AWS Serverless Data Platform

Community-to-CRM Data Integration Platform

Production-grade serverless data platform integrating multi-source community signals into HubSpot CRM with data quality enforcement, schema validation, and real-time analytics dashboards.

AWS Lambda S3 Data Lake EventBridge Step Functions Glue Catalog Amazon Athena HubSpot API Terraform IaC SQS/DLQ DynamoDB Preset Dashboards Schema Registry
40%
Processing Latency Reduction
Zero
Data Loss Incidents
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100/10s
Rate Limit Compliance
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24/7
Automated Monitoring
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The Challenge

GTM and data teams needed to consolidate Common Room community signals and Scarf analytics into HubSpot CRM with reliable synchronization and real-time dashboards.

Data Fragmentation & Quality

  • Common Room & Scarf data scattered across exports
  • Manual pulls with inconsistent schemas
  • No schema validation or versioning
  • Missing data quality checks (nulls, formats, integrity)
  • No unified view of community engagement + usage

Operational Blind Spots

  • Limited observability into pipeline failures
  • No standardized runbooks or alerting
  • Invisible retry/DLQ status
  • No data lineage or audit trails
  • Manual intervention required for errors

CRM Sync Reliability

  • Rate limit violations (429 errors)
  • Partial writes & duplicate records
  • No idempotency guarantees
  • Data loss on transient failures

Governance & Compliance Gaps

  • No data retention policies
  • Unclear data ownership
  • Missing encryption at rest/transit
  • No compliance audit capability
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The Solution

Event-driven serverless platform with intelligent batching, rate limiting, and comprehensive observability.

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Smart Data Ingestion

S3-triggered Lambda functions validate, transform, and batch process data from Common Room (community engagement) and Scarf (package analytics), ensuring consistent schema enforcement and data quality.

Intelligent Rate Limiting

Token-bucket algorithm with DynamoDB state management handles HubSpot API limits with dynamic batch fan-down for optimal throughput without rate limit violations.

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Bulletproof Reliability

Automated retry policy with exponential backoff, DLQ routing, and idempotent upserts ensure zero data loss with safe replay capability for any failed operations.

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Real-time Analytics

Custom analytics dashboards in Preset (Apache Superset) powered by Athena queries on S3 data lake for real-time community influence tracking and pipeline monitoring.

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Full Observability

CloudWatch metrics, alarms, and SNS notifications with daily health checks and comprehensive operational runbooks for proactive issue resolution.

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Infrastructure as Code

Terraform modules with GitHub Actions CI/CD enable repeatable deployments across environments with consistent configuration and version control.

Data Quality & Governance

Schema registry with versioned validation, data quality gates, lineage tracking, and compliance-ready retention policies ensure trusted, auditable data.

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Scalable Data Lake

S3-based data lake with intelligent partitioning, lifecycle policies, and Glue Catalog metadata enables efficient analytics and cost optimization.

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Technical Architecture

Complete system design with 9-layer architecture and real-time event-driven data flow.

System Design & Architecture

9-layer production platform with end-to-end event-driven data flow

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Common Room
Community Engagement Signals
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Scarf Analytics
Package Usage Metrics
Scheduled API Polls (EventBridge)
EventBridge
Cron Schedules
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Step Functions
Multi-Step ETL
Trigger Lambda Ingestion
Ingestion Lambda
Fetch - Validate - Store in S3
Schema Validation API Polling Error Handling
S3 Event Notification (ObjectCreated:*)
Amazon S3 Data Lake
Partitioned Storage (date/source/type)
Raw Data Lifecycle Policies Immutable Storage
Trigger Processing Lambda
Processing Lambda
Transform - Validate - Enrich - Batch
Schema Registry Quality Checks Deduplication Dynamic Batching
Send to SQS Queue
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Amazon SQS
Message Queue
FIFO Retry Logic
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Dead Letter Queue
Failed Messages
Manual Replay
Event-Driven Consumer
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Sync Lambda + Rate Limiter
Token Bucket - HubSpot API - Idempotent Upsert
Rate Limiting DynamoDB State Exponential Backoff Dedup Logic
CRM Data
Analytics
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HubSpot CRM
Enriched Contact Records
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Preset Dashboards
BI & Analytics
Athena Queries Star Schema
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CloudWatch
Logs, Metrics, Alarms
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Security
IAM, Secrets, KMS
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Data Governance
Lineage & Retention
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DynamoDB State
Rate Limit Tokens
🔄 Event-Driven S3 triggers + SQS queues for real-time processing
⚡ Serverless 100% Lambda compute with automatic scaling
🛡 Resilient DLQ + exponential backoff + idempotent operations
📈 Data Quality Schema registry + quality gates + validation

9-Layer Production Architecture

Layer 0
Orchestration

EventBridge scheduling, Step Functions workflows, API Gateway triggers

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Layer 1
Data Sources

Common Room API, Scarf Analytics API, future integrations

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Layer 2
Data Lake

S3 partitioned storage, event notifications, lifecycle policies

Layer 3
Data Quality

Schema validation, deduplication, transformation, batch processing

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Layer 4
Message Queue

SQS queues, DLQ error handling, exponential backoff retry

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Layer 5
CRM Sync

HubSpot integration, token bucket rate limiting, idempotent upserts

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Layer 6
Analytics

Glue Catalog, Athena queries, Preset dashboards, star schema

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Layer 7
Observability

CloudWatch logs & metrics, SNS notifications, operational runbooks

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Layer 8
Security & Governance

IAM roles, encryption (SSE-KMS), Secrets Manager, data lineage

Technology Stack

AWS Lambda Step Functions EventBridge API Gateway Amazon S3 SQS & DLQ DynamoDB Glue Data Catalog Amazon Athena Preset/Superset HubSpot API CloudWatch Secrets Manager IAM Terraform GitHub Actions Docker
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Impact & Results

Business value delivered through technical excellence driving sustainable growth.

Performance Enhancement

40% Latency Reduction

Optimized data pipeline processing from ingestion through CRM synchronization with intelligent batching and parallel processing, reducing end-to-end latency significantly.

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Reliability & Data Quality

Zero Data Loss

Bulletproof reliability with DLQ error handling, automated retry policies with exponential backoff, and idempotent operations ensuring complete data integrity.

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Cost Optimization

3x Cost Efficiency

Serverless architecture with auto-scaling eliminates over-provisioning, pay-per-use pricing model, and S3 lifecycle policies for optimal storage costs.

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API Compliance

100% Rate Limit Adherence

Token-bucket rate limiting with DynamoDB state management ensures HubSpot API compliance (100 requests per 10 seconds) with dynamic batch fan-down.

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Operational Visibility

24/7 Monitoring

Comprehensive CloudWatch metrics, custom alarms, SNS notifications, and Preset analytics dashboards provide real-time operational insights and proactive alerting.

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GTM Enablement

Unified Community Intelligence

Consolidated view of community engagement and package usage in HubSpot CRM empowers GTM teams with actionable insights for targeted outreach.

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