Developer Experience
Self-service · Paved paths · Developer portals · Documentation
Platform Engineering
Build platforms developers actually want to use.
We design, build and modernize production platforms that reduce cognitive load and give engineering teams secure, reliable and repeatable paths from code to production.
Talk to our engineersDEVDEVDEV
PAVED PATHSDeploy · Observe · Run
PLATFORM SERVICESCI/CD · GitOps · Identity · Policy
CLOUD + RUNTIMEInfrastructure · Kubernetes · Data
From infrastructure to platform
Make the platform an enabler, not a bottleneck.
A good platform gives developers the capabilities they need without requiring them to understand every detail of the infrastructure underneath. Whether you're building a new platform, modernizing an existing environment or improving the path from code to production, we bring infrastructure, automation, delivery workflows and operational practices together into a coherent engineering platform.
Less cognitive load
Repeatable delivery
Automated workflows
Security by design
Developer self-service
Platform capabilities
From cloud foundations to developer experience.
A production platform is a system of layers. We engineer the capabilities your teams need across the stack without turning Platform Engineering into a synonym for Kubernetes.
Software Delivery
CI/CD · GitOps · Release workflows · Environment management
Platform Services
Identity · Secrets · Policy · Observability
Platform & Runtime
Kubernetes · Containers · Networking · Service connectivity
Infrastructure
Cloud · Compute · Storage · Infrastructure as Code
Developer Experience
Paved paths, not rigid guardrails.
We turn common engineering workflows into paved paths: documented, automated and supported ways to provision infrastructure, deploy applications and operate workloads. Teams get sensible defaults for the common case while retaining the flexibility to step outside the paved path when the situation requires it.
DEVELOPERPAVED PATH
DEPLOYOBSERVESCALEOPERATE
Self-service
Access common platform capabilities without waiting for manual infrastructure work.
Paved paths
Use proven defaults for common workloads while allowing deliberate exceptions.
Automation
Turn repeatable infrastructure and delivery processes into code and workflows.
Visibility
Understand deployments, workloads and platform behaviour.
The ape factory Method
From platform problem to production.
We start by understanding the current environment and desired outcomes, then design, build and verify the platform against those criteria.
- 01
Discover
Teams, workloads, constraints and success criteria.
- 02
Design
Architecture, platform capabilities and delivery approach.
- 03
Build
Infrastructure, automation, workflows and self-service capabilities.
- 04
Verify
Functionality, security, resilience, operability and acceptance.
- 05
Operate
Handover to your team or continue through Managed Platforms.
Typical engagements
Build new. Modernize existing. Remove friction.
New Platform
Design and implement a production platform around your applications, teams and operating requirements.
Platform Modernization
Evolve existing infrastructure and delivery practices without assuming a complete rebuild.
Internal Developer Platform
Create self-service capabilities and paved paths that reduce friction between development and infrastructure teams.
Software Delivery
Improve CI/CD, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code and release workflows.
Platform Security
Integrate identity, policy, secrets and software supply-chain controls.
Developer Experience
Remove recurring friction from provisioning, building, deploying and operating software.
Your Platform
Built with you. Owned by you.
We work in your environment and integrate with your engineering ecosystem wherever appropriate. Architecture decisions, automation, configuration, documentation and operational knowledge remain usable by your team.
Your accounts. Your repositories. Your automation. Your documentation. Your platform.
From Build to Operate
Need us to operate it too?
Platform Engineering focuses on designing, building, modernizing and verifying your platform. If you want Ape Factory to take ongoing operational responsibility after delivery, Managed Platforms continues the lifecycle with monitoring, maintenance, incident response and continuous improvement.
Explore Managed PlatformsTechnologie
Wir arbeiten mit den Technologien, auf denen moderne Plattformen aufbauen.
Erfahrung mit Cloud-Native-Infrastruktur, Plattform-Engineering, Storage und Open-Source-Systemen.
Plattform
Kubernetes
Container-Orchestrierung für moderne Anwendungsplattformen.
Plattform
OpenShift
Enterprise-Kubernetes-Plattform für Application Delivery und Operations.
Cloud
OpenStack
Open-Source-Infrastruktur für Private- und Sovereign-Cloud-Plattformen.
Storage
Ceph
Verteilter Software-Defined Storage für Block-, File- und Object-Workloads.
Storage
Rook
Kubernetes-native Orchestrierung für verteilte Storage-Systeme.