Case study / Retail technology
Enterprise Retail In-Shop Assistance Platform
A high-volume platform supporting in-store customer engagement, campaign workflows, membership capture, dashboards and reporting.
Conceptual project visual01 / Overview
Business context
Retail operations required reliable customer-engagement workflows, client-specific interfaces, reporting and production support across multiple store environments. Client-identifying details and proprietary workflows are intentionally omitted.
02 / Role & responsibilities
Role and responsibilities
- Owned key platform modules from requirements through production support.
- Participated in client discussions, coordinated junior developers and mentored interns.
- Worked across backend APIs, frontend integration, data workflows and deployment.
03 / Frontend
Frontend contribution
- Integrated React interfaces with backend services and client-specific workflows.
- Built operational dashboards using Chart.js.
- Worked with a UI team while also implementing application functionality.
04 / Backend & data
Backend and data
- Converted existing application functionality into Flask REST APIs and developed new API capabilities.
- Worked with PostgreSQL and MySQL schemas containing large operational datasets.
- Implemented authentication, campaign workflows, reporting and integrations.
05 / Automation & production
Automation and production
- Created Python automation for reports, campaign data, scheduled email, files and database maintenance.
- Deployed and supported applications using AWS EC2, S3, RDS, Linux, Nginx and Gunicorn.
- Handled environment configuration, SSL, DNS and production services.
06 / Outcomes
Outcome and impact
Contributed to supporting operations across more than 500 stores in combined deployments.
Worked with databases containing millions of records.
Automation reduced recurring operational effort by approximately 2–3 hours per day.
07 / Technology
Technology used
- Python
- Flask
- React
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Chart.js
- AWS EC2
- AWS S3
- AWS RDS
- AWS IAM
- Linux
- Nginx
- Gunicorn
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