Challenge
- The LawTech startup founder was one of the first few pioneers that had a vision of digitally transforming the otherwise hectic and troublesome notarization process.
- With a government background herself, the female tech founder had the vision to build a complete online notarization platform that would connect notaries and customers and enable them to complete the whole legal process digitally.
- With online notarization starting to become legalized in the US, our client wanted to jump on the bandwagon earlier and profit her idea and vision.
- The goal was to build the initial MVP of the Online Notarization Platform and then improve upon it via agile and lean startup methodologies.
Solution
- Backend is built on NodeJS using Express framework with MySQL database.
- Third-party integrations with Zoom for video calling, AdobeSign for E-signature, Idology for KBA (Knowledge-based authentication) verification, and Stripe connect for Payment real time split payments between 3-5 parties.
- Added types of users: Admin, Customers, and Notaries.
- Built 2 modules in the initial phase that digitized the whole notarization process on both sides: customers and notaries.
- The journey to complete the process from both sides was mapped and researched and wireframes and workflow diagrams built.
- A comprehensive solution was designed and developed that streamlined the notarization processes.
- Added a module in next phase where a group of notaries can make a Professional Services Account with permissions to assign jobs to different notaries.
- Enabled facial recognition and biometric functionality as an additional feature for ID proofing.
- Built a job board for posting notarization and witnesses jobs.