The Challenge
1060 is a proptech startup revolutionising real estate through short-form video and social networking. The platform enables property agents to create 60-second videos with music and effects, while homebuyers and renters browse, collect, and share listings with friends and family.
To compete globally, 1060 needed to produce a cutting-edge video upload and streaming service with low latency from a globally distributed backend. The primary challenge was achieving zero-downtime deployments while handling the complexity of a microservice architecture at scale.
The Solution
Kodez adopted a DevOps framework from day one, implementing Infrastructure-as-Code and a microservices architecture across AWS.
CI/CD Pipeline
AWS CodeBuild, CodePipeline, and CodeDeploy were configured to automate compilation, testing, and deployments end-to-end — eliminating the manual release process that previously took hours.
Global Infrastructure
Auto-scaling Amazon compute services handle demand fluctuations dynamically. AWS CDN and Media Services power video delivery to iOS and Android apps globally, with regionally distributed AWS datacentres reducing latency for users across every market.
Backend Architecture
A Node.js backend facilitates thousands of concurrent connections. Site Reliability Engineering practices were embedded for production monitoring, metrics, and incident response.
Ongoing DevOps-as-a-Service
Kodez provides continuous maintenance, application enhancements, and resource scaling during peak periods — acting as an extension of the 1060 engineering team.
The Outcomes
Production release times dropped from 2–3 hours to minutes through complete deployment automation. The stable, observable infrastructure provides the performance and usability metrics that drive feature development, security updates, disaster recovery planning, and cost optimisation.
1060 successfully disrupted the real estate sector — attracting major brands including Sotheby's, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, and Douglas Elliman, and enabling cross-publishing to Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts.
"Kodez have excelled at being a solid partner. When it comes to DevOps-as-a-Service, they help us rapidly scale our global engineering team, with reliability and world-class engineer experience." — Matthew Snowden, Founder, 1060app.com
