After we won Hack The Climate 2023, by introducing solution that helps to democratize sustainable urban planning processes, we continued our work and in 7 months we delivered the finished product.

My part

As an experience software engineer I was responsible mostly for technical part of the project. My main responsibilities were:

Backend:

• designing database schema and backend architecture
• implementing backend services in Nest.js
• optimizing queries by setting up Redis caching

DevOps:

• configuring nginx
• setting up docker images among others for backend, frontend and pre-rendering
• setting up docker-swarm
• setting up and scheduling backups

Frontend:

• implementing Map, markers and popups
• enabling state management by Zustand utilization
• enriching SEO by implementing dynamic tags and prerendering
• implementing components such us image gallery or different buttons

In addition, I was responsible for client communication, gathering requirements, and obtaining credentials and access to the infrastructure.