Most small fintechs don't need another platform. They need the next working automation.

Independent senior engineering for small fintechs, funds, and trading desks. Back-office automation, systems integration, and internal tools — scoped tight, delivered end-to-end.

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Small fintechs and funds still run the back office on spreadsheets and inboxes.

Below a certain AUM or headcount, the enterprise vendors are too expensive and the big consultancies are too slow. So reconciliation, reporting, onboarding, and vendor feeds stay manual — and the team spends the week chasing rows instead of markets.

e7n replaces those manual steps one workflow at a time, working directly with the people doing the job.

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Services

What we actually build.

Focused engagements for small fintechs and regulated SMBs that need senior delivery without hiring a programme team.

  1. Remove manual ops

    Back-office automation

    Reconciliation, NAV checks, trade confirmations, regulatory filings prep, client onboarding — the repetitive work that burns an analyst week every week gets replaced by resilient, auditable pipelines.

  2. Connect the stack

    Systems integration

    CRM, OMS, PMS, accounting, fund admin, vendor data (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, market data), email and spreadsheets — connected so data moves automatically with a clear audit trail.

  3. Replace the spreadsheet

    Internal tools and dashboards

    Research portals, order blotters, PM cockpits, compliance monitoring consoles. Small focused tools built for the people who will use them daily, not for a generic persona.

  4. Prove it first

    Prototype sprints

    Two-week fixed-fee sprints that turn an idea into a working prototype and a short written plan. De-risk the spend before anyone commits to a full build.

  5. Senior, on tap

    Fractional automation lead

    Ongoing monthly retainer for fintechs that need senior product and engineering bandwidth without adding headcount. Strategy, delivery, and pairing with your team — interchangeable.

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Selected outcomes

Representative work.

A sample of what "done" has looked like across exchanges, banks, fintechs, and independent engagements. Details anonymised where clients require it.

  1. 65% faster

    Pre-trade risk stop-gap at an offshore bank

    Designed and delivered a pre-trade risk layer that reduced order-to-confirmation round-trip time by 65%, improving control and user confidence during a Temenos / Bloomberg TOMS integration.

  2. Hundreds of hours / yr

    Daily fixed-income reporting automated at NASDAQ

    Led the automation of a daily fixed-income reporting process, working cross-functionally to ship an MVP that removed hundreds of annual manual hours and stood up the pattern for later reports.

  3. $3B → $4.5B+

    Private credit note issuance scaled at Tradeteq

    Owned product strategy and North Star metrics for a private credit investment platform, using usage and commercial signals to support note issuance growth and unlocking $2M+ ARR via a strategic origination integration.

  4. MVP in weeks

    0→1 product builds with an LLM-assisted pipeline

    Shipped gallery commerce, a fintech change-control tool, and a crypto gaming platform 0→1 — prototype-first, human-reviewed, production-ready.

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Process

How an engagement runs.

Three steps, no programme overhead. Most clients see working output within two weeks of the first call.

  1. 01

    Discovery call (30 min)

    A focused conversation to understand the workflow, the constraints (compliance, data, vendors), and the highest-value first move. No deck.

  2. 02

    Automation sprint (2 weeks, fixed fee)

    A scoped, fixed-fee sprint that ships a working automation, integration, or prototype plus a short written plan for the next iteration.

  3. 03

    Continue or hand off

    Roll into a monthly retainer for the next workflow, or close out cleanly with working software, runbooks, and no sunk cost.

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Work happens in the room, with the people who have to live with it.
About e7n

One senior operator, accountable end-to-end.

e7n is Owen Perry — an independent product engineer with more than a decade inside trading, exchange, and fintech platforms (NASDAQ, Broadridge, Itiviti, FactSet, Tradeteq). The focus now is narrower: automation, integration, and internal tooling for small fintechs and regulated SMBs that need senior delivery without a programme team.

Work is delivered directly. No account layer, no bait-and-switch, no offshore back-office. One engagement at a time, scoped tight and shipped.

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