diff --git a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock
@@ -392,6 +392,12 @@
  "os_str_bytes",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "convert_case"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6245d59a3e82a7fc217c5828a6692dbc6dfb63a0c8c90495621f7b9d79704a0e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.9.3"
@@ -408,6 +414,19 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5827cebf4670468b8772dd191856768aedcb1b0278a04f989f7766351917b9dc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_more"
+version = "0.99.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4fb810d30a7c1953f91334de7244731fc3f3c10d7fe163338a35b9f640960321"
+dependencies = [
+ "convert_case",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.8.1"
@@ -453,6 +472,7 @@
  "aws-sdk-dynamodb",
  "aws-types",
  "clap",
+ "derive_more",
  "http",
  "once_cell",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 aws-types = "0.51.0"
 aws-sdk-dynamodb = "0.21.0"
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "env"] }
+derive_more = "0.99"
 http = "0.2"
 once_cell = "1.17"
 tokio = { version = "1.24", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"]}
diff --git a/services/feature-flags/src/database.rs b/services/feature-flags/src/database.rs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/feature-flags/src/database.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+use aws_sdk_dynamodb::{model::AttributeValue, Error as DynamoDBError};
+use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
+
+#[derive(
+  Debug, derive_more::Display, derive_more::From, derive_more::Error,
+)]
+pub enum Error {
+  #[display(...)]
+  AwsSdk(DynamoDBError),
+  #[display(...)]
+  Attribute(DBItemError),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, derive_more::Error, derive_more::Constructor)]
+pub struct DBItemError {
+  attribute_name: &'static str,
+  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
+  attribute_error: DBItemAttributeError,
+}
+
+impl Display for DBItemError {
+  fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+    match &self.attribute_error {
+      DBItemAttributeError::Missing => {
+        write!(f, "Attribute {} is missing", self.attribute_name)
+      }
+      DBItemAttributeError::IncorrectType => write!(
+        f,
+        "Value for attribute {} has incorrect type: {:?}",
+        self.attribute_name, self.attribute_value
+      ),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, derive_more::Display, derive_more::Error)]
+pub enum DBItemAttributeError {
+  #[display(...)]
+  Missing,
+  #[display(...)]
+  IncorrectType,
+}
+
+fn _parse_string_attribute(
+  attribute_name: &'static str,
+  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
+) -> Result<String, DBItemError> {
+  match attribute_value {
+    Some(AttributeValue::S(value)) => Ok(value),
+    Some(_) => Err(DBItemError::new(
+      attribute_name,
+      attribute_value,
+      DBItemAttributeError::IncorrectType,
+    )),
+    None => Err(DBItemError::new(
+      attribute_name,
+      attribute_value,
+      DBItemAttributeError::Missing,
+    )),
+  }
+}
+
+fn _parse_bool_attribute(
+  attribute_name: &'static str,
+  attribute_value: Option<AttributeValue>,
+) -> Result<bool, DBItemError> {
+  match attribute_value {
+    Some(AttributeValue::Bool(value)) => Ok(value),
+    Some(_) => Err(DBItemError::new(
+      attribute_name,
+      attribute_value,
+      DBItemAttributeError::IncorrectType,
+    )),
+    None => Err(DBItemError::new(
+      attribute_name,
+      attribute_value,
+      DBItemAttributeError::Missing,
+    )),
+  }
+}
diff --git a/services/feature-flags/src/main.rs b/services/feature-flags/src/main.rs
--- a/services/feature-flags/src/main.rs
+++ b/services/feature-flags/src/main.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 pub mod config;
 pub mod constants;
+pub mod database;
 
 fn configure_logging() -> Result<()> {
   let filter = EnvFilter::builder()