CASE STUDY
A Leading Global
Payout Platform
Modernizing Global Payouts With Scalable Integrations and Agile Development
Project Overview
Since late 2021, Distillery has partnered with this leading global payout platform to deliver ongoing platform enhancements, new features, and infrastructure modernization. Working as part of a unified, mixed-resource team, our engineers collaborate closely with the client’s developers and external contributors to accelerate delivery, integrate new services, and strengthen platform reliability.
The collaboration covers a wide range of initiatives, from building new client-specific functionality to implementing external service integrations that expand payout options. By focusing on modern development standards while maintaining legacy code quality, the joint team has been able to deliver consistent, reliable improvements at speed.
Project Overview
Since late 2021, Distillery has partnered with this leading global payout platform to deliver ongoing platform enhancements, new features, and infrastructure modernization. Working as part of a unified, mixed-resource team, our engineers collaborate closely with the client’s developers and external contributors to accelerate delivery, integrate new services, and strengthen platform reliability.
The collaboration covers a wide range of initiatives, from building new client-specific functionality to implementing external service integrations that expand payout options. By focusing on modern development standards while maintaining legacy code quality, the joint team has been able to deliver consistent, reliable improvements at speed.
Team
Key Challenges and Solutions
Migrating from .NET Framework to .NET 8Over
The platform needed to upgrade from legacy .NET Framework to .NET 8 while continuing to ship new features. Distillery executed the migration in parallel with active development, continuously syncing branches to maintain consistency. Significant refactoring aligned the codebase with .NET 8 functionality, while both automated and manual regression testing ensured that new and existing functionality remained reliable.
Integrating New Payment Providers
To expand its customer offering, the platform required full integrations with new payment providers. Distillery led these efforts, implementing integrations primarily through APIs while following a strategy pattern to encapsulate provider-specific logic. This abstraction layer made each integration reusable, maintainable, and easier to extend.
In addition, background jobs were built to support report consumption and transaction reconciliation. These jobs included recovery and self-healing mechanisms to avoid duplicates, prevent data gaps, and ensure consistency across systems.
Balancing Legacy and Modernization
With ongoing development needs, the platform demanded modernization without sacrificing stability. Distillery supported this by improving existing code through careful refactoring, adhering to modern best practices, and delivering new features aligned with client-specific requirements.
Outcomes Achieved
- Seamless Integrations: New payment providers were onboarded efficiently, including ongoing work on an eWallet and a bank transfer service, giving customers more options and flexibility.
- Faster Delivery: Development velocity increased, allowing new features and enhancements to roll out more quickly.
- Modern Standards: All new code follows best practices, while existing systems are upgraded to align with current development standards.
- Resilient Operations: Background jobs for reconciliation introduced self-healing mechanisms that strengthened reliability and reduced data inconsistencies.
- Collaboration & Flexibility: The client recognized Distillery’s ability to adapt to shifting priorities while maintaining clear communication and quality delivery.
Outcomes Achieved
- Seamless Integrations: New payment providers were onboarded efficiently, including ongoing work on an eWallet and a bank transfer service, giving customers more options and flexibility.
- Faster Delivery: Development velocity increased, allowing new features and enhancements to roll out more quickly.
- Modern Standards: All new code follows best practices, while existing systems are upgraded to align with current development standards.
- Resilient Operations: Background jobs for reconciliation introduced self-healing mechanisms that strengthened reliability and reduced data inconsistencies.
- Collaboration & Flexibility: The client recognized Distillery’s ability to adapt to shifting priorities while maintaining clear communication and quality delivery.
Technologies
What’s Next
The team continues to integrate additional providers and enhance platform functionality with a focus on expanding global payout workflows. With its codebase now modernized and supported by improved infrastructure, the platform is positioned to scale more efficiently and deliver a broader set of secure, reliable financial services to its customers.
About the Client
The client is a global payout platform delivering secure, instant, and flexible payment solutions to businesses and their customers worldwide. Its platform supports a wide range of workflows, from card-based payments to eWallets and bank transfers, helping clients streamline financial operations with speed and reliability.