Custom platform engineering

Build a custom internal developer platform that speeds up your development teams. Not an off-the-shelf product, but custom software that fits your tech stack, workflows and organisation exactly. Self-service infrastructure, automated pipelines and golden paths, developed specifically for you.

100% custom Self-service Developer experience

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Internal Developer Platform

Custom Built

Developer Self-Service

🚀 Deploy App

🗄️ New Database

🔧 Create Env

Platform Abstraction Layer

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CI/CD

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Secrets

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Monitoring

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Networking

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Storage

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GitOps

Cloud Infrastructure

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What is platform engineering?

Platform engineering is the building of an internal developer platform (IDP): a custom layer on top of your infrastructure that lets developers work independently. No more tickets for a new database, no waiting for ops to deploy.

Your developers get self-service access to everything they need, within the guardrails you define. The platform abstracts the complexity of Kubernetes, cloud services and CI/CD, so teams can focus on building features.

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Faster delivery

From weeks to minutes for new environments and deployments

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Consistency

Golden paths ensure best practices by default

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Autonomy

Teams work independently within safe boundaries

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Not an off-the-shelf product, but custom software for your situation

We do not sell a standard platform or modules. Every internal developer platform we build is developed entirely to measure for your specific tech stack, workflows, team structure and compliance requirements. We analyse how your teams work and build exactly what they need - no superfluous features, no compromises, no vendor lock-in.

What we build for you

Each capability is developed specifically for your organisation, integrated with your existing tools and processes.

Self-service portal

A developer portal where teams can create applications, databases, environments and resources themselves - with one click, according to your standards.

Golden paths

Predefined templates for new services that automatically build in best practices, security policies and monitoring.

CI/CD pipelines

Automated build, test and deploy pipelines that align with your git workflow and quality requirements.

Environment management

On-demand development, staging and preview environments that are automatically cleaned up after use.

Infrastructure as code

All infrastructure defined in code, version-controlled and reproducible - from development through to production.

Observability stack

Integrated logging, metrics and tracing that are automatically configured for every new service.

Why invest in platform engineering?

The ROI of a well-built internal developer platform is measurable in developer productivity and time to market.

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80% less waiting time

Developers no longer wait on ops for resources or deployments.

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Consistent environments

"Works on my machine" problems disappear thanks to standardised environments.

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Security by default

Guardrails and policies are built in, so developers cannot accidentally create insecure configurations.

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Faster onboarding

New developers become productive within hours rather than days or weeks.

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A scalable ops team

One platform team can support dozens of development teams.

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Compliance automation

Audit trails, policies and governance applied automatically to all workloads.

Our approach to platform engineering

We build your platform iteratively, focusing on rapid value and continuous improvement.

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Discovery and analysis

We analyse your current workflows, tech stack and the pain points of your development teams.

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Platform design

Architecture and roadmap for your custom internal developer platform.

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Iterative development

We build capability by capability, with direct feedback from your developers.

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Adoption and handover

Training, documentation and knowledge transfer so your team can manage the platform.

Technologies we use

We choose the right tools for your situation: no one-size-fits-all, but what suits your team and infrastructure.

Kubernetes

Backstage

ArgoCD

Terraform

Crossplane

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Prometheus

Grafana

AWS / Azure / GCP

Vault

Helm / Kustomize

Frequently Asked Questions

Platform engineering is the building and maintaining of an internal developer platform (IDP): a custom layer on top of your infrastructure that lets developers provision resources, deploy applications and manage environments independently, without depending directly on ops teams.

DevOps focuses on culture and collaboration between development and operations. Platform engineering goes a step further by automating that collaboration in a self-service platform. Developers no longer need to wait for ops; they use the platform to deploy themselves according to predefined standards.

No, we do not build off-the-shelf products. Every internal developer platform we create is developed entirely to measure for your specific tech stack, workflows and organisational structure. We analyse how your teams work and build exactly what they need: no superfluous features, no compromises.

Platform engineering is especially valuable for organisations with several development teams (5+ developers), complex infrastructure, or where developers spend too much time on ops tasks. If your teams regularly wait on deployments or environment provisioning, an IDP can deliver substantial time savings.

Yes, we can also improve, extend or optimise existing platform initiatives. We begin with an assessment of your current situation and identify where the greatest improvements are possible. We often find quick wins that deliver value immediately while we work on larger improvements.

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Discuss your platform engineering challenges with our specialists. We will analyse your situation and advise on the best approach, entirely without obligation and tailored to your organisation.

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