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Backend Performance Tuning
Frontend optimisation is limited by your server response time. We profile and tune backend performance — API latency, TTFB, database query performance, and throughput — ensuring your frontend optimisations are not bottlenecked by slow servers.
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What makes this service valuable
Profiling-driven changes
We profile your application under realistic load before changing a line of code — identifying actual bottlenecks rather than optimising what appears slow intuitively.
Database query optimisation
N+1 queries, missing indexes, lock contention, and connection pool exhaustion are common culprits. We diagnose and resolve the database performance issues causing the largest latency improvements.
Throughput and concurrency
Connection pooling, async processing, queue architecture, and horizontal scaling configurations that maximise throughput under concurrent load.
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Server response times that do not limit your frontend
Backend performance profiling surfaces the 20% of code responsible for 80% of latency. Premature optimisation wastes time; profiling-driven optimisation targets the exact bottlenecks with measurable impact.
We use APM tools (Datadog, New Relic, Pyroscope) and database query analysis (pg_stat_statements, EXPLAIN ANALYZE) to build a complete picture before implementing changes.
// What this includes
- APM-based latency profiling
- Database query analysis (EXPLAIN ANALYZE)
- N+1 query identification and resolution
- Index analysis and implementation
- Connection pool configuration
- Caching strategy implementation
- Load testing and throughput measurement
// Deliverables
What you receive
Every engagement produces clear, documented deliverables. Here is exactly what is included in our backend performance tuning service.
- 01Performance profiling report
- 02Database query analysis and optimisation
- 03Caching implementation
- 04Before/after latency and throughput benchmarks
- 05Performance monitoring configuration
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Common questions about backend performance tuning
What is a realistic target for API response time?+
P50 under 100ms and P99 under 500ms are reasonable targets for most API operations. Read-heavy endpoints with proper caching can achieve P50 under 20ms. Write-heavy endpoints with database operations typically target P50 under 200ms.
Ready to get started with backend performance tuning?
Share your requirements with our team. We respond within one business day with a clear plan from discovery to delivery.