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Backend Architecture & API Engineering
We build the server-side foundations that enable applications to process information, enforce business rules, and communicate reliably with other systems.
Services
Software Security, Maintenance & Support
We support the continued evolution of software as business needs change, including troubleshooting, performance improvements, deployment assistance, and ongoing support.
What’s included
What this service covers
The main capabilities within software security, maintenance & support. The scope of each project is agreed with you during discovery.
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Feature development and enhancements
New capabilities added to software that is already in use.
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Application troubleshooting
Finding and resolving the cause of issues, not only the symptoms.
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Legacy workflow improvement
Updating older processes and tools so that they fit how the business works now.
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API and integration maintenance
Keeping connections to other systems working as those systems change.
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Performance improvements
Reviewing and improving how the software responds under everyday use.
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Deployment assistance and ongoing support
Help getting changes live, and continued support afterwards.
How we approach it
Practical engineering, shaped around you
We aim to understand the business problem first, then choose a solution that suits it and can be maintained.
- The original developers are no longer available
- The software has become slow, unreliable or hard to change
- An integration stopped working after a change elsewhere
- New features are needed on top of an existing application
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Understand what is running
We start by reviewing the existing software, its workflows and its integrations, so changes are made with context.
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Improve without disruption
Changes are planned so that existing workflows keep working while improvements are introduced.
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Security and reliability
Our approach to security and reliability is set out on our Security page.
Read about security
How we deliver
From first conversation to handover
We follow a structured development approach intended to keep project objectives, implementation, and delivery expectations aligned.
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Discovery & Requirements
We understand the business problem, intended users, existing systems, operational workflows, and desired outcomes.
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Solution Architecture & Planning
We define the proposed scope, key components, integration requirements, milestones, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
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Design & Engineering
We develop the application, backend services, integrations, and business logic according to the agreed requirements.
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Validation & Quality Assurance
We test implemented functionality, review integrations, resolve identified issues, and validate requirements against agreed acceptance criteria.
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Deployment & Handover
We coordinate deployment and provide the agreed deliverables and handover information.
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Maintenance & Evolution
Where included in the engagement, we support ongoing maintenance, issue resolution, and future improvements.
Questions
Common questions
Can you support software that someone else built?
We can review an existing application and, where it makes sense, support its maintenance and future improvements. The scope is agreed with you.
What does ongoing support cover?
Where included in the engagement, we support ongoing maintenance, issue resolution and future improvements. The exact arrangement is agreed by mutual consent.
Do you help with deployment?
Yes. Deployment assistance is one of our services, and deployment and handover are part of how every project is delivered.
Related services
Most projects draw on more than one area. These are the ones that most often go together.
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