Backend engineering that holds up under real load
We build the APIs, services, and data pipelines behind your product - in Rust, Python, Go, and Node, on PostgreSQL and Redis. Designed for the load you actually expect and shipped to production. The same engineering behind our own products, pointed at yours.
From a single API to a multi-service backend
Whatever sits behind your product - the API, the data, the integrations - we design and build it to take real traffic. Here is what the work covers.
- REST & GraphQL APIs
- Well-versioned, documented APIs your web, mobile, and partner clients can build on - with auth, validation, and sensible error contracts.
- Microservices & service architecture
- Services split along real boundaries, with messaging, queues, and contracts that keep them independent instead of tangled.
- Databases & data modeling
- Schema design, indexing, and migrations on PostgreSQL, with Redis for caching and queues - tuned so reads and writes stay fast as you grow.
- Data pipelines & ETL
- Ingestion, transformation, and scheduling that move data between systems reliably, with retries and observability built in.
- Auth, billing & integrations
- Authentication, payments, webhooks, and third-party APIs wired in correctly - the plumbing that production software actually depends on.
- Performance, scaling & reliability
- Profiling, caching, and horizontal scaling, plus the logging, metrics, and alerts that keep the system honest under real traffic.
Common places a solid backend earns its keep first
- Public API - a clean, documented surface partners and clients can build on
- Mobile & web backend - the services and data layer behind your app
- Service split - breaking a monolith into independent services
- Data pipelines - moving and transforming data between systems reliably
- Integrations - payments, auth, webhooks, and third-party APIs wired in
- Scaling - profiling and re-architecting a backend that buckles under load
Design for the load, then build it right
Map the system
We pin down the data, the load, and the contracts - what the backend has to do and what it has to talk to - before writing code.
Design the architecture
Services, schema, and interfaces chosen for the load you actually expect, not a diagram that looks impressive.
Build & integrate
Ship the services with tests, migrations, and the auth and integrations wired into your stack.
Harden & operate
Add logging, metrics, and alerts, load-test the hot paths, and tune until it holds up in production.
We run production backends - our own, every day
We don't build backends from a slide deck. These are products we built and run ourselves, with the APIs, data, and integrations to back them - the same engineering we bring to yours.
Common questions
- What are backend development services?
- Backend development services build the server side of an application - the APIs, services, databases, and data pipelines that power a web or mobile front end, partner integrations, or internal tools. In practice that means designing the data model, writing the services and endpoints, wiring in auth, payments, and third-party APIs, and making sure the whole thing stays fast and reliable under real production load.
- Which languages and databases do you use?
- We build backends in Rust, Python, Go, and Node, and pick the right one for the job - Rust and Go where performance and concurrency matter, Python and Node where speed of iteration and ecosystem win. On the data side we default to PostgreSQL for the primary store and Redis for caching and queues, and integrate other stores when the workload calls for it.
- Can you build just the API or backend?
- Yes. A backend or API is a common standalone engagement - we deliver the services, data model, and integrations against a frontend your own team builds, or against partner clients. We document the API and hand over something your engineers can extend, rather than a black box.
- Do you handle scaling and reliability?
- Yes. Scaling and reliability are core to the work, not an afterthought. We profile the hot paths, add caching and horizontal scaling where it pays off, and put logging, metrics, and alerts in place so problems surface early. We run our own products in production, so this is the same discipline we apply to our own systems.
- Can you join our existing team?
- Yes. We can drop into your existing team and codebase as backend engineers for the engagement, working within your conventions and process, or take a piece of the system end to end and hand it back documented. Whichever fits how you want to work.
- How much does backend development cost?
- It depends on scope. A focused API or a single service integrated into an existing system is a small, fixed engagement; a multi-service backend with data pipelines, integrations, and scaling work costs more. We scope the system first and give you a fixed, itemized quote, so you know the cost before the build starts.
What does your backend need to do?
Tell us what you're building and the load you expect - we'll map the architecture and scope it, no obligation.