What we do
Services That Cover the Full Technology Journey
From early-stage consultation through architecture, delivery, cloud operations, and ongoing team capacity — MicroClouds offers seven connected service areas that can be engaged independently or combined into a single initiative.
01 · Advisory
Technology Consultation
Before committing engineering effort, it helps to know you're solving the right problem. Our consultation engagements bring structured discovery and experienced technical judgment to decisions that are otherwise easy to get wrong — whether that's choosing a platform, prioritizing a roadmap, or diagnosing why a system has become hard to change.
We work directly with technical and business stakeholders to produce assessments and plans that are grounded in your actual constraints, not generic best practice.
- Discovery workshops with technical and business stakeholders
- Technical assessments of existing systems and codebases
- Modernization and technology roadmap planning
- Architecture reviews and second-opinion evaluations
- Platform and vendor evaluation
- Engineering strategy and team practice recommendations
02 · Design
Solution Architecture
Good architecture is the difference between a system that adapts to change and one that fights it. We design systems that are scalable, secure, and resilient by construction — balancing performance and cost against the constraints you actually operate under.
This includes architecture for greenfield builds as well as designing the path forward for systems that need to evolve without a disruptive rewrite.
Cloud architecture
Design for Azure and AWS environments, sized to real workloads.
Integration architecture
APIs and event flows that connect systems cleanly.
Distributed systems
Patterns for consistency, scale, and fault tolerance.
Security by design
Threat-aware architecture from the first diagram.
Resilience
Systems designed to degrade gracefully, not catastrophically.
Performance
Architecture decisions tested against real load expectations.
03 · Build
Custom Software Development
When the right answer is a purpose-built application, we deliver it end to end — backend systems, web platforms, and mobile applications engineered to fit how your business actually works, not the shape of a generic template.
We also take on internal tools and integrations that off-the-shelf software doesn't cover well, and modernization work that carries an existing platform onto a more maintainable foundation.
- Complete application delivery, from design through deployment
- Backend systems and data services
- Web platforms and customer-facing applications
- Mobile applications for iOS and Android
- Internal business tools and workflow systems
- Third-party integrations and legacy platform modernization
04 · Operate
Cloud and DevOps
Software only creates value once it's running reliably in production. We build cloud infrastructure and delivery pipelines on Azure and AWS — including containerized workloads on Kubernetes and AKS — so that deployment is automated, repeatable, and observable rather than a manual, high-risk event.
Our work here covers the full operational lifecycle: environment design, deployment strategy, and the monitoring that tells you a system is actually healthy.
05 · Connect
APIs and Microservices
Systems rarely work in isolation. We design and build APIs and domain-driven services that let applications integrate cleanly, evolve independently, and hold up under real usage — including the asynchronous messaging and caching layers that keep distributed systems fast and consistent.
Whether you need a single well-designed REST service or an integration platform connecting several systems, the goal is the same: clear boundaries, secure communication, and interfaces that are pleasant to build against.
- API design and REST service development
- Domain-driven service decomposition
- Integration platforms connecting internal and external systems
- Asynchronous messaging and event-driven communication
- Caching and performance optimization
- Secure, authenticated service-to-service communication
06 · Automate
AI Solutions and Automation
Applied thoughtfully, AI removes repetitive work and adds real leverage inside existing workflows. We help teams integrate AI capabilities into their applications and processes — intelligent assistants, retrieval-based experiences over your own content, and automation that takes manual steps off people's plates.
We approach this pragmatically: identifying where AI genuinely improves an outcome, integrating it responsibly, and being clear about its limits.
- AI-enabled workflow and process automation
- Intelligent assistants embedded in existing applications
- Retrieval-based experiences over internal content and data
- Integration of AI capabilities into current systems
- Responsible, transparent use of AI in production
07 · Extend your team
IT Staffing and Staff Augmentation
Sometimes the gap isn't strategy or design — it's capacity. We provide flexible access to experienced technology professionals who can integrate into your existing team or take on a defined body of work as a standalone unit.
Engagements can take a few shapes depending on what you need: an individual placement to fill a specific skills gap, a project team assembled around a defined scope of work, or specialized short-term consulting brought in to unblock a particular initiative.
- Software engineers
- Technical leads
- Solution architects
- Cloud and DevOps engineers
- Quality engineers
- Business and systems analysts
Not sure where to start
Let's Match the Right Service to Your Situation
Tell us what you're working with — a new idea, an aging platform, or a team that needs more capacity — and we'll help you find the right way to engage.