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APIs and
integrations.

The connection is part of the product.

Reliable connections between products, services and the systems around them.

We design and build API surfaces and integrations that move data and actions between systems with clear contracts, predictable failure behavior and operational visibility.

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Across the connection
01 / contract

Request, response and event shapes.

The starting point

When important work depends on systems that do not speak clearly.

Integrations fail operationally when contracts are unclear, retries are unsafe or nobody can tell whether a request actually completed. We design the connection as part of the workflow, not as a hidden technical afterthought.

Sound familiar?
  1. 01

    A product needs to connect to payments, messaging, CRM or another external service.

  2. 02

    Two internal systems repeatedly require manual data transfer.

  3. 03

    An existing integration is fragile, opaque or difficult to recover when it fails.

  4. 04

    A product needs a clear API for another application or partner.

  5. 05

    Webhooks or events need safer delivery and idempotent handling.

  6. 06

    Multiple services need a consistent integration boundary.

The scope

Different systems. One working flow.

APIs, events and adapters with deliberate boundaries and understandable failure behavior.

01

Product APIs

Clear application interfaces for web, mobile, partner or internal consumers.

02

Third-party integrations

Connections to external products and services around real product workflows.

03

Webhook systems

Event-driven connections with explicit delivery, retry and duplicate-handling behavior.

04

Data synchronization

Controlled movement of records between systems with reconciliation where required.

05

Integration gateways

A clear boundary when multiple external systems need to connect through one product surface.

06

Legacy system adapters

Focused connection layers that reduce the need to rewrite a working system simply to integrate it.

What you leave with

Connections that behave like part of the product.

The best integration is not the one with the most endpoints. It is the one with clear ownership, resilient behavior and enough visibility to understand what happened.

How Software Yard works
APIs and Integrations / Delivery outline
  1. 01Clear API contracts
  2. 02Predictable failure behavior
  3. 03Safer retry handling
  4. 04Integration observability
  5. 05Reduced manual transfer
  6. 06Maintainable connection boundaries

Your agreed scope defines the final deliverables.

A focused approach

Define the connection. Test the failure.

The wider Software Yard method
  1. 01

    MAP

    Identify the systems, ownership boundaries and exact workflow crossing between them.

  2. 02

    DEFINE

    Specify the contract, data shape, authentication needs and expected failure behavior.

  3. 03

    PROTECT

    Design idempotency, validation, retries and reconciliation where the workflow requires them.

  4. 04

    BUILD

    Implement the connection using the protocol and runtime that best fit the systems involved.

  5. 05

    OBSERVE

    Add enough logging and operational visibility to understand successful and failed exchanges.

  6. 06

    VERIFY

    Test real failure cases, duplicate delivery and recovery before relying on the integration.

Technology fit

The right foundation.
Not a fixed formula.

The final stack depends on the product, constraints and existing systems. These are tools relevant to this capability, not a requirement to use them all.

  • Go
  • TypeScript
  • Python
  • gRPC
  • PostgreSQL
  • Kafka
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Relevant to the brief.

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NERVE

Healthcare, connected.

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The standard behind the work
An integration is successful when users stop thinking about the boundary between systems.
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Before we build

Good questions.
Clear answers.

01Can you integrate third-party APIs?

Yes, when suitable API access, documentation and permissions are available.

02Do you build APIs as well as consume them?

Yes. Product APIs and integration-facing interfaces can both be part of the work.

03Can you work with webhooks?

Yes. Webhook delivery, validation, retries and duplicate handling are common integration concerns.

04What happens if an external service goes down?

Failure behavior is designed around the workflow, including retry, fallback or reconciliation where appropriate.

05Can you connect legacy systems?

Sometimes. The practical approach depends on what interfaces or data access the existing system exposes.

06Do integrations need monitoring?

Important integrations should have enough operational visibility to distinguish success, delay and failure.

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