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Database design and management

Make your data easier to trust.

Design SQL or NoSQL data models around how your product actually works. Address integrity, query behavior and the changes your next release needs.

Overview

Database design and management shapes how your product stores, retrieves and protects its data. Our team works on schemas, queries, migrations and operational routines so data remains useful as the product changes.

What we work on

  • Map entities, access patterns and data constraints.
  • Design schemas, indexes and safe migration steps.
  • Review backup, recovery and performance requirements.

What you receive

  • Documented data model
  • Migration and indexing plan
  • Query and recovery recommendations

What shapes the cost?

Data model complexity, query tuning, data volume, migration risk and operational support.

What shapes the timeline?

Assessment, schema changes and migration are planned separately. Large or sensitive migrations need rehearsal, validation and an agreed recovery approach.

What to bring to the first conversation

Schema or data model, slow queries, expected data growth, backup arrangements and migration constraints.

Selected work

Experience behind the service

GrowthDay: source portfolio visual
Product engineering

Engineering for a platform that grew to 400K+ users.

Growing a personal development platform meant rebuilding its frontend, improving mobile checkout and giving the enterprise product room to grow.

400K+ Platform users
+9% Checkout conversion improvement

FAQ

Before we get started.

Can you improve an existing database?

Yes. We review the current model, slow queries and operating constraints before proposing changes or migrations.

SQL vs. NoSQL: which database is right for us?

Start with your data relationships, query patterns, consistency needs and operating constraints. Relational and non-relational databases solve different problems; neither is automatically faster or more scalable for every workload.

Can you migrate our database without downtime?

Downtime requirements need to be assessed against the source, target and application architecture. Our team can scope approaches to reduce interruption, but a zero-downtime commitment requires a verified migration plan.

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