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SaaS Migration & DevOps for Paperplanes

Services Covered:

DevOps • Cloud Consulting and Services • Data Engineering
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Industry
Industry

Advertising & Marketing

Duration
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18 months

Budget
Budget

Confidential

Start Date
Start Date

1 September 2024

Team Size
Team Size

1-5

Engagement Model
Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

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73/100
Good

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Client

Paperplanes

mapLondon, United Kingdom

Project Summary

SoftKraft provided a small dedicated team to migrate Paperplanes' legacy system to a scalable SaaS platform on AWS, refining ETL processes and managing data pipelines. The engagement delivered a modern SaaS system, improved data-processing speed and ETL efficiency, and a fully functional automated testing environment. Communication was proactive and transparent with a direct-to-engineer collaboration model.

Key Challenges

  • Complete and migrate to a new platform from legacy system
  • Engineering augmentation

Project Deliverables

  • Migration to a scalable SaaS platform hosted on AWS
  • Refined ETL processes and managed complex data pipelines
  • Integration with third-party design/creative tools via API
  • Orchestration for delivery of print-ready PDFs to third-party printer facilities

Project Solution

SoftKraft provided a dedicated team of senior backend developers supported by DevOps specialists to migrate the client's architecture to a scalable SaaS model hosted on AWS. They refined ETL processes and managed complex data pipelines using Dagster and Python, integrated third-party design/creative tools via API, and implemented orchestration to deliver print-ready PDFs to third-party printer facilities.

Project Outcome

  • Successful migration of the legacy system to a modern SaaS platform
  • Implementation of a fully functional automated testing environment that reduced manual testing overhead
  • Significant improvements in data processing speed and ETL efficiency
  • Consistent development velocity and high-quality code delivery

Platforms

  • CloudCloud
  • SaaSSaaS

Tech Stack

  • PythonPython
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • REST APIREST API

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.75star5 out of 5 stars

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“SoftKraft has successfully migrated the legacy system to a modern SaaS platform, implementing a fully functional automated testing environment and improving data processing speed and ETL efficiency. The team delivers high-quality code and communicates proactively and transparently.”

Steve Kinder

CTO

Note: This endorsement is based on publicly available client feedback from external review sources.

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