UK Government Digital Services (DWP)
Modernizing public sector digital services with secure, scalable microservices and cloud infrastructure.
Client: UK Government – Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) · Industry: Government, Public Sector, Social Services
Services
- Microservices Architecture
- API Gateway & Encryption
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Test-Driven Development
- DevOps & Automation
- Security Engineering
Technology stack
- Node.js
- Kafka
- AWS
- Mocha
- Chai
- API Gateway
- Encryption Libraries
Project overview
UK Government Digital Services (DWP) delivers critical digital infrastructure for the Department for Work and Pensions—the UK’s largest public service department, responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. Serving over 20 million claimants and managing £250+ billion in annual benefit payments, the DWP’s digital platforms support essential services like Universal Credit, State Pension, Jobcentre Plus, and the Child Maintenance Service. The department employs over 80,000 staff and is vital to the social and economic well-being of millions of UK citizens. The DWP required a secure, scalable, and automated microservices ecosystem to power public-facing and internal workflows, while meeting the highest standards of security and code quality.The challenge
DWP needed to:• Automate complex workflows across multiple departments
• Ensure secure, encrypted communication between services
• Scale cloud infrastructure to meet unpredictable public demand
• Maintain high code quality and reliability for mission-critical services
Our solution
We delivered robust, production-grade digital services by:• Engineering 25+ microservices for automated workflows, leveraging Kafka and AWS
• Building encrypted API gateways and leading cloud infrastructure scaling discussions
• Creating centralized encryption libraries adopted by multiple services
• Adhering to Test-Driven Development with Mocha and Chai to ensure high code quality
Results & impact
- 25+ — Microservices powering automated, secure workflows
- Centralized Encryption — and secure API gateways
- Cloud Scale — Infrastructure for millions of users
- High Code Quality — and reliability through TDD
- Enhanced Security — and compliance for public sector digital services
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