Case study 01 · Current employer · 2026 – Present
Enterprise Manufacturing Platform
A manufacturing operations platform that connects product lifecycle, production planning and ERP workflows — designed as event-driven microservices around a single system of record.
Senior Software Engineer & Solution ArchitectDetails generalized for confidentiality
The problem
Manufacturing operations need product lifecycle, planning, production, materials, costing, WIP and quality workflows to stay connected with each other and with the enterprise systems the business already runs on.
Architecture
- 01Service-oriented backend with a relational system of record and caching
- 02Event-driven messaging between production, planning and analytics services
- 03ERP and commerce integrations isolated behind a dedicated integration layer
- 04Architecture prepared for device telemetry and AI-assisted planning
Operations consoleWeb app
Shop-floor appTablet · desktop
Sales channelsCommerce
Device telemetryProduction data
Core platform servicesMicroservices · REST
Integration layerCommerce sync
Event busMessage queues
DatabaseSystem of record
CacheLow-latency reads
ERPIntegration
Analytics & AIPlanning insights
Third-party systemsEnterprise apps
Step through how a request moves through this system.
What I owned
- 01Designed the overall platform architecture
- 02Designed the microservices, database, API and messaging architecture
- 03Designed planning, production, materials, costing, WIP and quality workflows
- 04Designed the ERP and commerce integration layer
- 05Designed AI-ready data and event-driven architecture
Outcome
The technical foundation for an integrated platform connecting product lifecycle, manufacturing, planning, materials and enterprise systems — ready for telemetry and AI-assisted decisions.
Stack
- .NET
- C#
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Message queues
- Containers
- Next.js
- React