Toptal helps leading restaurant chain modernize computing infrastructure while reducing costs.
The company enlisted Toptal talent to help upgrade their infrastructure, enhancing the experience and performance of internal teams, while addressing security vulnerabilities.
Client
A U.S.-based fast-casual restaurant brand specializing in salads and seasonal bowls focused on fresh, healthy ingredients.
Employees
Industry
HospitalityDelivered Services
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The client’s infrastructure code was distributed in a disorganized way, with varied repositories and coding languages. This resulted in an inefficient developer experience, significant time lost for the development team, lagging application performance, and potential security issues. In turn, this suboptimal infrastructure led to oversubscription of Amazon Web Services and increased costs.
Solution
Bringing in DevOps expertise
The company turned to Toptal for a DevOps engineer with experience in AWS to help revamp their computing infrastructure. The engineer leveraged advanced expertise in AWS ECS, Terraform, and IaC frameworks to deploy scalable services and solutions.
Optimizing cloud infrastructure
The Toptal engineer went beyond cleaning up the company’s computing infrastructure and optimizing all of their AWS services. They implemented the latest AWS ECS solutions, using Datadog to help bolster security and monitoring while preventing deployment of faulty code.
Outcome
Improved performance and efficiency
After implementing the advanced AWS ECS solution, the company saw improved application performance, heightened security, a 23% decrease in costs, and an estimated 20% increase in time saved. The scalable infrastructure dynamically adjusts services based on demand, optimizing performance and minimizing AWS expenses.
A refined customer experience
The improved security protects client-facing apps from issues that would impact functionality, while scalable infrastructure enables future expansion to accommodate a growing user base. These upgrades have all led to a smoother user experience, which has been reflected in consistent 4.5+ app ratings in both Google and Apple stores.
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