Background

Cloud-Native Development

ClickMasters builds cloud-native applications for B2B companies across the USA, Europe, Canada, and Australia. 12-factor applications that run in containers, scale horizontally, and deploy without downtime. Microservices architectures on ECS Fargate that scale each service independently. Kubernetes deployments for organisations that need the full container orchestration platform. Event-driven architectures on SQS/SNS/EventBridge for loosely coupled, resilient services.

12-Factor App Design
ECS Fargate Microservices
Kubernetes (EKS)
Event-Driven Architecture
Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd)
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Cloud-Native Development

Cloud-Native Principles 12-Factor in Practice

  • Stateless services: Application state stored in managed services (RDS, ElastiCache, DynamoDB) never on container filesystem. Any container instance can handle any request. Enables horizontal scaling.
  • Config via environment: All configuration (database URLs, API keys, feature flags) injected as environment variables never hardcoded. AWS Secrets Manager for secrets, SSM Parameter Store for non-sensitive config.
  • Immutable infrastructure: Container images built once and promoted through environments unchanged. No SSH, no manual changes on running instances.
  • Health checks & graceful shutdown: Every service exposes /health/ready and /health/live. ECS Fargate/K8s use these to route traffic and replace unhealthy instances. Graceful shutdown: on SIGTERM, service finishes in-flight requests before exiting no dropped connections.
  • Observability from day one: Structured JSON logging (Pino/structlog → CloudWatch), OpenTelemetry distributed tracing (W3C Trace Context), Prometheus metrics (counters, histograms, gauges → Grafana).
  • Automated deployment: No manual deployments. GitHub Actions on merge to main: build → test → push to ECR → update ECS task definition → rolling update (zero-downtime).
  • Loose coupling: Services communicate via well-defined APIs (REST/gRPC) or event queues (SQS, SNS, EventBridge) never by sharing a database.

ECS Fargate vs Kubernetes (EKS) Which Should You Choose?

ECS Fargate is simpler and sufficient for most B2B products. It runs containerised applications without requiring you to manage EC2 nodes (Fargate manages the underlying compute you define the task and Fargate runs it). ECS is deeply integrated with AWS services (ALB, ACM, Secrets Manager, IAM) and has less operational overhead. Choose ECS Fargate when: your team is not already Kubernetes-experienced, your application is a standard web service/API/background worker, and you want the lowest possible operational overhead. Choose EKS (Kubernetes) when: you need advanced traffic management (canary deployments, blue-green with fine-grained traffic splitting), your team has existing Kubernetes expertise, you need to run the same workload on multiple clouds, or you require Kubernetes-specific tooling (Helm charts, custom operators). ClickMasters uses ECS Fargate as default for new builds and EKS for organisations with specific Kubernetes requirements.

What we deliver

Cloud-Native Development Services We Deliver

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ClickMasters operates as a full-stack cloud-native development partner — product strategy, UI/UX, engineering, cloud infrastructure, QA, and ongoing support in one delivery model.

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ECS Fargate Deployment

AWS ECS Fargate (primary container platform): Dockerise application (multi-stage builds), push to ECR, ECS Task Definition (CPU/memory, env vars, health check), ECS Service (desired count, auto-scaling), ALB (target groups, health checks), rolling deployment (zero-downtime). No EC2 fleet to manage pay per task-second.

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Kubernetes (EKS)

Amazon EKS for full Kubernetes platform: cluster provisioning (EKS managed node groups or Fargate profiles), Kubernetes manifests (Deployment, Service, Ingress, HPA), Helm charts for packaging, Cluster Autoscaler / Karpenter (auto node provisioning), NGINX Ingress Controller (L7 routing, TLS, rate limiting), cert-manager (automatic TLS certificates).

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Event-Driven Architecture

Loosely coupled services via events: SQS (message queuing DLQ, visibility timeout), SNS + SQS fan-out (one event → multiple consumers), EventBridge (event bus with filtering rules route to Lambda/SQS/Step Functions based on event content), Step Functions (state machine orchestration for multi-step workflows).

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Service Mesh Implementation

Service-to-service communication, observability, and security: AWS App Mesh (AWS-native mutual TLS, traffic shifting, tracing), Istio (full-featured OSS mesh for EKS Envoy sidecar, Kiali visualisation), Linkerd (lightweight lower overhead, mTLS by default). Eliminates need to implement retries, timeouts, circuit breakers in application code.

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Auto-Scaling & Capacity

Scale to zero or millions: ECS Service Auto Scaling (CPU/memory/custom metrics), EKS Cluster Autoscaler (scale EC2 nodes based on pending pods), Karpenter (next-generation node provisioning faster than Cluster Autoscaler, bin-packing, Spot integration), AWS Lambda (scales from 0 to thousands automatically).

Why choose us

Why Companies Choose ClickMasters

05 advantages

We combine architecture discipline, transparent delivery, and long-term partnership — so your investment translates into measurable business results, not just shipped code.

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7 Cloud-Native Principles

Stateless services, config via env, immutable infra, health checks, observability from day one, automated deployment, loose coupling | Basic: Containerised monolith (not truly cloud-native)

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ECS Fargate vs EKS Guide

Fargate for simplicity (no node management), EKS for advanced traffic management (Istio, canary) | Basic: One-size recommendation

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Event-Driven Architecture

SQS/SNS/EventBridge/Step Functions loosely coupled, resilient, scalable independently | Basic: Synchronous API calls only (tight coupling)

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Service Mesh (App Mesh/Istio/Linkerd)

Infrastructure-layer retries, timeouts, circuit breakers, mTLS no application code changes | Basic: Code-based retries (duplicated across services)

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Karpenter

Next-gen node provisioning bin-packing optimisation, Spot integration, faster than Cluster Autoscaler | Basic: Cluster Autoscaler only (slower, less efficient)

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Our Process

How We Deliver Cloud-Native Development

A clear, structured approach — so you always know what happens next and why.

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Cloud-Native Architecture Review

Current stack audit (monolith vs microservices, state management, deployment process), 12-factor gap analysis, containerisation candidate identification, migration sequencing. Deliverable: Cloud-Native Architecture + Roadmap.

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Dockerise + ECS Fargate Deployment

Dockerfile (multi-stage builds), push to ECR, ECS Task Definition, ALB, auto-scaling, CloudWatch logging, CI/CD (GitHub Actions). Deliverable: Containerised Application on ECS Fargate.

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Event-Driven Architecture

SQS (queues, DLQ, visibility timeout), SNS + SQS fan-out, EventBridge (event bus, rules), Step Functions (state machine for complex workflows). Deliverable: Event-Driven Integration Layer.

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Observability & Monitoring

Structured JSON logging (Pino/structlog → CloudWatch), Prometheus metrics (counters, histograms, gauges → Grafana dashboards), OpenTelemetry traces (W3C Trace Context → X-Ray/Jaeger), alerting (PagerDuty). Deliverable: Full Observability Stack.

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Technology Stack

Modern tools we use to build scalable, secure applications.

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Deep expertise across various sectors with tailored solutions

Monolith to Microservices

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Pricing

Cloud-Native Development Development Pricing

Transparent pricing tailored to your business needs

Cloud-Native Architecture Review

Perfect for businesses that need cloud-native architecture review solutions

$4,000 – $8,000

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Package Includes

  • Timeline: 1 - 2 weeks
  • Best For: Current stack audit, cloud-native roadmap, migration sequencing
  • Budget Range: 4,000 - 8,000 AUD
  • Dedicated Project Manager
  • Quality Assurance Testing
  • Documentation & Training

Dockerise + ECS Fargate Deployment

Perfect for businesses that need dockerise + ecs fargate deployment solutions

$6,000 – $16,000

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  • Timeline: 2 - 4 weeks
  • Best For: Dockerfile, ECR, ECS Task/Service, ALB, auto-scaling, CI/CD
  • Budget Range: 6,000 - 16,000 AUD
  • Dedicated Project Manager
  • Quality Assurance Testing
  • Documentation & Training

EKS Cluster Setup

Perfect for businesses that need eks cluster setup solutions

$8,000 – $22,000

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  • Timeline: 3 - 5 weeks
  • Best For: Cluster, node groups, Helm, Ingress, cert-manager, autoscaler
  • Budget Range: 8,000 - 22,000 AUD
  • Dedicated Project Manager
  • Quality Assurance Testing
  • Documentation & Training

Event-Driven Architecture

Perfect for businesses that need event-driven architecture solutions

$8,000 – $22,000

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  • Timeline: 3 - 6 weeks
  • Best For: SQS/SNS/EventBridge design, DLQ, Step Functions, monitoring
  • Budget Range: 8,000 - 22,000 AUD
  • Dedicated Project Manager
  • Quality Assurance Testing
  • Documentation & Training

Service Mesh Implementation

Perfect for businesses that need service mesh implementation solutions

$8,000 – $20,000

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  • Timeline: 3 - 5 weeks
  • Best For: App Mesh or Istio, mTLS, traffic shifting, observability
  • Budget Range: 8,000 - 20,000 AUD
  • Dedicated Project Manager
  • Quality Assurance Testing
  • Documentation & Training

Cloud-Native Full Build

Perfect for businesses that need cloud-native full build solutions

$20,000 – $60,000

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  • Timeline: 5 - 10 weeks
  • Best For: 12-factor design + containers + ECS/EKS + events + observability
  • Budget Range: 20,000 - 60,000 AUD
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CEO Vision

To build scalable, intelligent custom software development solutions that empower businesses to grow, automate, and transform in a digital-first world.

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We are not building software. We are architecting the infrastructure of tomorrow—systems that think, adapt, and grow alongside the businesses they power.
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