Our engineers have designed systems that scaled and inherited systems that didn’t. We bring that experience to your architecture decisions, giving you honest assessments, clear tradeoffs, and roadmaps based on what actually works in production.
Technical Architecture Consulting Before You Commit
Get clarity on your architecture, tech stack, and roadmap before costly mistakes happen.
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Trusted and top rated tech team
Make architecture decisions with confidence
Architecture mistakes compound. A bad tech stack choice becomes years of workarounds. A scaling decision made too early burns budget. A legacy system left untouched becomes unmaintainable. We assess your current state, evaluate your options, and give you a roadmap you can trust before your team starts building.
Our capabilities include:
- System architecture assessment and documentation
- Technology stack evaluation and selection
- Legacy system analysis and modernization planning
- Scalability and performance architecture review
- Cloud architecture strategy and migration planning
- Technical debt identification and remediation roadmaps
Who we support
Big architecture decisions are hard to reverse. We help teams get clarity before committing so they build on solid foundations, not assumptions.
Teams Starting Major Projects
You're about to build something significant. New platform, major feature, infrastructure overhaul. You want an experienced perspective on your approach before your team invests months going the wrong direction.
Companies With Aging Systems
Your legacy systems still work but they're slowing you down. You need to know whether to modernize, migrate, or rebuild, and what the realistic timeline and tradeoffs look like for each option.
Organizations Drowning in Tech Debt
Years of shortcuts have accumulated. Performance is degrading, new features take forever, and your team spends more time fighting the system than improving it. You need a prioritized plan to dig out.
Ways to engage
We offer a wide range of engagement models to meet our clients’ needs. From hourly consultation to fully managed solutions, our engagement models are designed to be flexible and customizable.
Staff Augmentation
Get access to on-demand product and engineering team talent that gives your company the flexibility to scale up and down as business needs ebb and flow.
Retainer Services
Retainers are perfect for companies that have a fully built product in maintenance mode. We'll give you peace of mind by keeping your software running, secure, and up to date.
Project Engagement
Project-based contracts that can range from small-scale audit and strategy sessions to more intricate replatforming or build from scratch initiatives.
We'll spec out a custom engagement model for you
Invested in creating success and defining new standards
At Curotec, we do more than deliver cutting-edge solutions — we build lasting partnerships. It’s the trust and collaboration we foster with our clients that make CEOs, CTOs, and CMOs consistently choose Curotec as their go-to partner.
Helping a Series B SaaS company refine and scale their product efficiently
Why choose Curotec for technical architecture?
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Extraordinary people, exceptional outcomes
Our outstanding team represents our greatest asset. With business acumen, we translate objectives into solutions. Intellectual agility drives efficient software development problem-solving. Superior communication ensures seamless teamwork integration.
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Deep technical expertise
We don’t claim to be experts in every framework and language. Instead, we focus on the tech ecosystems in which we excel, selecting engagements that align with our competencies for optimal results. Moreover, we offer pre-developed components and scaffolding to save you time and money.
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Balancing innovation with practicality
We stay ahead of industry trends and innovations, avoiding the hype of every new technology fad. Focusing on innovations with real commercial potential, we guide you through the ever-changing tech landscape, helping you embrace proven technologies and cutting-edge advancements.
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Flexibility in our approach
We offer a range of flexible working arrangements to meet your specific needs. Whether you prefer our end-to-end project delivery, embedding our experts within your teams, or consulting and retainer options, we have a solution designed to suit you.
Architecture consulting capabilities
System Assessment
Document your current architecture, dependencies, and pain points so decisions are based on reality, not assumptions.
Technology Evaluation
Compare frameworks, platforms, and patterns against your actual requirements so you choose what fits, not what's trending.
Legacy Analysis
Understand what your existing systems actually do before deciding whether to modernize, migrate, or replace them.
Scalability Review
Identify where your architecture will break under growth so you fix bottlenecks before they become emergencies.
Cloud Strategy
Evaluate cloud options, migration paths, and cost implications so you don't overbuild or lock yourself into the wrong platform.
Technical Debt Roadmap
Prioritize which debt to pay down first based on business impact so your team fixes what matters most.
Tools and technologies for architecture consulting
Architecture Documentation & Diagramming
Our engineers document systems with tools that create clear, maintainable diagrams teams can actually use for decisions.
- Lucidchart — Cloud-based diagramming tool for architecture diagrams, flowcharts, and system maps with real-time collaboration
- Miro — Visual collaboration platform for architecture workshops, system mapping, and stakeholder alignment sessions
- Draw.io — Free diagramming tool with AWS, Azure, and GCP shape libraries for documenting cloud architectures
- Structurizr — Architecture documentation tool using the C4 model for consistent, code-based diagram generation
- PlantUML — Text-based diagramming language for version-controlled architecture diagrams that live alongside code
- Confluence — Documentation platform for architecture decision records, system documentation, and team knowledge sharing
Code & Dependency Analysis
Curotec analyzes codebases to map dependencies, identify complexity hotspots, and surface technical debt before planning.
- SonarQube — Code quality platform that identifies bugs, vulnerabilities, and technical debt across multiple languages
- Dependabot — Dependency scanner that tracks outdated packages and security vulnerabilities in your codebase
- CodeScene — Behavioral code analysis that identifies hotspots, coupling issues, and organizational patterns in codebases
- NDepend — .NET analysis tool for dependency graphs, code metrics, and technical debt estimation with trend tracking
- Snyk — Security-focused analysis that scans dependencies, containers, and infrastructure code for vulnerabilities
- Understand — Static analysis tool for visualizing code structure, dependencies, and complexity across large codebases
Cloud Architecture & Cost Analysis
We evaluate cloud infrastructure with tools that reveal usage patterns, cost drivers, and optimization opportunities.
- AWS Cost Explorer — Native AWS tool for analyzing spending patterns, forecasting costs, and identifying savings opportunities
- Azure Cost Management — Microsoft tool for tracking cloud spend, setting budgets, and optimizing resource allocation across Azure
- CloudHealth — Multi-cloud cost management platform with optimization recommendations, governance policies, and reporting
- Infracost — Cost estimation tool that shows cloud pricing in pull requests before infrastructure changes are deployed
- AWS Well-Architected Tool — Framework-based assessment for evaluating workloads against AWS best practices across five pillars
- Spot.io — Cloud optimization platform that manages spot instances and reserved capacity for cost reduction
Performance & Load Analysis
Our teams assess system performance under realistic conditions to find bottlenecks before they become production problems.
- k6 — Load testing tool with JavaScript scripting for simulating traffic patterns and identifying performance limits
- Apache JMeter — Open-source load testing platform for stress testing applications, APIs, and databases under realistic conditions
- Gatling — Scala-based performance testing tool with detailed reports for analyzing response times and throughput
- New Relic — Observability platform for tracing transactions, identifying slow queries, and mapping service dependencies
- Datadog APM — Application performance monitoring with distributed tracing and real-time bottleneck identification
- Dynatrace — AI-powered performance platform with automatic root cause analysis and full-stack visibility
Infrastructure & Security Assessment
Curotec reviews infrastructure configurations to identify risks, inefficiencies, and compliance gaps across environments.
- Terraform — Infrastructure as code tool for documenting, versioning, and auditing cloud resource configurations
- AWS Config — Configuration tracking service that records resource changes and evaluates compliance against rules
- Checkov — Static analysis tool for scanning Terraform, CloudFormation, and Kubernetes for security misconfigurations
- Prowler — Open-source security assessment tool for auditing AWS environments against CIS benchmarks and best practices
- ScoutSuite — Multi-cloud security auditing tool that assesses AWS, Azure, and GCP configurations for vulnerabilities
- Trivy — Vulnerability scanner for containers, filesystems, and infrastructure code with CI/CD integration
API & Integration Mapping
We trace integrations across systems to understand data flows, dependencies, and failure points before recommending changes.
- Postman — API platform for documenting, testing, and mapping existing endpoints across services and integrations
- Swagger/OpenAPI — Specification format for documenting API contracts, endpoints, and data schemas across systems
- Mulesoft Anypoint — Integration platform for mapping data flows and dependencies across enterprise applications
- AWS X-Ray — Distributed tracing service for visualizing request flows and dependencies across microservices
- Jaeger — Open-source tracing tool for mapping service dependencies and tracking requests through distributed systems
- Zipkin — Distributed tracing system for gathering timing data and visualizing latency across service calls
FAQs about our technical architecture consulting
What does an architecture assessment include?
We document your current systems, analyze dependencies, identify technical debt, and evaluate scalability concerns. You get a clear picture of what you have and specific recommendations for what to change.
How long does an architecture review take?
Initial assessments typically take two to four weeks depending on system complexity. We can scope smaller focused reviews for specific concerns or deeper audits for enterprise environments.
Can you help us choose between technology options?
Yes. We evaluate frameworks, platforms, and patterns against your actual requirements, team capabilities, and long-term goals. You get honest tradeoff analysis, not vendor pitches.
Do you help with implementation or just consulting?
Both. We can hand off recommendations to your team or stay involved through implementation. Many clients start with consulting and bring us in for execution once the roadmap is set.
What if we know something is wrong but not what?
That’s common. We start with discovery to understand symptoms, then trace them to root causes. Often what seems like a performance problem is actually an architecture problem, or vice versa.
How do you prioritize technical debt remediation?
By business impact. We identify which debt is slowing features, causing incidents, or blocking scale, then sequence fixes based on effort versus payoff. You tackle what matters first.
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We’re here to discuss how we can partner, sharing our knowledge and experience for your product development needs. Get started driving your business forward.
