Permissions per module
View and Create rights for each area of the app, set per user and per company.
All work
Full stack · React, Node.js + MongoDB · Fintech · Accounting SaaS
suzobooks
Engineering an accounting SaaS: team access, correct balances, one-click deploys and alerts before customers notice.
Overview
The brief
SuzoBooks is a cloud accounting product: companies, chart of accounts, journals, sales and purchase invoices, and bank reconciliation. We work as its engineering team across the React front end, the Node.js API, MongoDB and the AWS servers it runs on, shipping features and keeping production healthy.
Problems & fixes
What was in the way
Pick a problem to see what was wrong, what we built and what changed.
The problem
Business owners could not bring in their accountant or staff, or limit what each person could see and change.
What we built
Team management with email invites (72-hour signed tokens) and View/Create permissions per module. Owners decide, company by company, who has access.
What changed
Firms run several companies with their staff from one account. It shipped to production after a 96-check automated smoke test.
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Impact
What it changed
96Automated release checks
60 sHealth check interval
34Journal entries reposted
5Services on keyless deploys
- Accounting firms can now give staff and accountants exactly the access they need.
- Ledger balances are correct again and checked after every repair.
- Releases are routine, and the team hears about problems before customers do.
How it works
Under the hood
Click any part of the system, or play the flow from start to finish.
Step 1 · React · Next.js
Web app
The accounting interface: companies, ledgers, invoices, reports and team settings.
Boring deploys
Merge, build, deploy, smoke-test. The same pipeline for every service.
Alerts with context
Slack messages name the server and container, then post again when it is back.
Timeline
- Aug 2026Keyless, containerised deploys for every backend service
- Sep 2026Container and URL health monitoring into Slack
- Oct 2026Team management, company access and permissions
- Oct 2026Balance repair and the move to suzobooks.com
Tech stack
ReactNext.jsNode.jsExpressMongoDB AtlasDockerAWS EC2GitHub ActionsAWS Secrets ManagerCloudWatchSlack
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