HR Platform for EDB Pakistan
Modern workforce management and internal HR operations platform for a national institution.
Results at a glance
Streamlined internal HR operations
Centralized employee records
Faster internal approvals and reporting
Scalable foundation for future modules
Challenge
The Engineering Development Board (EDB) Pakistan relied on fragmented, largely manual HR workflows: records spread across files and spreadsheets, inconsistent leave and attendance tracking, slow internal approvals, and limited visibility for administrators. The organization needed a secure, centralized platform to support day-to-day workforce administration without disrupting established governance.
What Habrig built
- Role-aware web application for administrators and authorized staff, with clear navigation for records, leave, attendance, and approvals
- Internal reporting views and export-friendly summaries for operational review
- Document-oriented screens with access tied to role and department context
- Service layer for employee records, leave policies, attendance events, and approval chains with auditable state transitions
- PostgreSQL data model with constraints suited to institutional use and future module growth
- Authenticated APIs with least-privilege access patterns and session hardening appropriate for internal deployment
- Environment separation, migration discipline, and deployment practices suited to controlled institutional rollout
- Operational logging and backup assumptions aligned with internal IT expectations
Outcomes
- HR processes consolidated into a single internal system of record for authorized users
- Reduced manual reconciliation between disparate sources for core employee data
- Approval and reporting paths shortened for standard internal requests
- A maintainable codebase and schema that can extend with additional modules over time
Technology
frontend
Next.js with TypeScript, component patterns suited to dense administrative UIs
backend
Node.js services, structured APIs, and PostgreSQL for transactional HR data
database
PostgreSQL with relational integrity for employees, leave, attendance, and approvals
infrastructure
Deployment aligned with client hosting and security constraints (details under NDA)
monitoring
Application error tracking and structured logs for operational review
cicd
Automated checks and staged releases for controlled updates
Execution detail
Product & frontend
- Role-aware web application for administrators and authorized staff, with clear navigation for records, leave, attendance, and approvals
- Internal reporting views and export-friendly summaries for operational review
- Document-oriented screens with access tied to role and department context
Backend & data
- Service layer for employee records, leave policies, attendance events, and approval chains with auditable state transitions
- PostgreSQL data model with constraints suited to institutional use and future module growth
- Authenticated APIs with least-privilege access patterns and session hardening appropriate for internal deployment
Platform & delivery
- Environment separation, migration discipline, and deployment practices suited to controlled institutional rollout
- Operational logging and backup assumptions aligned with internal IT expectations
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