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Last updated October 8, 2026

KYC Software Development

Build or improve identity verification workflows with provider integrations, review tools and traceable decisions.

Choose the engagement around your onboarding problem
  • FinTech or banking product team: Connect approved identity providers to an existing application and route unresolved checks to the people authorized to review them.
  • Compliance platform owner: Replace manual handoffs or extend a KYC product with analyst tools, partner APIs and controlled access to verification evidence.
  • 15+ FinTech projects
  • 13+ years in business
  • 107 Clutch reviews

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Dmytro Nasyrov - Founder and CTO of Pharos Production

Practice led by Dmytro Nasyrov

Founder and CTO

23+ years in custom software development. Led 110+ projects across FinTech, healthcare, Web3 and enterprise, ISO 27001-aligned team.

KYC workflows from application to recorded decision

KYC software development connects identity checks with the onboarding decisions your business needs to make. Pharos builds the workflow around verification providers: application states, reviewer access, decision rules and records that explain how an outcome was reached.

Our Nextcheck case describes document and biometric verification integrations, sanctions-provider connections and compliance dashboards. Kimlic covers reusable identity proofs and business-facing verification APIs. These are different delivery examples; a new KYC workflow does not require blockchain.

What we do not do
  • KYB and ongoing AML transaction monitoring require separate scoping.
  • Your compliance owner defines acceptable evidence, decision policy and target markets. Engineering implements that policy.
  • Provider contracts, verification fees and provider-side availability remain external dependencies.

The inputs that determine KYC scope

  • Starting point: Current onboarding flow, existing systems and approved verification providers.
  • Policy owner: A named compliance contact for decision rules, evidence handling and reviewer permissions.
  • Delivery boundary: Provider adapters, application workflow, reviewer interface, audit records and agreed downstream integrations.
  • Estimate drivers: Provider count, document and market coverage, exception paths, migration needs and operational support.

Integrate a provider or build a KYC platform?

Keep verification engines you can already buy. Custom engineering is useful when the application workflow or operating model needs its own logic.

Factor Provider integration Custom workflow or platform
Best fit An existing product needs a defined verification step. Several products, providers or reviewer teams share onboarding.
Decision ownership Map provider results to the product policy. Manage policy versions, exceptions and review handoffs across workflows.
Operational tools Add status visibility and failed-check handling. Build queues, access controls, partner APIs and reporting around the process.
Dependencies Confirm provider sandbox access and callback behavior. Also agree migration, evidence lifecycle and platform ownership.

An illustrative KYC decision acceptance matrix

This example is a proposed test structure, not a client artifact. For each scenario, record provider status, applicable rule, application outcome, reason and audit event.

  1. A check needs review

    A provider returns an inconclusive result. The application creates a review item rather than treating it as approval. Verify the reviewer role can resolve it and the decision records the policy version and reason.

  2. The same callback arrives again

    Replay an already processed result using the same check identifier. Confirm it produces no second decision or duplicated downstream action. Retain enough context to distinguish a retry from a new verification request.

  3. The provider is unavailable

    Interrupt the provider connection and recover it. Check the pending state, retry boundary and visible operational alert against the agreed behavior. Recovery must preserve the application history.

  4. An identity is checked again

    Submit a new verification request for an existing applicant. Check how prior evidence, a new provider result and reviewer access interact. Each resulting decision should be traceable to the correct request.

Published record

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Platforms we work with

Trusted by Coinbase, Consensys, Core Scientific, MicroStrategy, Gate.io and 10+ more Web3 and enterprise platforms

16+ partners

Our 16 technology partners include:

  • Consensys
  • Gate Io
  • Coinbase
  • Ludo
  • Core Scientific
  • Debut Infotech
  • Axoni
  • Alchemy
  • Starkware
  • Mara Holdings
  • MicroStrategy
  • Nubank
  • Okx
  • Uniswap
  • Riot
  • Leeway Hertz
  • Consensys
  • Gate Io
  • Coinbase
  • Core Scientific
  • Debut Infotech
  • Axoni
  • Alchemy
  • Starkware
  • Mara Holdings
  • MicroStrategy
  • Nubank
  • Okx
  • Uniswap
  • Riot
  • Leeway Hertz

What the KYC implementation can include

  • Provider adapters and application states
    Connect approved document, biometric or sanctions services. Normalize their responses into defined states while retaining original references. Document what happens when a result is late, missing or changed so product behavior remains explicit.
  • Review tools and decision policy
    Build an analyst queue with assigned permissions and reasons for escalation. Separate the evidence returned by a provider from the decision your organization makes. Review actions can then be explained without depending on an unreadable vendor payload.
  • Audit and downstream handoff
    Record the check identifier, decision source, reviewer action and relevant policy version. Connect approved outcomes to account opening or other agreed systems. The handoff should acknowledge delivery and expose failures to the team responsible for recovery.
  • Rollout and operational ownership
    Compare the proposed flow with current onboarding behavior before changing live decisions. Agree how pending applications move across versions, how staff receive exceptions and who maintains provider credentials. Existing RegTech work can be scoped separately where broader controls are needed.

About the founder and CTO

Dmytro Nasyrov

Dmytro Nasyrov

Founder and CTO Pharos Production

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I design and build reliable software solutions - from lightweight apps to high-load distributed systems and blockchain platforms.

PhD in Artificial Intelligence, MSc in Computer Science (with honors), MSc in Electronics & Precision Mechanics.

  • 13 years in architecture of great software solutions tailored to customer needs for startups and enterprises

  • 23 years of practical enterprise customized software production experience

  • Lecturer at the National Kyiv Polytechnic University

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Artificial Intelligence

  • Master's degree in Computer Science, completed with excellence

  • Master's degree in Electronics and precision mechanics engineering

Choose your project scope

Pharos Production scopes engagements in two tiers, KYC integration discovery and KYC workflow implementation, with budgets tailored to scope and complexity.

KYC integration discovery

Map one onboarding journey, provider interfaces, decision ownership and acceptance scenarios before committing implementation scope. Best for: Teams defining a new verification flow or replacing an existing provider.

Scoped after discovery

Prices vary based on project scope, complexity, timeline and requirements. Contact us for a personalized estimate.

Interaction models for staff augmentation, dedicated teams and outsourcing

Request staff augmentation

Need extra hands on your software project? Our developers can jump in at any stage - from architecture to auditing - and integrate seamlessly with your team to fill any technical gaps.

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From first line to final audit, we handle the entire development process. We will deliver secure, production-ready software, while you can focus on your business.

187+ technologies

Technologies, tools and frameworks we use

Our engineers work with 187+ technologies across blockchain, backend, frontend, mobile and DevOps - chosen for production reliability and performance.

Our engineers work with 187+ technologies across 10 categories: Frameworks, AI, Blockchains, DevOps, Clouds, Databases, Brokers, Tests, Programming, UI/UX.

  • Frameworks: Backend Frameworks: Spring Boot, Erlang OTP, NodeJS, Phoenix, NestJS, Django, FastAPI, Express.js; Front End Frameworks: React, Next.JS, Svelte, Angular, Vue.js, Remix, Astro, Nuxt.js; Mobile Apps Frameworks: iOS, Android, Flutter, React Native, Capacitors, Ionic, Swift, Kotlin, Java, Dart
  • AI: LLM Providers: OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Meta Llama, Mistral AI, Cohere, Ollama, xAI Grok; AI Frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Hugging Face, PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, LlamaIndex, Keras, XGBoost, LightGBM, OpenCV, spaCy, ONNX Runtime; Vector Databases: Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, Chroma, pgvector, Milvus, FAISS; MLOps and Infrastructure: MLflow, Weights & Biases, DVC, Kubeflow, AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, Google Vertex AI, NVIDIA Triton, Airflow, Ray Serve, vLLM; AI Agent Tools: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude MCP, Semantic Kernel, Haystack
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  • DevOps: DevOps Tools: Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Istio, Prometheus, Grafana, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Ansible, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Pulumi, Datadog, New Relic, Vault
  • Clouds: Clouds: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud, Cloudflare, Vercel, DigitalOcean
  • Databases: Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL MariaDB, Redis, Cassandra, Neo4J, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Solr, Ignite, ClickHouse, TimescaleDB, DynamoDB, Supabase, CockroachDB, ScyllaDB
  • Brokers: Event and Message Brokers: Kafka, RabbitMQ, Flink, Apache Pulsar, Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS, NATS
  • Tests: Test Automation Tools: Postman, Appium, Cucumber, Selenium, JMeter, Cypress
  • Programming: Programming Languages: Solidity, FunC, Rust, GoLang, Elixir, Erlang, C++, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Scala, Python, C#, .NET, PHP, Ruby, Dart, SQL
  • UI/UX: UI/UX Design Tools: Figma, Zeplin, InVision, Sketch, Miro, Marvel, Balsamiq, Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, After Effects, Corel Draw

Frameworks

Backend Frameworks 8

Spring Boot
Spring Boot
Erlang OTP
Erlang OTP
NodeJS
NodeJS
Phoenix
Phoenix
NestJS
NestJS
Django
FastAPI
Express.js

Front End Frameworks 8

React
React
Next.JS
Next.JS
Svelte
Svelte
Angular
Angular
Vue.js
Remix
Astro
Nuxt.js
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Partnerships and awards

Recognized on Clutch, GoodFirms and The Manifest for software engineering excellence

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  • Clutch Global Leader, Spring 2025
  • Clutch Top Blockchain Company, Ukraine 2025
  • Clutch Top Web3 Development, Ukraine 2025
  • Clutch Top Smart Contract Development, Ukraine 2025
  • GoodFirms Review Award 2025
  • The Manifest Top Blockchain Company, Ukraine 2024

65+ industry awards

An approach to the development cycle

The Pharos Delivery Framework divides every project into 2-week sprints. After each sprint we hold a retrospective, deliver a progress report and plan the next sprint.
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  2. MVP

    We'll design, build and launch your MVP, ensuring it meets the core requirements of your software solution.

  3. Production

    We'll create a complete software solution that is custom-made to meet your exact specifications.

  4. Ongoing

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Questions before scoping a KYC project

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  • Can you connect the verification provider we already use?

    We assess its API or SDK, sandbox access, supported evidence and contractual permissions. Include the provider name and your intended workflow in the request.

    Vendor capabilities determine what the adapter can expose.

  • Can we change providers later?

    A provider adapter can isolate vendor-specific payloads from your application states. Switching still requires remapping evidence and rechecking behavior.

    Historical decisions should retain the provider and policy context under which they were made.

  • How is sensitive verification evidence handled?

    Discovery establishes which system stores documents, which roles may retrieve them and the retention policy your organization supplies. Development and testing use approved synthetic or de-identified fixtures.

    Please do not send identity documents through the contact form.

  • What do you need for a useful estimate?

    Describe the current flow, intended markets, approved providers and the point where applicants or reviewers get stuck. If you have an existing platform, include the integrations and migration boundary.

    Those inputs let us identify a first deliverable.

Discuss your KYC workflow

Bring the application journey and the decisions your compliance team needs to control. We can turn them into an integration boundary and a testable first delivery scope.

Discuss your KYC workflow
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  4. Finalize the Details

    Let's connect on Google Meet to go through the proposal and confirm all the details together!

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  5. Sign the Contract

    As soon as the contract is signed, our dedicated team will jump into action on your project!

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