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Gaming and assessment backend

Workverse Simulation Platform

The backend, admin dashboard and AWS infrastructure behind a simulation-based soft-skills training game.

Role
Technology Architect at Workverse (02/2025 — 03/2026).
Stack
Node.js · Express.js · MongoDB · Firebase Auth · AWS · Docker · Next.js
SIMULATION · ILLUSTRATIVE

Original illustrative artwork, not a screenshot of a real system.

The problem

A product company needed a complete backend for a training game: assessments, scoring, rewards, analytics, certificates and trustworthy sign-in on mobile devices, plus a dashboard for the organisations running it.

My role & responsibilities

  • Architected the full backend on Node.js, Express.js and MongoDB.
  • Built assessments, a scoring engine, badge rewards, analytics tracking and automated certificate generation.
  • Implemented Firebase Auth, Google OAuth2 and Apple token verification with device-level identity rules.
  • Deployed and scaled on AWS; containerised services; set up Nginx and CI/CD.

Architecture

  1. 01

    Game clients

    Mobile clients authenticate through Firebase, Google OAuth2 and Apple token verification.

  2. 02

    API services

    Node.js and Express services, containerised with Docker behind Nginx.

  3. 03

    Data & storage

    MongoDB for game and assessment data; S3 for assets and generated certificates.

  4. 04

    Async work

    SQS, Lambda and SES for background jobs and email, monitored through CloudWatch.

  5. 05

    Admin dashboard

    A Next.js dashboard lets organisations manage learners and licences.

Engineering decisions

  • Verify identity on the server for every platform, not just on the client.
  • Move slow or retry-prone work (certificates, email) to queues instead of the request path.

Challenges

  • Enforcing identity rules per device without making sign-in painful.
  • Keeping scoring consistent and auditable as assessment types grew.

What shipped

  • Backend platform, authentication, scoring and certificate generation.
  • Admin dashboard for organisations (dashboard.workverse.in).
  • AWS deployment with Docker, Nginx and GitHub Actions CI/CD.

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