Costa Rican private bank modernizing core systems on Azure
Banco BCT is a 500+ person private financial institution headquartered in San José, Costa Rica, undergoing a substantial cloud migration from on-premises infrastructure to Azure. The tech stack is Windows-native (.NET, C#, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Docker, AKS) with heavy infrastructure-as-code investment (Terraform, Bicep, ARM), signaling enterprise-grade cloud platform maturity. Active projects span core banking integration, cloud architecture design, and hybrid deployment models—reflecting the complexity of moving a legacy banking system to cloud without service interruption. Hiring remains senior-heavy (5 of 8 open roles), concentrated in engineering and finance, consistent with a multi-year platform transformation.
Banco BCT is the largest privately-held domestic bank in Costa Rica, founded in 1978 and serving retail and commercial customers with integrated financial services. The institution operates a traditional banking model emphasizing personalized service and relationship-based trust. Currently, the bank is executing a major architectural shift: migrating on-premises systems to Azure while designing hybrid and cloud-native solutions for future scalability. This modernization effort addresses multiple constraints simultaneously—regulatory compliance, operational continuity, information security, and competitive margin pressure in the Costa Rican market. The engineering organization is actively working on core banking system integration alongside cloud infrastructure build-out.
Azure. The bank's tech stack includes Azure DevOps, Azure Kubernetes Service, Application Insights, and related Azure services. Terraform and Bicep are used for infrastructure-as-code to manage Azure resources.
On-premises to Azure migration, cloud-native and hybrid solution design, core banking system integration, cloud architecture, and data governance. The projects reflect modernization of legacy banking infrastructure.
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