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Azure Cloud Migration: API-First E‑commerce Platform & Microservices

Services Covered:

Cloud Consulting and Services • API Development • DevOps • Website Development

Industry

E-commerce & Retail

Duration

10 months

Budget

50K - 199K

Start Date

1 May 2023

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

75/100

Good

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Client

Confidential

Salt Lake City, United States of America

Project Summary

Reenbit rebuilt a monolithic e-commerce platform into a modern, containerized Azure application, responsible for backend and DevOps and delivering a modular REST API layer. The team designed and implemented a scalable microservices architecture, created a headless CMS prototype, and integrated complex checkout, payment, and loyalty features. Their work enabled quick developer onboarding via environments, pipelines, and API docs and delivered a production-ready solution in nine months.

Key Challenges

Rebuild a monolithic, archaic e-commerce platform into a modern stateless containerized Azure application.
Future-proof the platform to work with an immovable third-party business engine and existing database while enabling future decoupling.
Deliver API-first development to allow frontend scaling across web and native devices.

Project Deliverables

New REST API layer (modular, JSON)
Containerized stateless application on Azure
Microservices architecture and CI/CD pipeline (environments, pipeline, swagger docs)
Headless CMS prototype and integration (Builder.io)
API-driven checkout and payment integrations
Customer loyalty and discount program via APIs
Logging, monitoring, load and performance testing

Project Solution

Reenbit designed and implemented a modular REST API layer and containerized, stateless microservices architecture on Azure to replace a monolithic e-commerce platform. They built backend integrations with an immovable third-party business engine, produced Swagger API docs and CI/CD pipelines, developed a headless CMS prototype (Builder.io) to feed a React front-end, and handled backend DevOps tasks to enable rapid developer onboarding and iterative sprint delivery over the nine-month project.

Project Outcome

Published a technical design reviewed and approved in less than a week.
Established environments, CI/CD pipeline, and Swagger docs enabling developers to start work within days.
Built a headless CMS prototype in a 2-week sprint proving the CMS approach.
Delivered a new API-driven online shopping experience across 18 localized markets in nine months.
Implemented API-driven checkout with complex tax rules and multiple payment integrations.
Delivered a customer loyalty and discount system while maintaining existing customer data integrity.
Provided logging, monitoring, and performance testing to optimize reliability and cost-efficiency.

Platforms

CMS
E-commerce Platform
Web

Tech Stack

Azure
React.js
RESTful API

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Reenbit built a robust, scalable, and secure microservices architecture; their work impressed the end client. Reenbit delivered high-quality code, offered updates after each sprint, and integrated into the client's Agile-based process. Their efficiency and ability to solve complex issues stood out.”
Sarah Nelson
Sr Product Manager
Date: 03/13/2024