting.io

Copyright © 2025 Applifting

Applifting s.r.o.
Rohanské nábřeží 670/19, Praha 8

IČO 02542072
DIČ CZ02542072

Městský soud v Praze, Vložka C 220046

Meet our pilots

LONDON

Level 39, One Canada Square

Canary Wharf

London E14 5AB


+44 07 49 82 34 957

info@applifting.io

PRAGUE

River Garden Office

Rohanské nábřeží 19

Praha 8 186 00


+420 605 540 481

info@applifting.io

Copyright © 2025 Applifting

Applifting s.r.o.
Rohanské nábřeží 670/19, Praha 8

IČO 02542072
DIČ CZ02542072

Městský soud v Praze,
Vložka C 220046

Meet our pilots

LONDON

Level 39, One Canada Square

Canary Wharf

London E14 5AB


+44 07 49 82 34 957

info@applifting.io

PRAGUE

River Garden Office

Rohanské nábřeží 19

Praha 8 186 00


+420 605 540 481

info@applifting.io

Copyright © 2025 Applifting

Applifting s.r.o.
Rohanské nábřeží 670/19, Praha 8

IČO 02542072
DIČ CZ02542072

Městský soud v Praze,
Vložka C 220046