Containerized Java and Python services that implement the agreed API contracts — delivered on infrastructure as code, with automated pipelines and observability built in.
Backend services were hard to change and operate, ran on hand-built environments, and offered little visibility into their health. The aim was services engineered for maintainability, running on a reproducible, code-defined platform.
Each service implements its OpenAPI contract, owns a single primary datastore accessed only through its API, and is delivered through automated pipelines. The service PLDC stays the team's own, but compatible with the API lifecycle.
Representative reference architecture from the NovasIQ engineering practice, illustrating how we approach this pattern. It reflects standard, proven engineering practice — and the API reference architecture in the source material — rather than a specific named client engagement, and outcomes are described qualitatively. Industry figures are drawn from public research: Postman, MuleSoft and Stack Overflow.