PROJECT
GOALS
- Build a market-ready MVP.
- Enable international buying and selling of products with support for logistics and documentation.
- Design a scalable architecture to support long-term product growth.
- Provide secure infrastructure that meets industry best practices.
- Deliver the MVP on a tight schedule, with transparent delivery and full code ownership.
SOLUTIONS
- Discovery: A comprehensive discovery phase and implementation approach.
- Web-Based Marketplace Platform: Allowed buyers to browse product listings, request and negotiate quotes, place orders, and upload/download necessary documents.
- Admin Panel: Built using Retool (low-code), it enabled order processing, product management via CSV import, and customer data administration.
- Scalable Infrastructure: Built on AWS using Terraform and Serverless frameworks with robust security, including WAF, Shield, VPN access controls, and encrypted S3 document storage.
- Performance & Reliability: Zero-downtime deployments, auto-scaling capabilities, and monitoring through AWS CloudWatch and Sentry.
- CI/CD & DevOps: GitLab pipelines ensured consistent deployment and delivery practices with development and test environments.
TECHNOLOGIES
- Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React
- Backend: Python
- Low-Code: Retool
- Infrastructure: AWS (VPC, EC2, S3, CloudFront, EKS, Lambda, RDS, Serverless)
- DevOps: Sentry, AWS CloudWatch, Terraform
- CI/CD: GitLab
- Security: ISO 27001 standards, WAF, Shield, VPN restrictions
RESULTS
- Ready-to-launch MVP delivered within the scheduled timeline, supporting product browsing, quoting, order management, and document uploads.
- Secure and scalable infrastructure prepared for rapid user growth, with an architecture capable of handling up to 50 million products and thousands of concurrent users.
- Improved operational efficiency for the client through an easy-to-use admin panel and automated deployment processes.
- Full transparency and collaboration maintained through Scrum-based delivery.