System Architecture

Core

StarWave Entertainment operates on a cloud-native, event-driven microservices architecture designed for global scale, sub-second latency, and 99.99% uptime. All services are containerized and orchestrated via Kubernetes.

🌐 Edge & CDN

  • Global Anycast DNS
  • 250+ PoPs worldwide
  • Edge caching & computation
  • QUIC/HTTP3 support

⚡ API Gateway

  • Rate limiting & throttling
  • WAF & DDoS mitigation
  • JWT/OAuth2 validation
  • Request routing & load balancing

🔧 Microservices

  • Stateless & horizontally scalable
  • gRPC & REST internally
  • Event streaming (Kafka)
  • Service mesh (Istio)

Technology Stack

Infrastructure
LayerTechnologyVersion/TypeStatus
Frontend WebNext.js 14 / React 18TypeScript, TailwindProduction
MobileFlutter / React NativeKotlin/Swift BridgeProduction
Backend CoreGo 1.21 / Node.js 20Fiber, FastifyProduction
Real-timeWebSockets / gRPCProtocol BuffersProduction
Primary DBPostgreSQL 15Patroni HA ClusterProduction
CachingRedis 7 ClusterValkey / KeyDBProduction
Data LakeApache IcebergS3 Parquet StorageAnalytics
Container OrchKubernetes (EKS/GKE)Karpenter AutoscalerProduction
CI/CDGitHub Actions / ArgoCDGitOps PipelineAutomated

Media & Streaming Pipeline

Core

Our proprietary ingest-to-edge pipeline supports 4K HDR, Dolby Vision, and spatial audio with adaptive bitrate streaming and DRM protection.

📹 Ingest & Transcoding

Automated pipeline processing using FFmpeg + GPU-accelerated NVENC/AMF. Supports PRORES, DNxHD, RAW, and H.265 ingest.

🌊 Delivery & Protocol

HLS & DASH manifest generation. Low-Latency HLS (LL-HLS) for live events. QUIC-based transport for congested networks.

SpecificationStandard / RangeNotes
Video CodecsH.264, H.265 (HEVC), AV1, VVCHardware accelerated
Audio CodecsAC-4, E-AC-3, Opus, AAC-LCUp to 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos
Bitrate Range400 Kbps – 120 Mbps28 quality ladders
DRMWidevine L1, FairPlay, PlayReadyCommon Encryption (CENC)
Live Latency2.5s – 6sLL-HLS + SRT ingest
QoS AdaptationClient-side ABRDynamic buffer management

Performance Metrics

SLA
Global Uptime
99.99%
Avg TTFB (Edge)
42ms
Concurrent Users
2.4M+
API p95 Latency
110ms
Cache Hit Ratio
96.2%

Security & Compliance

Governance

🛡️ Data Protection

  • AES-256 at rest & TLS 1.3 in transit
  • Zero-knowledge PII encryption
  • KMS-managed key rotation
  • Vault-based secrets management

📜 Certifications

  • SOC 2 Type II (Audited 2023)
  • GDPR & CCPA Compliant
  • ISO 27001 Certified
  • Regular 3rd-party pen tests
# Example: Secure Token Validation Middleware func ValidateSession(ctx context.Context, token string) (bool, error) { claims := JWTDecode(token, "Ed25519-Public-Key") if claims.Expiry < time.Now() { return false, ErrTokenExpired } return CheckRevocationList(claims.JTI) }

API & Developer Kit

Integration

RESTful and GraphQL APIs with comprehensive SDKs for Python, Node.js, Go, and Swift. Webhook support for real-time event notifications.

Endpoint GroupMethodRate LimitAuth
Content CatalogGET /v2/content1000 req/minBearer / API Key
Live StreamsPOST /v2/streams/ingest500 req/minJWT + HMAC
AnalyticsGET /v2/analytics/events200 req/minOAuth2 Service
User ManagementPUT /v2/users/{id}/prefs300 req/minSession Token

📦 SDK & Webhooks

Official client libraries available via npm, pip, go get, and CocoaPods. Webhook endpoints support retry logic with exponential backoff, signature verification, and idempotency keys.

Observability & Monitoring

Ops

📊 Metrics

Prometheus + Grafana stack. Custom exporters for business KPIs and infrastructure health. SLO tracking with error budgets.

📝 Logging

Centralized structured logging via Fluent Bit → Kafka → OpenSearch. Trace correlation across all microservices.

🚨 Alerting

PagerDuty integration, Slack channels, and automated runbooks. AI-assisted anomaly detection for traffic spikes.