Banking and payments platform Pismo has appointed a new engineering director in Bristol.
Ross Larter will be responsible for structuring the technical team, expanding the company’s solutions, and supporting processes related to Pismo’s globalisation strategy, according to the São Paulo-headquartered firm.
Before joining Pismo, Mr Larter spent more than six years as engineering director of online food delivery platform Just Eat – and grew the technical staff tenfold, helping it support operations in 25 countries.
“Joining Pismo, a company that provides a cloud-native and innovation-driven platform, is very exciting for a technical professional like me,” he said.
Since its Series B funding round led by Amazon, SoftBank and Accel, which raised $108m in October 2021, Pismo has expanded its operations globally and announced offices in Europe, the US and Singapore. It also established a partnership with OneConnect, a technology-as-a-service (TaaS) provider and an associate of Ping An Group, to expand its operations in South East Asia.
Vishal Dalal, Pismo chief executive (North America, EMEA and APAC), said: “As a flat, lean and engineering-led firm, we are very happy to welcome Ross Larter to our team. His expertise will speed up our global efforts to support our global business strategy, bringing even more agility to our delivery.”
Pismo was founded in 2016 by a group of entrepreneurs and its customers include digital banks such as Banco Itau, Latin America’s largest bank; BTG Pactual, the largest investment bank in Latin America; and German-headquartered digital bank N26.
