Cloud & Platform
Find bottlenecks with evidence and design for the traffic the business expects to earn.
Prepare applications for high traffic and growth through profiling, testing, optimization and scalable architecture.
Connected capabilities
Performance & Scalability Engineering built around the operating context.
Cloud and platform engineering should make software easier to deploy, operate and scale. Fuchsius combines cloud architecture, DevOps, platform engineering, SRE and performance engineering around the needs of the applications they support.
For performance & scalability engineering, we begin by understanding the business objective, users, current technology, dependencies and constraints. The delivery model is then shaped around the parts of the service that are actually needed rather than forcing a fixed package.
Architecture, quality, security, deployment and ownership are considered together so the result can move into production and remain supportable after launch.
When this service is useful
Deployments depend on manual steps or individual knowledge.
Cloud environments have become expensive or inconsistent.
Teams spend too much time managing infrastructure instead of products.
Production behavior is difficult to observe.
Scaling and resilience problems appear only after traffic grows.
What we aim to improve
Repeatable and safer deployments
Better reliability and observability
Faster environment provisioning
Improved scalability and performance
Clearer cloud cost and operational ownership
Measures should be agreed during discovery and tied to the specific business and technical baseline.
Capabilities
Performance Engineering
Performance Engineering can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Performance Testing
Performance Testing can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Load Testing
Load Testing can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Stress Testing
Stress Testing can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Scalability Testing
Scalability Testing can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Capacity Testing
Capacity Testing can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Performance Optimization
Performance Optimization can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Application Optimization
Application Optimization can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Database Optimization
Database Optimization can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
API Optimization
API Optimization can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Frontend Performance Optimization
Frontend Performance Optimization can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Backend Performance Optimization
Backend Performance Optimization can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Cloud Performance Optimization
Cloud Performance Optimization can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
High Traffic Architecture
High Traffic Architecture can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Autoscaling Architecture
Autoscaling Architecture can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Caching Strategy
Caching Strategy can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
CDN Integration
CDN Integration can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Database Scaling
Database Scaling can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Horizontal Scaling
Horizontal Scaling can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Vertical Scaling
Vertical Scaling can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Distributed Caching
Distributed Caching can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
High Availability Engineering
High Availability Engineering can be included when it supports the goals, architecture and operating requirements of the engagement.
Our approach
How Fuchsius approaches the work
- 01
Discover
Clarify the objective, users, workflows, current systems, data, dependencies, risks and success criteria.
- 02
Design
Define the target experience, architecture, integration, data, security and delivery approach.
- 03
Build
Implement in reviewable increments with engineering quality, testing and automation built into the work.
- 04
Validate & Launch
Test the system technically and operationally, prepare migration/deployment and move into production with clear ownership.
- 05
Operate & Improve
Monitor production behavior, support users and systems, and use evidence to guide the next changes.
Deliverables
Typical deliverables
- Cloud/platform architecture
- Infrastructure as code
- CI/CD
- Observability
- Security controls
- Runbooks
- Performance baseline
- Operational dashboards
Technology
Technology is selected for fit, not for the logo wall.
Relevant tools and platforms vary by architecture, security, scale, existing standards and team capability.
Cloud Platform
Amazon Web Services
Cloud Platform
Microsoft Azure
Cloud Platform
Google Cloud
Edge/Network Platform
Cloudflare
Operating System
Linux
Web/Proxy Server
Nginx
Container Platform
Docker
Container Orchestration
Kubernetes
CI/CD
GitHub Actions
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform
Observability Standard
OpenTelemetry
Monitoring
Prometheus
A technology appearing here means it may be relevant to this service; it does not automatically imply certified expertise or official vendor partnership.
FAQ
Common questions
What does Fuchsius include in Performance & Scalability Engineering?
Can Performance & Scalability Engineering work with our existing systems?
Do we need complete requirements before starting?
How do you choose the technology stack?
Can Fuchsius support the service after launch?
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