Cloud Migration & DevOps for Canadian SaaS, Fintech, and Regulated Teams
MicroPyramid is a 14-year-old senior-led team that migrates Canadian startups and SMBs to AWS and runs the DevOps that keeps them there. We handle the full move — assessment, low-downtime cutover, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD — with Canadian data residency in ca-central-1, CAD billing via Stripe, and Eastern-time morning standups with end-of-day handoffs.
Canadian cloud work has real constraints: PIPEDA obligations overseen by the OPC, data residency expectations from enterprise and government clients, and AWS bills that creep up if nobody owns them. We have built and run cloud infrastructure for product teams across fintech, healthtech, govtech, SaaS, and cleantech — and plan every migration around zero or low downtime, not a risky big-bang cutover.
Why Canadian Teams Migrate With Us
Four reasons Canadian founders and engineering leads choose MicroPyramid for cloud migration and DevOps over a local agency or a generic offshore team
Eastern-Time Standups, End-of-Day Handoffs
The overlap window in your Eastern-time morning is where migration decisions get made — we attend standups live, make same-day cutover calls, and review pipelines before your afternoon. Completed work is handed off at your end of day, so your Canadian team wakes up to progress, not a backlog of questions.
PIPEDA, OPC & Data Residency
We understand Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the oversight role of the OPC. Migration architecture, storage, and third-party choices are made with compliance in mind, and AWS ca-central-1 keeps Canadian data in-country during and after the migration — not patched on after a privacy audit.
CAD Billing & AWS Spend Control
Our invoices are in Canadian dollars, collected via Stripe — no currency-conversion friction or international wire fees. We also help you read and control your AWS bill in CAD terms, so cloud cost stays predictable rather than creeping up quietly.
Senior Ownership, Zero-Drama Cutovers
Founders and senior engineers own every migration directly. You will not be handed to a junior delivery layer mid-cutover. The person who scopes your assessment is the person planning your zero or low-downtime move to AWS.
Cloud & DevOps Services for Canadian Teams
Six services covering the full journey — from AWS migration and data moves to Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and ongoing cost control
Cloud Migration to AWS
Move workloads off ageing on-premise servers or a costly current provider onto AWS — lift-and-shift, re-platform, or re-architect, scoped to your risk appetite. Canadian data stays in ca-central-1 where residency matters.
- Lift-and-shift or re-platform
- AWS ca-central-1 (Canada) residency
- Dependency and TCO mapping
Database & Data Migration
Migrate PostgreSQL, MySQL, and managed databases with low-downtime cutovers and full validation. We use change-data-capture replication so Canadian production data moves without data loss or extended outages.
- CDC replication for low downtime
- RDS and Aurora managed migration
- Validation and rollback plans
Containerization & Re-architecture
Repackage applications into Docker containers and run them on ECS or EKS — or move targeted workloads to serverless. Cloud-native architecture that auto-scales for Canadian SaaS and fintech traffic patterns.
- Docker and ECS/EKS
- Serverless where it fits
- Auto-scaling and high availability
CI/CD Pipelines
Replace manual deploys with automated GitHub Actions pipelines — build, test, and ship on every merge. Your Canadian team gets repeatable releases, faster cycles, and far fewer late-night deployment incidents.
- GitHub Actions pipelines
- Automated testing and rollbacks
- Staging and production parity
Infrastructure as Code
Define your whole cloud estate in Terraform so it is versioned, reviewable, and reproducible. No more snowflake servers nobody dares touch — every change goes through code review, the way your Canadian team already works.
- Terraform-managed infrastructure
- Reproducible environments
- Reviewable, audited changes
Cost Optimization & Managed Cloud
Get your AWS spend under control in CAD terms — right-sizing, reserved capacity, and ongoing monitoring. We keep the lights on after go-live with senior support overlapping Eastern-time hours, not a faceless queue.
- AWS spend control in CAD terms
- Right-sizing and reserved capacity
- Ongoing monitoring and support
Canadian Teams We Work Best With
If any of these situations match where your Canadian team is right now, a cloud conversation is worth having
Canadian Teams Still on On-Premise
You are paying for servers, cooling, and hardware refresh cycles. You want to move to AWS to cut capital cost and stop firefighting infrastructure — without a risky big-bang cutover.
Canadian SaaS Outgrowing Its Hosting
Your fintech, healthtech, or SaaS product is hitting scaling limits or over-provisioned to handle spikes. You need cloud-native architecture that auto-scales without burning budget.
Regulated Industries Needing Data Residency
You handle personal or financial data and need Canadian data residency, audit trails, and PIPEDA-aware architecture. AWS ca-central-1 keeps your data in-country where it must stay.
Teams With Manual, Fragile Deploys
Releases are manual, scary, and infrequent. You want CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code so deploys become routine — not an event the whole team dreads.
Companies With Runaway AWS Bills
Your cloud spend has crept up and nobody is quite sure why. You need a senior review, right-sizing, and ongoing cost discipline measured in CAD, not vague promises.
Teams With Limited DevOps Bandwidth
Your engineers are busy shipping product, not managing infrastructure. You need a senior external partner to own migration and DevOps with Eastern-time morning standups and end-of-day handoffs.
Best Fit For
- Canadian fintech, healthtech, govtech, and SaaS teams moving to AWS with data residency in mind
- startups and SMBs that need a low-downtime migration owned end-to-end by senior engineers
- teams that want CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and repeatable deploys instead of manual releases
- companies that need their AWS spend brought under control and kept there in CAD terms
Not the Right Fit When
- one-off server tweaks with no migration, automation, or architecture work behind them
- engagements looking only for hands to run an existing pipeline without ownership
- multi-cloud strategies where AWS is explicitly off the table from the start
- teams wanting a cloud badge rather than measurable cost, reliability, or residency outcomes
If you also need new product features built on top of the migrated stack, see Canadian Product Engineering.
Public proof of our cloud delivery: Bough Digital is a client we built and ran cloud infrastructure for, and Refactored.ai shows containerized, cloud-hosted delivery at scale.
How a Canadian Cloud Migration Runs
A structured, senior-led process that minimizes downtime and risk — assessment and architecture before anything moves to AWS
Discovery & Assessment
We audit your current infrastructure, map dependencies, and calculate total cost of ownership and realistic AWS savings before anything moves.
Architecture & Residency Design
We design the target AWS architecture with high availability, disaster recovery, and Canadian data residency in ca-central-1 baked in from the start.
Migrate With IaC & Low Downtime
We provision with Terraform, migrate data with CDC replication, wire up CI/CD, and run a controlled cutover that keeps downtime to a minimum.
Optimize & Support
After go-live we monitor, right-size for cost, tune performance, and support your Canadian team — with senior ownership, not a ticket queue.
The Stack Behind Canadian Cloud Delivery
AWS-native compute and data, with Terraform and GitHub Actions for repeatable delivery — deployed to ca-central-1 for Canadian data residency
Compute & Containers
Data & Storage
IaC & CI/CD
How to Get Started as a Canadian Team
We recommend starting with a Cloud Assessment — a senior audit, migration roadmap, and AWS cost projection before any move. All engagements billed in CAD via Stripe.
Cloud Assessment
A senior audit of your current infrastructure with a migration roadmap, AWS cost projection in CAD, and a clear residency plan — before you commit to a full move.
- Infrastructure and dependency audit
- Migration strategy and roadmap
- AWS cost projection in CAD
- Canadian data residency plan
Full Migration
End-to-end migration to AWS with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, low-downtime cutover, and a defined post-go-live support window for your Canadian team.
- End-to-end AWS migration
- IaC and CI/CD set up
- Low-downtime cutover and post-go-live support
Managed Cloud & DevOps
Ongoing management of your AWS estate — monitoring, cost optimization, security, and pipeline maintenance — with live standups aligned to Eastern-time hours.
- Monitoring and incident response
- Cost optimization in CAD terms
- Retainer or time-and-material
Selected Cloud Work and Portfolio
Products we have hosted, migrated, and run on the cloud for startups, SMBs, and international teams, including Bough Digital and Refactored.ai.
Bough Digital
Digital agency platform — campaign management, client dashboards, and analytics, with cloud infrastructure built and run for a demanding agency client.
See portfolio
Refactored
Interactive Python learning platform with AI-assisted exercises and assessments — cloud-hosted, containerized, and scaled for concurrent learners.
Read case study
PRO Music Tutor
Premium online music learning platform connecting students with world-class instructors — full-stack delivery on managed cloud infrastructure.
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CREDITABLE
Employee financial wellness platform for savings, loans, and workplace financial services — fintech-adjacent product on secure, scalable cloud.
See more workMove Your Canadian Workloads to the Cloud — Without the Chaos
If you need a senior-led team with Eastern-time overlap, CAD billing, and data residency in ca-central-1 — we are ready to talk. We start with a clear assessment and a migration plan built around low downtime, not a leap of faith.