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⚙️ Operations · SaaS

FlowOps — Business Automation System

A custom automation system that connects the client's tools, syncs data and runs scheduled workflows — removing hours of repetitive manual work.

Timeline
4 weeks
Role
Backend & integrations
Team
Lead engineer
Year
2025
Node.jsTypeScriptPostgreSQLRedisBullMQ
⚙️
FlowOps

−25h

Manual work / week

99.9%

Job success

12

Tools connected

Client goals

  • Connect disparate tools
  • Run reliable scheduled jobs
  • Remove manual data entry

Project overview

FlowOps connects the client's tools and runs scheduled, reliable workflows — turning hours of manual copying and data entry into automated jobs.

The client problem

Our solution

A queue-backed automation engine (BullMQ + Redis) with idempotent jobs, retries and a run dashboard — connecting 12 tools with two-way sync.

What we built

Features

🔗

Integrations

Two-way sync across 12 tools.

Scheduled jobs

Reliable cron-style workflows.

🔁

Retries

Idempotent jobs with backoff.

📊

Run dashboard

Visibility into every job.

🔔

Alerts

Failure notifications.

Under the hood

Technical code

app/api/projects/route.ts
TypeScript
import { db } from "@/lib/db"; export async function GET() {  const items = await db.project.findMany({    where: { status: "active" },    select: { id: true, name: true, updatedAt: true },    orderBy: { updatedAt: "desc" },    take: 50,  });  return Response.json(items);}
lib/schemas.ts
TypeScript
import { z } from "zod"; export const orderSchema = z.object({  items: z.array(z.object({ id: z.string(), qty: z.number().int().positive() })),  email: z.string().email(),  total: z.number().int().positive(),}); export type OrderInput = z.infer<typeof orderSchema>;

Integrations

APIs & services

BullMQ

Reliable background job queue.

Redis

Queue backend and locks.

Resend

Failure and summary alerts.

Webhooks

Inbound/outbound tool sync.

Process

Development workflow

  1. 1

    Discovery

    Goals, users and success metrics defined on a free call.

  2. 2

    Planning

    Fixed scope, milestone plan and timeline in writing.

  3. 3

    UI/UX design

    Wireframes and a clean, modern design system.

  4. 4

    Backend setup

    Database schema, auth and core services.

  5. 5

    API development

    Typed, documented endpoints and integrations.

  6. 6

    Frontend

    Responsive, accessible UI wired to the API.

  7. 7

    Testing

    QA across devices plus performance & security checks.

  8. 8

    Deployment

    CI/CD, monitoring and a smooth production launch.

  9. 9

    Support

    Ongoing maintenance, updates and new features.

Speed & SEO

Performance & SEO

Performance

  • Server-side & static rendering for instant first paint
  • Image optimisation and lazy loading
  • Code-splitting and route-level prefetching
  • Edge/CDN caching with smart revalidation
  • Green Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, INP)
  • Database indexing and query tuning

SEO

  • Per-page metadata, canonical URLs and Open Graph
  • Structured data (JSON-LD) for rich results
  • Programmatic sitemap & robots
  • Semantic, accessible HTML
  • Clean, descriptive slug URLs

Built secure

Security

🔒Session-based auth with role permissions
🔒Server-side authorization on every protected route
🔒Input validation (Zod) on client and server
🔒Secure payments via hosted Checkout (no card data stored)
🔒Rate limiting and abuse protection
🔒Encrypted secrets and least-privilege access

Outcome

Results & impact

−25h

Manual work / week

99.9%

Job success

12

Tools connected

FlowOps removed ~25 hours of manual work per week at 99.9% job reliability, connecting 12 tools into one automated flow.