DataData / Platform · 2024

Pipelines your whole team can trust

DataForge turns scattered sources into trusted, real-time pipelines - and makes shipping a new one a task, not a project. We built the architecture, the tooling and the observability so data the business relies on is fresh, correct and easy to reason about.

Client

DataForge

Engagement

Ongoing partnership

DataForge

99.99%

Pipeline uptime

on critical paths

6x

Faster to ship

a new pipeline

40+

Sources unified

into one platform

-45%

Data infra cost

right-sized

Overview

Every team wanted data, and nobody trusted the numbers. Sources were scattered, pipelines were brittle, and a new one took weeks. DataForge needed a platform where pipelines are reproducible, freshness is visible, and shipping a new source is a task a single engineer can finish - so the business can finally believe its dashboards.

The architecture

Built in layers

Each layer does one job well and can be reviewed, rebuilt and reasoned about on its own.

01

Ingest

Sources are pulled in reproducibly, with schema and freshness tracked from the start.

02

Transform

Clean, validated transformations turn raw data into trusted models.

03

Store

Curated data lands in a warehouse that's versioned and easy to query.

04

Serve

Fresh, correct data is served to dashboards and products the business relies on.

The challenge

Data nobody quite believed

Scattered sources, brittle jobs and silent failures meant dashboards disagreed and leaders hedged every decision. Building a new pipeline was a multi-week project, so requests piled up. DataForge needed trusted, fresh data and a platform where new pipelines ship in days.

Our approach

Reproducible pipelines, visible freshness

We built the platform in layers - ingest, transform, store, serve - each reproducible from code and observable on its own. Freshness and quality are surfaced as first-class signals, and a new pipeline reuses the same building blocks, so shipping one is a task instead of a project.

The outcome

Trusted data, shipped in days

DataForge now runs the pipelines the business depends on with visible freshness and near-perfect uptime. Teams believe the numbers because they can see how fresh they are, and a new source goes from request to production in days, not weeks.

What runs the platform

Systems we put in place

01

Layered architecture

Ingest, transform, store and serve are separate, reproducible layers you can reason about.

02

Visible freshness

Every dataset shows how fresh it is, so teams know exactly how much to trust it.

03

Reusable building blocks

New pipelines reuse the same tested components, turning a project into a task.

04

Quality checks in-line

Data is validated as it flows, so bad records are caught before they reach a dashboard.

05

Observability throughout

Metrics and lineage on every stage make failures searchable, not mysterious.

06

Cost-aware by design

Resources are right-sized and tagged, so spend maps to the data it produces.

Toolchain

Pipelines

AirflowdbtPython

Storage

WarehousePostgresObject store

Operate

TerraformObservabilityLineage
For the first time, our leadership trusts the dashboards. DataForge made freshness something you can actually see.
Sofia AhmadiHead of Data, DataForge
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