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Solution Detail

Platform Engineering Jumpstart

Transform DevOps efforts into a productized internal platform that gives developers golden paths, self-service automation, and measurable experience improvements.

  • Developer portals Backstage or Port implementation with unified catalog, scorecards, and discovery.
  • Golden paths Opinionated templates for web, API, data, and ML services with guardrails built-in.
  • Platform product mindset Roadmaps, success metrics, and feedback loops that treat internal users as customers.
Core capabilities

Build a platform teams love to use

We partner with your engineering leaders, site reliability, and security teams to create a cohesive platform experience that shortens idea-to-production time.

Portal implementation

Deploy developer portals with integrated authentication, metadata, scorecards, and plug-ins tailored to your toolchain.

  • Service catalog, software templates, and scaffolding pipelines
  • Scorecards for SLO health, security posture, and lifecycle status
  • Golden paths with guardrail policies and documentation

Platform APIs & automation

Provide self-service for infrastructure, database, secrets, and environment provisioning with compliance baked in.

  • Platform API design and eventing for provisioning workflows
  • Integration with Terraform, Crossplane, AWS Proton, or custom controllers
  • Built-in auditing, cost tracking, and security approvals

Product management & DX insights

Establish platform product governance, measure developer experience, and continuously evolve offerings.

  • Value proposition, roadmap, and stakeholder communication plan
  • DX telemetry: time-to-first-deploy, deployment success, feedback scores
  • Guild-led enablement, office hours, and adoption campaigns
Measured outcomes

Platform engineering that pays off

40% Reduction in lead time from idea to first production deployment.
+28 Increase in developer experience score within six months of launch.
70% Adoption of golden path templates across new service creation.
90% Of platform roadmap items driven by data-backed customer feedback.
Engagement phases

Launch, prove value, and scale

Discovery

User interviews, platform maturity assessment, and success metric definition.

Backlog & architecture

Portal architecture, service templates, automation backlog, and roadmap alignment.

Implementation

Portal configuration, golden path development, automation delivery, and DX telemetry wiring.

Beta launch

Pilot teams onboard, feedback loops established, enablement sessions delivered.

Scale

Adoption campaigns, guild enablement, backlog prioritization, and continuous improvement cycles.

Client story

Marketplace unicorn creates unified developer experience

A fast-growing marketplace struggled with fragmented tooling and inconsistent delivery practices. Platform Engineering Jumpstart delivered a cohesive platform with self-service automation and measurable DX insights.

Unified onboarding

Average new service creation time dropped from 10 days to 90 minutes using golden path templates.

Operational visibility

Scorecards surfaced SLO, security, and compliance status across 120 services for engineering leadership.

Developer satisfaction

Developer Net Promoter Score jumped from 12 to 52 within one quarter of launch.

Make your platform product real

Request a platform vision workshop

We will co-create a platform north star, identify golden path candidates, and outline the first 90 days of delivery.

Plan the workshop