Narmi, a leading provider of digital banking solutions for financial institutions, today announced the appointment of Nathan Gonzalez as Senior Vice President of Engineering. In this role, he will lead the engineering organization, focusing on scaling technical operations, enhancing platform quality, and driving the development of next-generation banking tools.

Gonzalez most recently served as Chief Technology Officer at Ncontracts, a popular risk and compliance solution for banks and credit unions. His background includes significant roles in healthcare and fintech technology, including positions as CTO at MEDarchon and senior architectural roles at XSolis Health and ProfitStars.

His decision to join Narmi was driven by the company’s unique position in the market. Unlike competitors who rely on acquisitions or disjointed systems, Narmi has built its entire platform from a single codebase, from the digital banking interface used by accountholders to the admin portal used by financial institution staff. 

This holistic architecture grants Narmi’s engineering teams the ability to pull levers across the entire stack to enhance financial workflows, a critical advantage for rolling out high-utility AI capabilities. By leveraging a unified data layer, Narmi is positioned to deliver AI tools that move beyond hype, offering instead highly accurate, competent solutions that assist users with complex, high-leverage financial tasks.

Gonzalez is entering an organization already defined by technical rigor and a strong culture of collaboration. He cited the engineering team's level of talent and their obsessive dedication to customer success – particularly the speed with which cross-functional teams diagnose and resolve inquiries – as key strengths. He also noted the internal accountability of the core integration teams, whose ownership over critical system components serves as a major differentiator in the fintech space.

Looking ahead, Gonzalez plans to double down on engineering excellence by leveraging opportunities early in engineering workflows, a technical strategy that focuses on optimizing the software development lifecycle by shifting testing left and tightening feedback loops. By integrating Quality Assurance at the project's inception and minimizing context switching for developers, he aims to accelerate deployment velocity at Narmi while maintaining its leading standards of reliability. This rigorous, efficiency-first approach will serve as the foundation for Narmi’s ambitious AI and product roadmaps, ensuring that new capabilities are delivered with the stability and precision required by financial institutions.

"One of my mentors had a saying: 'Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,'" Gonzalez said. "If you take the time to look ahead and remove impediments, that friction-free environment leads to incredibly fast execution in the long term. 

“My goal is to clear the way so the Narmi team can deliver exceptional value to our customers with speed and precision."