Middleware for Octopus
Developing a custom middleware solution that ensures seamless data sync across Octopus Investments’ various systems and multiple environments, optimizing their backend architecture through efficient system integration.
• Mobile Development
• Back-End Development
• Python & Pipenv
• MySQL
• Jenkins
- Java Tech/Team Lead;
- 2 Java Developers;
- NodeJS Developer;
- DevOps
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About the Client
Octopus Ventures is one of Europe’s largest venture capital firms, headquartered in London and New York, with a global presence through partners in San Francisco, Singapore, and China. Their investments span from seed rounds of £350k to Series A checks of £25m, supporting global entrepreneurial growth and fostering digital transformation across their diverse portfolio.
Challenge
Rapid product expansion created a critical need to keep data consistent and up-to-date across disparate systems. Octopus required a real-time data solution to synchronize user profiles, product information, and directory data in real time, thereby eliminating stale or conflicting records.
Solution
Engine Development
Our team built a customizable middleware engine in Python, enabling integrations with databases, file stores, web services, and third-party APIs. This powerful bespoke software effectively automates two-way data synchronization across every endpoint, enhancing business automation within Octopus’s backend architecture.
Dedicated Test Environment
We replicated production infrastructure in a separate test environment on Jenkins, validating that all systems, data flows, and edge cases were thoroughly exercised before deployment.
Data Normalization & Management
Handled inconsistent data from multiple organizations by designing normalization pipelines. This ensured precise indexing and reliable synchronization across platforms like Active Directory, Slack, Confluence, and bespoke internal services.
Business
Value
The API-driven middleware solution became a cornerstone of their digital transformation. It eliminated outdated records, streamlined workflows, and ensured real-time data synchronization for all user and product data, dramatically boosting operational efficiency and minimizing manual reconciliation efforts through advanced business automation.
Our solution’s plugin-based design facilitated the easy onboarding of new systems and custom algorithms. This foresight effectively future-proofed Octopus’s data infrastructure, ensuring a scalable backend architecture ready for sustained growth.
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