Challenge

Scalable Authentication System

Your startup just crossed 2 million users. Login latency is rising, fraud attempts are increasing, and the team must support global traffic without creating operational chaos. Build the architecture you believe should ship.

Security-FirstHigh AvailabilityLow Latency

Traffic & Edge0 / 6 stages

Still needs: Application Layer, Data Layer, Security

Traffic & Edge

Route and protect incoming requests

ACTIVE

Where does traffic enter first?

Application Layer

Run the business logic

What runs the business logic?

Data Layer

Store and cache state

Where does the data actually live?

Async Processing

Absorb burst work off the request path

What absorbs work when traffic bursts?

Security

Check identity and keep secrets safe

What checks identity and keeps secrets?

Observability

Know when something breaks

How do you find out when things break?