Solve problems at scale with platform engineering
Simplify operations with internal developer platforms. Enable your application engineers to deploy and manage software easily.
Centralize infrastructure and drive adoption of standard architectures
Facilitate full compliance in a dynamic security and regulatory environment
Reduce time to production by eliminating developer friction points
Control costs, encourage code reuse, and replace multiple 'do-it-yourself' solutions
Let our expertise guide you
At VirtusLab we focus on strong partnership and delivering a bespoke platform with excellence.Strategy
- Platform engineering discovery
- Infrastructure standardization
- Governance and compliance
- Measuring platform engineering impact
Implementation
- Internal developer platform
- Internal developer portal
- End-to-end delivery: design, implementation and operations
- Modernization or consolidation of existing platforms
Support
- Transition from IT managed services to platform engineering
- Developer community building
- Inner source initiatives
- Managed service: ongoing support and incident management 24/7
Get the full value of a bespoke developer platform
Your teams benefit from
Product-led engineering
Enablement teams
Deep cross-functional resources
Proven developer experience skill set
the solution we build
Internal developer portals
Dev tooling
Platform orchestration API
Reusable infrastructure modules
Lifecycle management
User-facing documentation
Out-of-the-box integrations
Compute
Storage
Big Data
Streaming
on top of our cloud expertise
Multi-cloud expertise
On-prem
Edge computing
Partnership makes the difference
Careful planning helps us meet your business needs without compromise. We focus on doing the groundwork and then delivering at a high level of quality. Progress reporting is fully transparent and deliverables are outcome-driven.
Time-bound partnerships help you avoid open-ended commitments
Upskill your teams with knowledge gained from projects over many years
Ensure long-term sustainability even after our collaboration ends
Prioritize the best technology and remove legacy quickly and cleanly
The platform development journey
Two weeks
We work with you to better understand your operating model and existing technology landscape and to identify friction points in your software development lifecycle.
outcome
A comprehensive preliminary analysis document alongside a commercial proposal for platform engineering services.
Up to 6 months
We assemble an engineering team to design the platform prototype and deliver initial capabilities that allow you to validate key concepts within your organization.
outcome
A working platform prototype ready for adoption by a small number of engineering teams. Technical documentation with solution architecture, key design considerations, and technology choices that suit your organization.
Ongoing
We focus on addressing all functional and non-functional requirements in order to scale the platform.
outcome
A production-ready platform that scales across the enterprise. Together with support, lifecycle management, and security processes.
Ongoing
We act as a dedicated enabling team to help your teams overcome obstacles and facilitate the migration flow.
outcome
Platform adopted by multiple engineering teams across your organization.
Ongoing
We focus on release management, observability, cost optimization, and continuous improvement efforts. We establish quality as a service measures such as SLO/SLI/SLA, and keep the platform up to date and secure.
outcome
Established operational processes with 24/7 incident management.
Platform engineering expertise in action
1
Reduced ongoing infrastructure maintenance by 80%
2
Ensured tight collaboration between security and platform teams
3
Improved time to production from months to days
Developer platforms: compliance and efficiency across multiple teams
1
Reduce project start times by a factor of 10
2
Ensure peak performance to avoid missed opportunities
3
Deliver significant savings through increased platform and infrastructure stability
Centralized deployment platform for a top global retailer
Meet the experts
Bartek Antoniak
Head of Cloud Engineering
Ewa Pociej
Technical Program Manager
FAQ Platform engineering expertise
What can I expect from your platform engineering experts?
Within a fixed time engagement, we work in phases, which are:
- Creating a low-investment platform engineering PoC to validate key concepts explored in the discovery process. At most 3-6 months.
- Building your company-wide and fully functional platform and taking care of adoption and operations aspects.
- Setting up a framework for measuring platform engineering to define a strategic mission and vision with KPIs and/or OKR.
- Modernizing or consolidating existing platforms to address legacy issues, and help with migrating and merging other platforms.
- Enabling an internal developer portal to scale existing knowledge and leadership by providing visibility and self-service through web interfaces and custom development tools.
- Building a developer community by sharing knowledge and creating a dedicated space for engineers to exchange ideas and help each other.
- Launching inner source initiatives to focus on an infrastructure baseline for other teams, while empowering the organization to contribute, collaborate, and reuse code.
What if my company isn't sufficiently mature for platform engineering yet?
No worries. There are other ways that we can help, including:
- Request a platform engineering discovery workshop to see in detail where you are on this journey, available at a fixed price.
- Guidance on building an internal inner source initiative to facilitate code reuse and drive standardization across the stack.
- Help with modernizing service management aspects and improving levels of automation.
Can I tackle platform engineering on my own?
Of course you can. We just offer a shorter learning curve and additional knowledge to help you get started on your platform development journey. We also have many years of diverse product development experience across the entire software development lifecycle.
- We help you make convoluted systems simple in secure and reliable ways.
- We support your organization with multi-disciplinary expertise ranging from software design, development and infrastructure engineering to release management, compliance and disaster recovery.
- In addition to the technology challenges, we incorporate business challenges into the process and open up new opportunities for your organization.
How do you ensure high application availability and reliability?
We ensure high availability and reliability by simplifying operations and making it easy for application engineers to deploy and manage software. We also address scalability challenges, centralize infrastructure, ensure compliance, streamline processes, and provide guidance throughout the development lifecycle.
What level of involvement do you expect from our organization's leadership and technical teams?
The involvement of your technical teams is crucial throughout the implementation process, as their expertise helps shape the platform's architecture and ensures alignment with existing systems.
We engage in time-bound partnerships and exchange information to better understand your needs during the discovery phase. This approach ensures mutual familiarity with your technology and business while sharing our expertise in platform engineering.