
SIBB e.V. // Adalan AI
100% Remote
Software Architecture Consulting for Adalan AI
Software Architect and Consultant
May 2023 - May 2023
1 months
Freelance
Project work
100% Remote
Case context
Overview
Adalan AI needed early technical direction for a SaaS platform around AI risk assessment. I advised on architecture design, technology selection, and product strategy for a growing AI startup.
Emphasis on scalable architecture with React/TypeScript, AWS infrastructure, and MongoDB for flexible data structures. Product strategy and UI/UX advisory for a better user experience in AI risk assessment.
Responsibility
Activities
- Technical Advisory: Architecture design, technology selection, scalability planning
- Product Strategy: UI/UX design, user experience, feature planning
- Startup Consulting: Developer hiring, outsourcing strategies, budget planning
- AWS Architecture: Lambda, RDS, SNS, API Gateway, CloudWatch integration
- Development Setup: React/TypeScript, MongoDB, Auth0, Tailwind CSS
- Engineering practice: Code quality, test strategy, deployment paths, and maintainable team capability
Operating mode
Methodology
- Decision-oriented advisory: Break architecture, technology selection, and product strategy down into concrete next steps
- Software engineering focus: Clarify system boundaries, developer profiles, test strategy, and maintainability early
- Product strategy: Check UI/UX, user experience, and feature scope against the core AI risk assessment value
- Startup guidance: Make hiring, budget, and scaling options visible as investment decisions
- Technical foundation: Recommend a SaaS architecture that can support AI-risk workflows without overloading the early product with complexity
Technical context
Technology stack
The tools are not the point by themselves. What matters is which system layers had to work together.
7Areas
19Technologies
Frontend
4ReactTypeScriptJavaScriptTailwind CSS
Backend
4Node.jsAuthenticationUser ManagementAPI Gateway
Databases & Storage
3MongoDBDatabase DesignAWS RDS
Architecture
3Flexible Data StructuresArchitecture DesignScalability Planning
DevOps
3AWS LambdaAWS SAMCloudWatch
Messaging & Event Streaming
1AWS SNS
Data & AI
1Auth0
Next step
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