endorsedOngoing

Full-Stack Microservices Platform Modernization for Consulting Firm

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • Website Development • Software Maintenance and Support

Industry

Business Consulting & Services

Duration

52 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 April 2022

Team Size

Confidential

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

69/100

Good

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Client

Customertimes

New York City, United States of America

Project Summary

Pynest developed and modernized a full‑stack technology platform for a consulting firm consisting of 100+ microservices implemented in Python, Go, and JavaScript. The engagement focused on improving pipeline performance, making the user UI more user‑friendly, creating new services, changing code style and architecture for extensibility, and producing extensive documentation. As a result, pipeline performance increased and internal manager tools were delivered that reduced management time.

Key Challenges

Maintain and continuously develop a full-stack platform with more than 100 microservices
Ensure fast and accurate processing of user data across many services
Improve pipeline performance and UI usability while making architecture more extensible and testable

Project Deliverables

Improved backend data processing pipeline
Refactored and extended over 100 microservices
New internal UI tools for managers
Improved customer-facing UI
Documentation for each microservice and the pipeline

Project Solution

Pynest improved the existing data-processing pipeline and enhanced both internal and customer-facing UIs. They implemented and optimized new backend services, advised on best approaches for implementing services, and introduced changes in code style and architecture to make the system more extensible and testable. The team also produced documentation for each microservice and for the pipeline to aid future maintenance.

Project Outcome

Increased pipeline performance by more than 7 percent, enabling support for an unlimited number of user subscriptions
Created internal UI tools for managers, reducing management time
Improved customer-facing UI and completed testing of the subscription processing pipeline
Transferred knowledge to in-house developers, improving their technical expertise
Comprehensive documentation for each microservice and the overall pipeline, improving maintainability

Platforms

SaaS
Web

Tech Stack

Python
Go
JavaScript

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Pynest has increased the performance of the client's pipeline by 7%, enabling them to handle an infinite number of user subscriptions. Also, the client has reduced their management time. The service provider's effective workflow, communication skills, and supportive approach are exemplary.”
Anonymous
Executive
Date: 05/09/2023