Technology · Node.js

Node.js services
that stay responsive.

Event-driven backends, APIs and real-time features, JavaScript engineering applied to the server with production discipline.

See Node.js by the numbers
0

server-side JS since

Non-blocking

event-loop I/O model

1.8M+

shared npm packages

Real-time

workload specialty

Node.js logo
Frontend and backend, same language. Context-switching between stack halves simply disappears.

Why Node.js

Built for
many concurrent connections.

Node handles thousands of simultaneous connections on modest hardware because it never waits idly. That makes it excellent for APIs, chat, notifications and streaming, and a poor fit for CPU-heavy crunching. We deploy it exactly where those trade-offs favour you.

  • APIs & microservices
  • WebSockets / real-time
  • Shared JS full-stack
  • CLI & automation tools
  • Streaming workloads
  • Serverless functions

What we build

Six ways we build
with Node.js.

Each engagement shaped around your goals rather than a fixed package.

01

REST & GraphQL APIs

Documented service layers with validation and versioning from day one.

APIs
02

Real-time features

Live chat, presence, notifications over WebSockets at scale.

Real-time
03

Backend for mobile apps

Auth, sync and push infrastructure serving Flutter clients.

Mobile BaaS
04

Integration glue

Webhooks, queues and third-party APIs stitched reliably.

Integrations
05

Automation & CLIs

Build tools and operational scripts that save real hours.

Tooling
06

Performance audits

Event-loop blocking, memory leaks and N+1 calls hunted down.

Profiling

Production practice

Async by design,
not by accident.

Unhandled promise rejections and blocking loops sink Node services quietly. Our baseline: typed code, structured logging, graceful shutdowns and load tests proving the event loop stays flat under expected traffic.

Typed backendsTypeScript across the service layer.
Structured logsRequests traceable end to end.
Loop-safe handlersHeavy work offloaded properly.
Load-testedCapacity known before launch.

The ecosystem

Frameworks chosen
per problem shape.

Express simplicity, Nest structure, Fastify speed, picked deliberately, never fashionably.

Express NestJS Fastify Socket.IO Prisma BullMQ Jest PM2 Docker OpenAPI

Our process

Endpoints specified
like contracts.

APIs are promises; we write them down before implementing them.

01

Contract design

Routes, payloads and error shapes documented via OpenAPI.

Step 01
02

Data modelling

Storage and queue topology sized to traffic expectations.

Step 02
03

Build & test

Services delivered with integration tests hitting real endpoints.

Step 03
04

Load & launch

Bottlenecks removed under simulated peaks, then deployed monitored.

Step 04

Operational safety

Processes that
come back up.

Servers crash; good Node deployments assume it and recover automatically.

Health endpoints

Orchestrators restart what actually failed.

Secret management

Credentials outside code and repos.

Runbooks included

On-call engineers get answers upfront.

FAQ

Common questions.

Is Node.js right for CPU-heavy tasks?

Usually not. Image crunching or ML belongs elsewhere; we architect accordingly and honestly.

Can Node handle high traffic?

Yes for I/O-bound work, which covers most web APIs, when load-tested properly.

Express or NestJS?

Express for focused services, Nest when structure and DI earn their keep at scale.

Can you share code with our React app?

Yes, validation schemas and types commonly travel both directions.

How do you handle background jobs?

Queue workers via BullMQ-style stacks, retried and monitored, never fire-and-forget.

Do you deploy with Docker?

Typically yes: containerised builds keep environments identical from laptop to prod.

Let's talk

Need a backend
that keeps up?

Describe the workload and expected traffic; we will size an architecture that fits.

Email us