401(k) software development

401(k) software development

Custom software for US third-party administrators, recordkeepers, payroll providers and 401(k) fintechs, from a team with deep plan administration experience.

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Engineering partner

Software built by people who know plan administration

Most development firms learn 401(k) on your budget. Our team includes professionals with 18+ years in TPA administration, recordkeeping and compliance automation, so we start from how plan years actually run: census in, testing, corrections, filings, sponsor sign-off.

  • Built KinetiPlan, a TPA operating system for US administrators
  • Delivered software for a US TPA and a 401(k) revenue management consultancy
  • Synthetic data by default; production access only when you grant it
  • Dedicated teams or fixed-scope projects
Plan year 2026 · compliance run
Census rows validated1,284
ADP test (HCE vs NHCE)Pass
ACP testReview
402(g) limit ($24,500)0 over
Form 5500 dataReady for review

Illustration with synthetic data, the kind of workflow we build.

What we automate

401(k) processes we build software for

From plan onboarding to year-end, each with the checks and audit trail a finance system needs.

Plan onboarding & conversions

Plan specs, sponsor records and historical data loaded and checked before go-live.

Census collection & validation

Sponsor census requests, file checks, eligibility and HCE/key employee flags.

Payroll & contribution processing

Deferrals, match and profit sharing posted per payroll, with late-deposit flags.

Nondiscrimination testing

ADP/ACP, top-heavy and 410(b) coverage, with corrective amount calculations.

Annual limits & deadlines

402(g), 415(c), catch-up and compensation limits, plus a compliance calendar.

Form 5500 preparation data

Plan-year financials and participant counts aggregated for Form 5500 and schedules.

Distributions & loans

Distribution and loan workflows posted to the ledger with approvals and history.

Corrections (EPCRS)

Corrective distributions and QNEC calculations with an audit trail of who approved what.

Fee billing & revenue

Fee schedules, invoices and revenue reporting tied to plan and participant data.

Regulatory knowledge

The rules are part of the spec

We build to the rules US retirement plans live under, and keep every calculation traceable so your compliance team can check it.

  • ERISA
  • IRC §401(k) and §401(m)
  • §402(g) deferral limit
  • §415(c) annual additions
  • §416 top-heavy
  • §410(b) coverage
  • SECURE 2.0
  • Form 5500 & DOL EFAST2
  • IRS EPCRS
  • §408(b)(2) and §404a-5 fee disclosures

We are a software company, not a TPA, recordkeeper or law firm. Plan rules are implemented with your compliance team or ERISA counsel signing off.

Integrations

Designed around your data flows

Plan data arrives from many places. We design intake with validation and an exception queue, so nothing is posted until it is right.

  • Payroll provider CSV exports
  • SFTP file drops
  • REST and webhook APIs
  • Custodian and trading files
  • E-signature for sponsor approvals
  • Document storage
  • Single sign-on (SAML, OIDC)
  • Accounting and invoicing exports
Proof

Work you can check

Third-party administrator

Automating a key financial process for a US TPA

The Retirement Advantage, Inc. (TRA), USA

A six-month build of a complex financial application for a US third-party administrator, run on weekly status meetings.

“an elegant and efficient solution that drastically reduced the manual effort required to complete a key financial process”
  • TPA operations
  • Financial process automation
  • 6 months
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401(k) consultancy

Revenue management software for the 401(k) industry

Expand Financial LLC, USA

Development of Expand's software that automates revenue management for recordkeepers, TPAs, payroll processors and other 401(k) firms. Referred to us by the CEO of a US 401(k) recordkeeper.

“pleasantly surprised by the worked product and 401k industry domain knowledge”
  • Revenue management
  • Recordkeepers & TPAs
  • Referral
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Our product

KinetiPlan, a TPA operating system

Built and run by Software Home

Plans and sponsors, census, annual projects, compliance testing, the compliance calendar, the recordkeeping ledger, payroll intake and billing in one product for independent US TPAs.

  • Compliance testing
  • Recordkeeping ledger
  • Pilot build
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401(k) / TPA product

See our work in KinetiPlan

A TPA operating system we built for independent US retirement plan administrators: compliance testing, recordkeeping ledger, payroll intake, projects and billing in one place.

401(k) software FAQ

401(k) software questions

Something else on your mind? Ask us directly.

It designs, builds and supports the systems behind retirement plans: plan administration, compliance testing, recordkeeping ledgers, payroll and census intake, fee billing, filings and participant or sponsor portals.

We implement each test against worked examples your compliance team signs off, keep every input row traceable to the result, and re-run the full suite on every change. Your team stays the authority on interpretation.

We design intake around the files and feeds you already receive, such as payroll provider CSV exports, SFTP drops and REST APIs, with validation and an exception queue before anything is posted.

Yes. We map the legacy data model, run old and new side by side on real plan-year data in your environment, and reconcile balances before cut-over.

No. We are a software company. Plan rules are implemented with your compliance or ERISA counsel's sign-off, and we never give plan-level legal or tax advice.

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