How we built our CI/CD pipeline for velocity and quality

Working in an early-stage startup involves unique challenges compared to established companies, especially for a small engineering team tasked with developing mission-critical pricing and packaging APIs. Without a dedicated DevOps or SRE team, developers manage deployment pipelines and cloud architecture, making decisions crucial for business success. The focus on continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines is emphasized, as having a reliable and efficient process from code push to production is vital for maintaining team velocity. Key principles include isolating staging and production environments, implementing safety nets for rapid deployment, ensuring easy rollbacks for bad deployments, tracking code changes across environments, and managing cloud infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation. These strategies allow the team to deploy multiple times a day while maintaining high confidence in their releases, ultimately fostering a strong foundation for future scalability and feature development.

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