Unicorn Enjoys the Benefits of Microservices Architecture with Innovative HR Software
75%
lower number of reported bugs
84%
lower number of major bugs introduced
66%
increased developer velocity for feature delivery
Challenge
Our client is one of Europe’s Unicorns that saw a significant surge in development demand after achieving unicorn status in Europe, expanding rapidly from a team of 300 to 1,800 employees within 5 years. To sustain the remarkable growth and enhance the product’s offerings, it was mandatory to transition from a monolithic architecture to a more agile, microservice-based approach. Another challenge was to boost application performance and improve the user experience while accommodating expansion.
Acknowledging the need for strategic evolution, we embarked on a collaborative journey with many of their divisions. Our mission was to facilitate the growth and overhaul of multiple product features within their business platform.
Solution
Over the past five years of partnership, the teams working with the client experienced exponential growth. Year after year, our collective efforts have seen the workforce double in size, reflecting our shared commitment to addressing the multifaceted challenges encountered by the company. However, through our unwavering partnership and shared dedication to excellence, we’ve navigated these challenges together, emerging stronger and more resilient with each milestone achieved.
Leveraging our expertise and aligning closely with the client’s team, we successfully provided a microservices-based structure, assistance and evaluation for future improvements.
One of the greatest challenges that our team succeeded in was the transformation of the product from a monolithic architecture to a more adaptable and scalable microservices-based structure. This shift was crucial in unlocking new levels of agility and efficiency within the product ecosystem. Our collaboration extended to assisting with the implementation of a new and improved UI/UX design, focusing on the improvement of the user experience. By prioritizing user-centric design principles, we aimed to enhance the product’s usability and overall customer satisfaction.
To enhance the product’s performance, our team utilized specialized analyzing and profiling tools to pinpoint the primary pain points experienced by customers. We quickly acted upon these, prioritizing improvements to ensure a better customer experience. Further, addressing the challenge of optimizing infrastructure costs, we thoroughly analyzed the most expensive infrastructure components. By improving specific parts of the application but also enhancing the overall architecture we effectively manage to minimize resource consumption, while adapting to a rapidly expanding customer base.
Another key focus area was the establishment of performance-focused teams. Tasked with conducting in-depth evaluations of the core system, these teams searched opportunities for possible optimizations. Their efforts ensured that the product remained at the forefront of performance and innovation in realizing the benefits of microservices architecture.
Outcomes
In addition to achieving the desired timelines for all product development and restructuring efforts, the performance team enhanced the platform’s overall efficiency by reducing the infrastructure and related tools by more than $20.000 monthly.
In terms of services provided, our comprehensive offerings included software development and performance review. From crafting innovative solutions to addressing performance improvements, our team’s expertise was instrumental in driving tangible results greater success for the platform. Whether it was developing cutting-edge features or fine-tuning system performance, our multifaceted approach ensured that our client’s needs were met with excellence and precision and that they were ultimately able to realize the benefits of microservices architecture.
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