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API Development &Integration

Contracts-first APIs, gateways and integrations your partners actually enjoy using.

contract tests gate every release

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Problems solved

What this removes.

  • brittle point-to-point integrations

    one partner change breaks three flows

  • undocumented endpoints

    tribal knowledge walks out the door

  • rate-limit incidents

    partners get 429s with no explanation

  • versioning chaos

    v2 breaks v1 clients silently

  • no contract tests

    regressions surface in production

What's included

What you get.

  • API strategy + domain map
  • OpenAPI/AsyncAPI contracts
  • REST/GraphQL/gRPC services
  • API gateway + auth (OAuth2/OIDC)
  • developer portal + docs
  • contract test suite
  • rate limiting + quotas
  • monitoring + alerting
  • versioning + deprecation policy
  • partner onboarding playbook

Scope

Scope, clearly drawn.

Core scope is fixed. Add-on prices are indicative — not quotes.

Included in every engagement

  • contract design workshops
  • mock-first build
  • gateway + auth setup
  • integrations per partner list
  • contract tests in CI
  • docs portal publish

Optional add-ons

  • developer portal with sandbox+$5k

    seeded test tenants

  • legacy SOAP wrap (per system)+$4k

    strangler-friendly

  • event streaming backbone (Kafka)+$8k
  • partner SDKs (TS + Python)+$6k

    generated from contracts

Our approach

How we run it.

  1. Contract design

    OpenAPI/AsyncAPI before code

  2. Mock-first build

    partners integrate against mocks

  3. Integration build

    services + gateway + auth

  4. Contract tests

    CI gates on every change

  5. Publish + monitor

    portal, alerts, deprecation policy

Pricing signal

What it typically costs.

Typical range

$15k-$80k

Midpoint $47.5k · final quote after a fixed-scope discovery.

contract tests gate every release

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Do you document?

Yes - OpenAPI + Redoc portal, generated from contracts.

Can you wrap legacy SOAP?

Yes - thin adapters first, strangler migration after.

How do you secure APIs?

OAuth2/OIDC, per-partner quotas, WAF, signed webhooks.

What is your versioning policy?

Semantic versioning + published deprecation windows.

Do you consume third-party APIs too?

Yes - anti-corruption layers keep their chaos outside.

How do rate limits behave?

Documented quotas with explanatory 429s and retry-after.

API Development & Integration without the guesswork.

Contracts-first APIs, gateways and integrations your partners actually enjoy using.