Edmonds Commerce - Symfony Enterprise Applications
Overview
Complex business logic, event sourcing, and microservices architecture. Build enterprise-grade Symfony applications that scale with your organisation.
What We Build
Enterprise Symfony applications for complex business requirements. From multi-tenant systems to event-sourced architectures to microservices ecosystems—we build applications that handle enterprise complexity whilst remaining maintainable.
Enterprise Capabilities
Complex Business Logic
Model and implement sophisticated business rules and processes.
Features:
- Domain-driven design patterns
- Complex state machines
- Business workflow engines
- Rule engines for dynamic logic
- Multi-step approval processes
- Conditional business logic
Event Sourcing
Store and replay application events for audit trails, compliance, and temporal queries.
Event Sourcing Benefits:
- Complete audit trail of all changes
- Ability to replay history
- Temporal queries (state at any point)
- Compliance documentation
- Event-driven workflows
- Recovery from errors
CQRS Architecture
Separate read and write models for scalability and clarity.
CQRS Benefits:
- Independent scaling of reads and writes
- Optimised models for each use case
- Clear intent (command vs query)
- Event sourcing compatibility
- Temporal queries
Microservices Architecture
Break large applications into independently deployable services.
Microservices Features:
- Service decomposition
- Event-driven communication
- API gateways
- Service discovery
- Circuit breakers
- Distributed tracing
Saga Patterns
Coordinate long-running transactions across services.
Saga Examples:
- Multi-step order processing
- Complex approval workflows
- Distributed payments
- Multi-service transactions
Long-Running Processes
Handle processes that span hours, days, or months.
Process Examples:
- Complex data migrations
- Batch processing
- Approval workflows
- Report generation
- Scheduled workflows
Multi-Tenancy
Support multiple organisations on a single application instance.
Multi-Tenancy Features:
- Tenant isolation
- Tenant-specific customization
- Billing per tenant
- Separate data per tenant
- Shared infrastructure
Technology Stack
- Symfony 7 framework
- Doctrine ORM
- PostgreSQL for complex queries
- Redis for caching
- Message queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka)
- Event sourcing libraries
- Docker containerisation
- Kubernetes orchestration
Enterprise Development Patterns
Domain-Driven Design
Model your business domain directly in code using DDD patterns.
Patterns Implemented:
- Entities and aggregates
- Value objects
- Domain services
- Repository pattern
- Domain events
- Ubiquitous language
Event-Driven Architecture
Loosely coupled services communicating through events.
Event Patterns:
- Domain events from aggregates
- Event publishing
- Event subscribers
- Event sourcing
- Event replay
CQRS Pattern
Separate read and write models.
Command Side:
- Write operations
- State modifications
- Event generation
Query Side:
- Read-optimised models
- Projections from events
- Temporal views
API Gateway Pattern
Single entry point for microservices.
Features:
- Request routing
- Authentication/authorisation
- Rate limiting
- Request transformation
- Response composition
Circuit Breaker Pattern
Protect against cascading failures.
Circuit Breaker States:
- Closed: Normal operation
- Open: Failing, reject requests
- Half-Open: Testing recovery
Scalability Strategies
Vertical Scaling: More powerful hardware (CPU, RAM, storage).
Horizontal Scaling: More instances behind load balancers.
Database Scaling: Read replicas for reads. Write sharding for heavy writes.
Microservices: Break into independently scalable services.
Event Sourcing: Infinite scalability of read models through projections.
Caching: Redis for state caching and session management.
Enterprise Quality Requirements
High Availability: 99.99% uptime through redundancy and failover.
Scalability: Handle 100x growth without architecture changes.
Security: Enterprise-grade authentication, authorisation, and encryption.
Compliance: Audit trails, regulatory compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2).
Performance: Sub-second response times even under load.
Reliability: Graceful degradation, resilience to failures.
Observability: Monitoring, logging, distributed tracing.
Monitoring & Observability
Metrics: Application and infrastructure metrics.
Logging: Structured logging with context.
Distributed Tracing: Follow requests across services.
Alerting: Automated alerts for anomalies.
Dashboards: Real-time visibility into system health.
Our Enterprise Development Process
1. Requirements Analysis
Deep understanding of business requirements and constraints.
- Identify complex domains
- Document business rules
- Understand scalability needs
- Plan compliance requirements
2. Architecture Design
Enterprise-grade architecture suitable for scale.
- Domain model design
- Service decomposition
- Event architecture
- Data consistency strategies
- Failure handling
3. Implementation
Build with enterprise practices.
- DDD pattern implementation
- Comprehensive testing
- Security implementation
- Monitoring integration
- Documentation
4. Scalability Validation
Ensure architecture scales to requirements.
- Load testing
- Stress testing
- Failover testing
- Performance profiling
- Capacity planning
5. Operations Handover
Prepare for production deployment.
- Runbook development
- Monitoring setup
- Incident response procedures
- Team training
- Documentation
Target Audiences
Enterprise Organisations: Mission-critical systems requiring high availability and reliability.
Financial Services: Complex business logic with strict compliance requirements.
Large E-Commerce: High-traffic platforms serving millions of customers.
Product Companies: Long-term platforms requiring sustainable architectures.
Related Services
Infrastructure & DevOps: Kubernetes for containerisation, monitoring, CI/CD.
Team Augmentation: Senior architects to guide enterprise development.
Database Administration: Database design and optimisation.
Testing: Comprehensive testing strategies for mission-critical systems.
Contact
Based in the UK, serving global enterprises. Discuss your enterprise requirements, scalability needs, or architectural challenges.