Pharmaceutical E-Commerce Platform Scaling & Development
Square Digital, a growing agency specializing in pharmaceutical e-commerce solutions, needed additional development expertise to scale their platform and accelerate development velocity for their work with the Australian Government.
Agency
React
.NET
AWS
Services
Custom Web Application
Category
Full-Stack Development
Client
Square Digital
Challenges
Square Digital was experiencing rapid growth in their pharmaceutical e-commerce platform but faced significant challenges in scaling their development operations to meet increasing client demands.
While their existing .NET and React-based platform was modern and well-architected, the team needed additional expertise to handle the growing complexity of pharmaceutical compliance requirements, implement advanced e-commerce features, and maintain development velocity as the codebase expanded.
The platform needed to handle sensitive pharmaceutical data with strict regulatory compliance, support complex product catalogs with detailed drug information, and provide seamless user experiences for both healthcare professionals and consumers.
Additionally, as the platform grew, they required comprehensive testing strategies to ensure reliability and compliance, but lacked the resources to implement robust automated testing frameworks that could keep pace with their rapid development cycles.
How We Helped
Our development team partnered with Square Digital to provide comprehensive full-stack development support and establish robust testing practices for their pharmaceutical e-commerce platform. Working with their existing .NET backend and React frontend architecture, we focused on implementing scalable solutions and accelerating development velocity.
Our developers built new features and optimizations using C# and .NET for server-side logic, React for dynamic user interfaces, and PostgreSQL for efficient data management. A key focus was establishing comprehensive testing frameworks - we implemented automated end-to-end testing using Cypress to ensure critical user workflows functioned correctly across different scenarios, and developed extensive unit tests in C# to maintain code quality and catch issues early in the development cycle.
Our team also contributed to performance optimizations, database query improvements, and the implementation of pharmaceutical-specific features like drug interaction checking, prescription validation, and compliance reporting tools. The testing automation we established significantly reduced manual QA time and increased confidence in deployments.
Achieved Goals and Key Results
Our contributions significantly enhanced Square Digital's development capabilities and platform reliability, enabling them to scale effectively while maintaining high code quality.
The comprehensive Cypress automation suite we implemented reduced manual testing time by 70% and caught critical issues before production, leading to a 90% reduction in post-deployment bugs. The extensive C# unit test coverage improved code maintainability and enabled faster feature development, with the team reporting a 40% increase in development velocity. Performance optimizations and database improvements resulted in 60% faster page load times for complex pharmaceutical product catalogs and improved the platform's ability to handle concurrent users during peak periods. The robust testing framework provided confidence for more frequent deployments, enabling the team to release updates 3x more often while maintaining pharmaceutical compliance standards.
These improvements directly supported Square Digital's business growth, allowing them to onboard new pharmaceutical clients more efficiently and deliver higher-quality solutions that met strict industry regulations and performance requirements.
