Financial systems that don't talk to each other. Data trapped in silos. Manual reconciliation eating up hours every week.
RadiantFlareOn started in early 2018 when three of us were working with mid-sized businesses around Gwangju and kept running into the same frustration. Companies had decent financial systems but couldn't get them to work together smoothly. So we started building bridges between these systems, and it turns out a lot of other businesses needed the same thing.
Our first client was a manufacturing company with inventory data in one system, accounting in another, and sales tracking in spreadsheets. They were spending 15 hours a week just making sure numbers matched across platforms.
We didn't have fancy tools back then. Just a lot of late nights figuring out API connections and building custom sync routines. That first integration took us three weeks longer than we'd estimated, but it worked. And watching their finance team actually smile during month-end close? That felt good.
Those early projects shaped how we work now. We learned that every business has unique quirks in how they handle data. Cookie-cutter solutions never quite fit right.
Not a smooth path, but an honest one. Here's what the journey actually looked like.
Three people, two laptops, and a whiteboard full of integration diagrams. Our first six months were spent learning what businesses actually needed versus what we thought they needed.
After manually handling data matching for too many clients, we developed tools that could do it automatically. Cut implementation time from weeks to days. This became the foundation of what we do now.
Team had grown to nine people. Needed actual desks and a conference room. Started taking on larger clients with more complex financial systems. The work got harder but more interesting.
Biggest technical challenge we'd tackled. Took eight months to get right. Now clients can see data updates across systems within seconds instead of waiting for overnight batch processes.
From that first manufacturing company to retailers, service businesses, and distribution companies. Each one teaches us something new about how financial data actually moves through a business.
Small team, but everyone here actually knows this stuff inside out. No organizational chart or corporate titles. Just people who care about getting integrations right.
Technical Lead
Spent 11 years building financial software before joining us in 2019. The person who figures out how to connect systems that were never meant to talk to each other. Usually has three monitors going with different API documentation open.
Client Integration Specialist
Handles the tricky part where technology meets actual business processes. Worked in accounting for six years before switching to integration work. She's the one who makes sure what we build actually makes sense for how people work day-to-day.
These aren't poster statements. They're things we actually think about when making decisions about projects and how we work with clients.
If a project looks like it'll take six weeks, we say six weeks. Not four weeks to win the contract. Some potential clients walk away when we're honest about timelines. That's fine. Better than promising something unrealistic.
Templated solutions break the moment you hit something unusual. We build each integration specifically for how that business actually operates. Takes longer up front but means fewer problems down the road.
Technical jargon doesn't help anyone. When we're working on your systems, you should understand what's happening and why. We take time to walk through the logic and answer questions.
Systems break. APIs change without warning. Data gets messy. When something goes wrong, we tell you right away and focus on fixing it rather than explaining why it's technically not our fault.
Working in Gwangju means we're here when you need us. Not routing support requests through three time zones. If there's an urgent issue, we can be at your office in 20 minutes.
Quick fixes create bigger problems later. We build integrations that can grow with your business and handle changes in your systems without breaking. Sometimes that means saying no to shortcuts.
