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title: "Database Design & Optimization"
description: "Scalable database solutions"
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# Database Design & Optimization

Efficient database architectures for optimal performance

A well-designed database architecture is the foundation of every successful application. We design, implement, and optimize database solutions with enterprise-grade security, high availability, and CI/CD-integrated migration pipelines. From relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) through NoSQL solutions (MongoDB, Redis) to modern cloud databases – including encryption, RBAC, observability, and tested backup/restore processes.

## Perfect For



Perfect for companies struggling with performance issues, wanting to modernize their data architecture, or starting a new application with a solid data foundation. Particularly relevant for data-intensive applications, SaaS platforms, and fast-growing startups with compliance requirements.

## Benefits



- Optimized schema design for performance and scalability

- Proper indexing strategy with query profiling and SLOs

- Encryption at rest & in transit (TLS 1.3, AES-256)

- RBAC and least-privilege access control

- High availability: Multi-AZ, read replicas, automatic failover

- Backup strategy with regular restore tests (not just backups)

- CI/CD for migrations (Prisma/Flyway) with rollback strategies

- Query performance monitoring and alerting (SLOs)

- Audit logging and PII handling for GDPR compliance

- Cost and capacity planning for cloud databases

## How we work on it

- Sprint — 4 weeks · fixed price after scoping: Four weeks on one goal, with something that runs at the end.
- Build & Support — after scoping, ongoing · fixed price after scoping; support billed monthly: We build the project out and stay alongside you once it is live.

### Included

- Analysis of data sources, query patterns and expected growth
- Data model and schema with indexes, constraints and access rights
- Choice of the right database (relational, document or vector)
- Migration scripts and load testing with realistic data volumes
- Backup and recovery concept plus documentation

### Not included

- Ongoing database administration after the 30 days of bug fixing (optional via Build & Support)
- Business-level clean-up of contradictory legacy data without your decision
- Licence and hosting costs for database or cloud services

### How it runs

- **W1 — Analysis & requirements**: We capture data sources, query patterns, data protection requirements and expected growth.
- **W2 — Model & schema**: Draft of the data model, review with your team and definition of indexes and access rights.
- **W3-4 — Migration & handover**: Migration scripts, load test, backup concept and documentation; followed by 30 days of bug fixing.