The Platform Your Developers Wish They Had

Self-service infrastructure, opinionated golden paths — one way to deploy, one way to monitor, one way to manage secrets — and AI-powered troubleshooting so developers ship features instead of fighting YAML.

Duration: 2-3 months Team: 2-3 Senior Platform Engineers
The Challenge

You might be experiencing...

Developers spending 30%+ of their time on infrastructure instead of features
Developer onboarding takes 2 weeks — every team has different deployment patterns
Platform team is a bottleneck — 40 developers waiting on 2 engineers
Every team deploys differently — no standardization, no guardrails
Our Approach

Engagement Phases

Week 1

Developer Experience Audit

Measure current developer experience: time-to-deploy, onboarding duration, infrastructure ticket volume, developer satisfaction scores. Establish baseline for ROI measurement.

Weeks 2-5

Foundation

Deploy Backstage, configure ArgoCD multi-environment GitOps, Kyverno policies, cert-manager, first golden path template.

Weeks 5-9

Self-Service

Crossplane for cloud resources, 4+ golden path templates, Backstage integrations (ArgoCD, Grafana, Kubecost), namespace automation, Port or Humanitec as alternative portal options.

Weeks 9-12

Polish & AI

AI troubleshooting bot, Argo Rollouts for progressive delivery, TechDocs automation, developer onboarding, team training.

What You Get

Deliverables

Backstage developer portal with service catalog
4+ golden path templates (REST API, gRPC, event-driven, batch)
ArgoCD GitOps for dev/staging/production
Crossplane self-service cloud resources
Kyverno policy enforcement (security, labels, resources)
AI-powered troubleshooting assistant
Developer Experience Audit report (before/after metrics)
Developer onboarding guide reduced to under 2 hours
Platform team training and knowledge transfer
Expected Outcomes

Before & After

MetricBeforeAfter
Time to Deploy New Service2-5 days< 30 minutes
Developer Infra Time30-40% of sprint10-15%
Developer Onboarding2 weeks< 2 hours
Deployment FrequencyWeeklyMultiple per day
Technology

Tools We Use

Backstage ArgoCD Crossplane Kyverno Argo Rollouts Humanitec Port Kubecost
Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take to build an Internal Developer Platform on Kubernetes?

A typical engagement runs 2-3 months. Week 1 is a Developer Experience Audit to baseline current pain, weeks 2-5 establish the foundation with Backstage and ArgoCD, weeks 5-9 deliver self-service capabilities with Crossplane and golden path templates, and weeks 9-12 add AI-powered troubleshooting, progressive delivery, and team onboarding.

What are golden path templates and how many do we get?

Golden paths are opinionated, production-ready templates for common service types — one way to deploy, one way to monitor, one way to manage secrets. We deliver 4 or more templates — typically REST API, gRPC, event-driven, and batch processing — each with CI/CD, security scanning, observability, and GitOps deployment pre-configured.

How does this reduce developer time spent on infrastructure?

Developers currently spend 30-40% of their sprint time on infrastructure tasks. With the platform, creating a new service takes under 30 minutes instead of 2-5 days, provisioning environments is self-service, and deployments happen through GitOps. Typical clients reduce infrastructure time to 10-15% of sprint capacity.

Do you include AI-powered capabilities in the platform?

Yes. We build an AI-powered troubleshooting assistant that helps developers diagnose pod failures, deployment issues, and performance problems without needing deep Kubernetes expertise. This dramatically reduces the learning curve and the volume of infrastructure support tickets.

Which developer portal do you recommend — Backstage, Port, or Humanitec?

Backstage is the most widely adopted open-source option with the largest plugin ecosystem. Port is a strong alternative if your team wants a managed SaaS with less operational overhead. Humanitec is ideal if you want a Platform Orchestrator that manages environments dynamically. We help you select the right tool based on your team size, technical maturity, and operational preferences.

Which cloud providers and Kubernetes distributions do you support?

We support EKS, AKS, GKE, and self-managed Kubernetes. The platform tooling — Backstage, ArgoCD, Crossplane, and Kyverno — is cloud-agnostic. We design the platform to work with your existing cloud provider and can support multi-cloud if needed.

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