What we do
1. Performance-Critical Systems
Design and build software that handles high transaction volumes with consistently low latency and reliability. Relevant for financial platforms, billing systems, and multi-tenant SaaS applications where downtime or slow performance directly impacts revenue or regulatory obligations.
Key technologies: Java, Python, AWS Lambda, SQS, PostgreSQL, Redis
2. Cloud Architecture & Migration
Design scalable AWS solutions and migrate legacy systems to modern cloud infrastructure. Includes infrastructure planning, cost optimization, and gradual migration strategies that minimize business disruption.
Key technologies: AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, S3), Terraform, Docker
3. Performance Optimization
Address performance bottlenecks and reduce operational costs in existing applications. Work includes system profiling, efficiency improvements, memory management, and strategic re-architecting of underperforming components.
Key technologies: Java profiling tools, database optimization, caching strategies
Technical capabilities overview
Core Expertise:
Primary Stack: Java | Python | TypeScript | AWS | Terraform | PostgreSQL | MySQL | Docker | Linux
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How We Work
Engagement Style
Engagements are hands-on and engineering-led, typically working directly with in-house teams. We take ownership of complex or high-risk areas while ensuring knowledge transfer and long-term maintainability.
Project Delivery
End-to-end management from requirements through deployment. Projects include comprehensive testing (unit, integration, end-to-end, performance) appropriate for complex business rules. Post-delivery support is provided to ensure smooth integration and operational stability.
Expertise
Joseph Consulting brings over 20 years of commercial software development experience with a computer science engineering background. Deep expertise in performance-critical systems, cloud architecture, and complex integrations.
Extended Capabilities
Professional relationships with external specialists provide access to additional capabilities when projects require extended team support.
Security & Compliance
Security and compliance are treated as first-class concerns. We follow industry best practices for secure development, data classification, encryption, access control, and data retention. Ongoing training and awareness ensure security considerations are embedded throughout delivery.
TYPICAL ENGAGEMENTS
Joseph Consulting works with organizations where software reliability, performance, and scalability are business-critical.
Selected Experience
Disclaimer: Due to confidentiality agreements, client names are not disclosed.
Case Study1: Authentication Modernization
Summary: Zero-downtime migration to OAuth 2.1 with AWS Cognito, enabling SSO across multiple platforms.
Industry: SaaS Billing Platform
Challenge: Migrate multi-tenant SaaS application and sister BI platform from database-based authentication to AWS Cognito OAuth 2.1 while maintaining service continuity across both systems.
Solution:
Result: Successful migration with no service disruption. Enabled single sign-on across both platforms. Improved security posture and reduced authentication maintenance overhead.
Technologies: AWS Cognito, Lambda, Java, Spring, Python, Apache Superset, OAuth 2.1
Case Study 2: Memory Optimization
Summary: JVM and caching optimization reducing memory footprint by 85% and eliminating performance bottlenecks across multiple applications.
Industry: Enterprise Data Processing
Challenge: ETL engine loading millions of records experienced severe memory bloat from duplicate strings, causing frequent full garbage collections and performance degradation. Traditional caching strategies were also contributing to memory pressure.
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Result:
Technologies: Java, JVM tuning, G1GC, caching optimization
Case Study 3: Archive Generation at Scale
Summary: Redesigned archive generation to handle very large archives with hundreds of thousands of files without memory failures.
Industry: SaaS Billing Platform
Challenge: Billing product’s archiving component failed with memory errors when generating large archive files containing hundreds of thousands of documents. Time constraints and complex legacy codebase made extensive refactoring impractical.
Solution: Redesigned archiving module using parallel processing with thread pools and batch processing to manage memory efficiently. Implemented support for large file formats and optimized S3 fetch operations.
Result:
Technologies: Java, Apache Commons Compress, AWS S3
Case Study 4: Storage Infrastructure Migration
Summary: Migrated legacy storage infrastructure to cloud object storage, eliminating single points of failure and improving scalability.
Industry: SaaS Billing Platform
Challenge: Legacy billing system relied on network file storage creating a single point of failure, scaling difficulties, and continuous capacity monitoring requirements.
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Result:
Technologies: AWS S3, Java