APIs & backend services
REST and event-driven services, data models and integrations — designed for clear contracts, observability and graceful failure under load.
backend · automation · security
Backend systems
built to survive production.
We design and ship the APIs, services and automation that run behind your product — fast, observable, and secure by default. No magic, no throwaway code: infrastructure you can reason about.
- 99.9%
- uptime targets
- <100ms
- API latency budgets
- 0
- secrets in the repo
what we do
Backend, end to end.
From the first endpoint to the deploy pipeline that keeps it alive — the unglamorous parts that decide whether a product actually works.
Automation & integrations
We connect the systems you already run — payments, CRMs, internal tools — and automate the workflows that eat your team’s time.
Cloud & infrastructure
Reproducible deploys, infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines that ship safely. Boring on purpose, so on-call stays quiet.
Security engineering
Threat modeling, dependency hygiene and hardening baked into the build — not bolted on after an incident. Security-first is the default here.
stack
Proven tools, used well.
We pick boring, well-audited technology and reach for novelty only when it earns its keep. Every dependency is evaluated by its attack surface before its convenience.
Languages
- Go
- Rust
- TypeScript
- Python
- Node.js
Data
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- ClickHouse
- Kafka
- SQLite
Infra
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Cloudflare
- AWS
Observability
- OpenTelemetry
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Sentry
how we work
A calm, repeatable process.
Good backend work is mostly discipline. Ours is written down and applied the same way every time, so results don’t depend on luck.
- 01
Scope
We start with the goal, the constraints and the security sensitivity — not just the feature. A clear definition of done before any code.
- 02
Build
Atomic, reviewed changes on a GitFlow branch model. Inputs validated at every boundary, outputs sanitized. Tests as we go.
- 03
Ship
Automated pipelines: lint, tests, SAST and dependency audit on every change. Reproducible deploys with instant rollback.
- 04
Operate
Observability from day one. You get the dashboards, the runbooks and the documentation — not a black box you can’t maintain.
contact
Have a backend that needs building?
Tell us the goal and the constraints. We’ll tell you the shortest secure path to production — and whether we’re the right team for it.
root@underattack.shAvailable for new work