Give Your Engineers a Platform That Lets Them Ship - Not Wait for Tickets.
About building Internal Developer Platforms with Backstage, Port, self-service portals, golden paths, service catalogs, and developer experience tooling.
Engineering orgs where developers wait days for infrastructure, onboarding takes weeks, and tribal knowledge is the only documentation.
The Problem We Solve
⚠ Developers open tickets for basic infrastructure and wait days
⚠ Onboarding new engineers takes weeks because nothing is documented or self-service
⚠ Every team builds their own deployment scripts - no standardisation
⚠ Knowledge lives in people's heads, not in a searchable service catalog
⚠ Your platform team is a bottleneck, not an enabler
What's Included
✓ Backstage deployment and customisation - service catalog, software templates, TechDocs
✓ Self-service infrastructure provisioning - developers create databases, queues, clusters via portal
✓ Golden path templates - standardised project scaffolding with CI/CD, monitoring, and security pre-configured
✓ Service catalog with ownership, dependencies, API documentation, and runbook links
✓ Developer portal with single-pane-of-glass visibility into services, deployments, and incidents
✓ Scorecard system - track service maturity across security, reliability, and documentation dimensions
✓ Integration with existing tools: GitHub, GitLab, PagerDuty, Kubernetes, Terraform, ArgoCD
✓ Custom Backstage plugins for your specific internal tools and workflows
Engagement Process
01
Developer Experience Audit
Interview developers, map pain points, measure lead time
02
Platform Design
Architecture the IDP, choose components, design golden paths
03
Build & Integrate
Deploy Backstage/Port, build templates, connect to existing toolchain
04
Adoption & Iteration
Rollout, training, feedback loops, continuous improvement
Technology Stack
BackstagePortOpsLevelCortexHumanitecKubernetesArgoCDTerraformGitHubGitLabCrossplaneScaffolderTechDocs
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an Internal Developer Platform?
A self-service layer on top of your infrastructure that lets developers provision resources, deploy services, and access documentation without filing tickets. Think of it as a developer portal that abstracts away infrastructure complexity.
Backstage or Port?
Backstage for teams that want full customisation and own the platform (open source, large plugin ecosystem). Port for teams that want faster time-to-value with less engineering effort (SaaS, opinionated). We implement both.
How long to build an IDP?
MVP with service catalog and 2-3 golden paths: 6-8 weeks. Full platform with self-service provisioning and scorecards: 3-6 months. We iterate continuously after launch.
Do we need a dedicated platform team?
For the initial build, no - we handle it. For ongoing evolution, we recommend at least 1-2 platform engineers. We can train your team or provide ongoing support.
What if our developers don't adopt it?
Adoption is the hardest part. We design the platform around developer pain points (not top-down mandates), involve developers in design decisions, and measure adoption metrics. If it doesn't solve real problems, they won't use it.
Ready to talk platform engineering & idp?
Book a free 30-minute architecture review. We'll assess your setup and give you an honest recommendation.