About
CommonBond simplified student loan refinancing by connecting borrowers with investors online. First Factory helped scale the technical platform that guided customers through loan research, applications, funds verification, and credit checks, while also building CommonBond's marketing site.
Challenge, approach, and impact
A fast-growing fintech needed to scale its core platform
As CommonBond grew before the pandemic, its application had to integrate with numerous third-party services for funds verification and credit ratings while remaining simple enough for students and graduates to compare loan options and understand college costs.
How we built
Testimonials
Richard
CommonBond
“Miguel, Jorge & Jose Pablo – also amazing! They’ve all found their groove and are just churning through work. I’m super encouraged by their individual approaches to problem solving, which usually ends up in the team over-delivering.“
Team structure
Client team
Ting-Ting
Product Manager
Daily point of contact
Glenna
Director of Product
Daily point of contact
Dave
Engineering Lead
Daily point of contact
Dean
CTO
Project stakeholder
Richard
VP of Engineering
Daily point of contact
The client stakeholders at CommonBond were working closely with the team at First Factory
Agency team
6 x Full Stack Developer
Production
3 x QA Engineer
Production
