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A backend you can launch, sell and raise money on, with the security work already done.
Most teams treat security as a test at the end. By then, the expensive decisions about auth, data and infrastructure are already made. Secure Build puts those decisions on the table first, then builds against them.
What you gain
Launch on a backend that passes customer and investor security questions the first time
No costly rewrite later: auth, logging and infrastructure are right from the start
Code your team owns and understands, with documentation and a proper handover
Evidence of a pre-launch security test to show partners and regulators
Who it is for
- Funded startups that need a production backend, not a prototype that gets rewritten later
- Fintechs integrating mobile money, cards or bank rails who will face a regulator's questions
- SMEs moving a manual process onto software for the first time
What we cover
- Threat model of the system before any code is written
- API and service design, with the data model and integration plan
- Authentication, authorisation and session handling built to OWASP ASVS
- Structured logging, audit trails and alerting on security events
- CI pipeline with dependency, secrets and static analysis scanning
- Infrastructure as code on AWS, with least-privilege IAM
- A security test of the finished system before launch
Questions clients ask
Do we own the code?
Yes. Everything is written in your repository from day one and assigned to you on payment.
Which stacks do you build in?
Node.js with NestJS, Go and Python on AWS. We pick based on your team's ability to maintain it, not our preference.
Can you work with our existing developers?
Yes, and we recommend it. Pairing with your team is how the system stays maintainable after we leave.
What happens after launch?
Most clients move to a Platform care retainer for hosting, patching and monitoring. It is optional.
Often paired with
Further reading
Tell us what you are building or worried about.
A 20-minute call is enough to know whether we can help and what it would involve. No pitch deck.