Knot operates a merchant connectivity layer enabling financial institutions and fintech companies to switch payment methods across online merchant accounts through an embedded SDK. The tech stack emphasizes full-stack portability (React, Node.js, Go, Python) with strong infrastructure (GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform) and SDK depth (iOS, Android, gRPC), signaling a product designed for both mobile and backend integration at scale. Hiring is engineering-heavy with senior concentration, while projects span pricing, dashboard development, and enterprise issuer integrations—indicating active expansion beyond core card switching into adjacent payment rails.
Notable leadership hires: Chief of Staff
Knot is a 11–50 person merchant connectivity platform headquartered in New York. The company enables financial institutions and startups to embed card-on-file switching functionality into their customer experiences, removing friction from payment method management across online merchant accounts. The product surfaces as an SDK (iOS, Android, web) paired with a developer dashboard and is positioned to work at the intersection of digital banking, payments infrastructure, and merchant integrations. Current operational focus spans developer experience, enterprise processor integrations, and go-to-market expansion.
Knot's stack includes React and TypeScript on frontend, Node.js and Go for backend services, GCP for infrastructure, Kubernetes and Terraform for orchestration, and gRPC + Protocol Buffers for inter-service communication. The company also maintains iOS and Android SDKs.
Active projects include card-switcher functionality, transaction linking, dashboard development (dashboard.knotapi.com), market segmentation, new product launches, enterprise issuer processor integrations, and strategic finance initiatives.
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