Take over a Node.js backend nobody dares deploy.
The backend is where the outages, the data risk and the 2am pages live. We take over Node.js APIs and services that are slow, fragile, or leaking — diagnose the real cause rather than the symptom, and make them reliable enough to trust.
What we usually find with Node.js.
Falls over under load
Fine with a handful of users, on fire under real traffic — and nobody knows why.
Memory leaks and timeouts
Mystery slowdowns, creeping memory, and requests that hang or fail intermittently.
Scary to deploy
Every release is a held breath, because there's no confidence it won't break something.
Data correctness worries
Where money or critical data is involved, 'mostly right' isn't good enough — and you're not sure it is.
From prototype to production.
Fixed scope, honest verdicts, and you keep every line of code. We'll tell you if it's a quick fix or a bigger job before you commit a euro.
- 01
Find the real bottleneck
Profiling and observability to locate the actual cause — load, leaks, bad queries, architecture — not the symptom.
- 02
Fix and harden
Resolve the leaks and slow paths, add validation and error handling, and get the critical data flows correct.
- 03
Make deploys boring
Logging, metrics and tests so shipping is routine and problems surface early, not in production.
A product you can actually launch.
- A performance and reliability audit
- The bottlenecks and leaks, fixed
- Observability: logging and metrics
- Correctness fixes on critical data paths
- A deploy process you can trust
From first call to shipped.
Free 15-minute triage call
Same week · freeTell us what's broken. We ask the sharp questions, give an honest first read on whether it's a rescue, a refactor or a rebuild, and agree on next steps. No sales theatre.
- Honest first assessment
- Rescue / refactor / rebuild verdict
- Clear next step
You leave knowing where you stand — even if you never hire us.
Rescue Assessment
About 5 business daysWe get read access and go deep: architecture, security, technical-debt map, test gaps, CI/CD and deployment. You get a scored report with a prioritized fix roadmap and a go/no-go verdict.
- Scored codebase report
- Prioritized remediation roadmap
- Fixed quote for the fix
- Go / no-go recommendation
A clear, evidence-based plan — and a fixed price for the work.
Stabilization Sprint
2–4 weeks · fixed scopeWe stabilize the highest-risk parts first: stop the bleeding, fix what's broken, harden security, and get you to a state you can ship and build on. Fixed scope, daily visibility.
- The critical fixes, shipped
- Security & deployment hardening
- Documentation of what we changed
- Daily progress you can see
A working, deployable product you understand and control.
Delivery & retainer
Ongoing · month to monthFinish the roadmap and, when you're ready, keep a senior team on tap to build the next things — features, mobile, scale. Month to month, cancel anytime. You keep all code and access, always.
- Roadmap delivered
- Optional ongoing engineering team
- You own all code and infrastructure
From rescued to shipping — with a team that already knows your code.
Live products that prove it.
Straight answers.
Bank-Lift parses bank statements and verifies balances reconcile before export — financial-grade correctness with live payments and hardened security. That's the standard we bring to a Node.js rescue.
Yes. We diagnose the real cause instead of throwing servers at the symptom, then fix it and add the observability to keep it from recurring.
Yes — SQL or NoSQL, the data layer, and deployment on Vercel, your cloud, or self-managed infrastructure. The whole backend, not just the code.
Tell us what's broken. We'll tell you the truth.
Start with a free 15-minute call or a written quote. If it's salvageable, we'll show you exactly how — and what it takes.
- You keep all code & access — always
- NDA on request, before you share anything
- Free, no-obligation first read