How Circleof Cut Cloud Costs by 65% and Accelerated DevOps

Written By Brendon Palmer

Industry: Digital Health Tech
Company Size: Startup
Region: United States
Website: www.circleof.com

Introduction

Circleof is a mobile-first platform designed to support caregiving networks—helping families manage healthcare appointments, communicate effectively, and coordinate care with ease. As the company scaled, it found itself grappling with growing cloud expenses, fragmented development workflows, and a lack of automation that slowed innovation.

That’s when Borealis Solutions stepped in.

The Challenge

Despite building a promising digital health solution, Circleof faced critical bottlenecks that were hindering growth:

  • High AWS costs from under-optimized infrastructure

  • Lack of CI/CD pipelines for backend APIs and the mobile app

  • Ad hoc security practices that needed reinforcement

  • No automated testing across key application components

  • Slow development velocity due to manual release workflows

Why Circleof Chose Borealis Solutions

Circleof selected Borealis Solutions based on:

  • Our track record modernizing cloud environments quickly and effectively

  • Our status as an AWS Select Partner and specialization in AI-augmented DevOps

  • Our ability to deliver outcomes with a lean, high-impact engineering team

Our Approach

Over a focused 12-week engagement, we executed a full-stack transformation. Here's how we did it:

1. Cloud Infrastructure Modernization

We re-architected backend services to run in containers using AWS ECS Fargate. This enabled seamless deployments, auto-scaling, and eliminated server maintenance overhead.

2. CI/CD Automation

We implemented end-to-end CI/CD pipelines:

  • API deployment with automated testing

  • PR-based preview environments for rapid developer feedback

  • Mobile pipeline integration for consistent release practices

3. Cloud Cost Optimization

By enforcing best practices in tagging, rightsizing, and eliminating unused resources, we reduced AWS expenses by over 65%, freeing up budget for product development.

4. Testing & Quality Assurance

We introduced automated testing across:

  • Static website

  • Backend services

  • Public API

  • Mobile application

5. Security Hardening

We applied IAM least-privilege access controls, strengthened resource policies, and embedded secure deployment practices into the CI/CD flow.

6. Front-End & Mobile Performance

We optimized static asset delivery via CDN and streamlined the mobile CI pipeline for faster feedback and stability.

The Results

Here’s what we achieved together:

  • ✅ 65% reduction in AWS costs

  • ✅ Zero-downtime deployments with ECS Fargate

  • ✅ End-to-end CI/CD pipelines with PR-based previews

  • ✅ Full-spectrum test automation across all environments

  • ✅ Stronger security posture through IAM and policy improvements

  • ✅ High client satisfaction leading to an extended engagement

“We were very fortunate to have a DevOps Engineer from Borealis Solutions not only fully automate our backend deployment process, but reduce our AWS monthly spend by more than 65%.”
— MJ (Michael Jordan), CEO of Circleof

What’s Next for Circleof

Looking ahead, Borealis Solutions continues to support Circleof in:

  • Integrating AI-driven care analytics with Amazon Bedrock and SageMaker

  • Scaling to new markets through internationalization and region-aware deployments

  • Maintaining high DevOps standards through continuous monitoring and governance

Brendon Palmer
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