Kumori Labo | Platform Engineering Services

Understanding Platform Engineering

Platform Engineering is the discipline of designing and building toolchains and workflows that enable self-service capabilities for software engineering organizations. By creating internal developer platforms (IDPs), organizations provide their development teams with golden paths, which are standardized, automated workflows that make the right way the easy way.
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Core Benefits for Your Organization

Self-service infrastructure provisioning
Standardized development workflows
Reduced cognitive load on developers
Accelerated time-to-market
Improved security and compliance
Lower operational costs

Common Challenges

Many enterprises struggle with increasing complexity as they scale their engineering organizations:

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Developer Experience Challenges

Developers spending 30-60% of time on non-coding tasks
Complex toolchains creating cognitive overload
Inconsistent development environments across teams
Long wait times for infrastructure provisioning

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Operational Challenges

Duplicated efforts across multiple teams
Lack of standardization leading to technical debt
Security and compliance gaps from ad-hoc solutions
Difficulty maintaining and scaling custom tools

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Business Impact Challenges

Slower feature delivery impacting competitiveness
Increased operational costs from inefficiency
Difficulty attracting and retaining top talent
Reduced innovation due to infrastructure burden

Our Approach

Discovery and Assessment

We begin by understanding your developer workflows and pain points:

Developer journey mapping
Current toolchain analysis
Infrastructure and process evaluation
Stakeholder needs assessment

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Platform Strategy Development

We design platforms that developers actually want to use:

Self-service capability definition
Golden path architecture design
Technology selection and integration planning
Governance and security framework

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Platform Implementation

We build robust, scalable platforms tailored to your needs:

Infrastructure automation
CI/CD pipeline standardization
Developer portal creation
Service catalog development

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Adoption and Evolution

We ensure sustainable platform success:

Developer onboarding and training
Feedback loops and continuous improvement
Platform team enablement
Metrics-driven optimization

Expected Outcomes

Organizations that successfully implement platform engineering typically experience:

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Developer Productivity Gains

30-40% reduction in time spent on infrastructure tasks
4x increase in deployment frequency
50% faster onboarding for new developers
Significantly reduced context switching

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Operational Excellence

75% reduction in ticket-based requests
Standardized security and compliance
Improved resource utilization
Reduced infrastructure costs

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Business Acceleration

Faster time-to-market for new features
Improved ability to scale engineering teams
Enhanced developer satisfaction and retention
Greater focus on innovation over maintenance

How We Help

Internal Developer Platform (IDP) Design

Architect comprehensive IDPs that abstract infrastructure complexity while providing powerful capabilities. We integrate CI/CD, monitoring, security tools, and cloud services into cohesive platforms that developers love to use.

Developer Portal Creation

Build comprehensive developer portals using tools like Backstage and Port that provide self-service access to all development resources. We create service catalogs, documentation hubs, and API marketplaces that improve developer productivity by 40%.

Self-Service Infrastructure

Enable developers to provision infrastructure, databases, and services through automated self-service interfaces. We eliminate ticket-based requests, reduce wait times from days to minutes, and empower teams while maintaining governance and cost controls.

Golden Path Development

Design and implement standardized "golden paths" that guide developers through proven patterns for common scenarios. These paved roads reduce decision fatigue, ensure best practices, and accelerate development while maintaining flexibility for edge cases.

Fully Managed Platform Engineering

Operate your entire platform engineering function as a managed service for organizations that prefer to focus on core business rather than building internal platform teams. We provide dedicated platform engineers, maintain your IDP, handle all updates and improvements, and deliver monthly SLA reports while costing much less than building an equivalent in-house team.

Platform Team Establishment

Help organizations build and structure effective platform teams that operate with a product mindset. We define roles, establish success metrics, implement feedback loops, and create operating models that ensure your platform evolves with developer needs.

Platform Metrics and Analytics

Implement measurement frameworks that track platform adoption, developer satisfaction, and productivity gains. We establish KPIs, build dashboards, and create feedback mechanisms that ensure your platform delivers measurable business value.

Platform ROI Measurement

Establish comprehensive metrics and financial models that quantify the business value of your platform engineering initiatives. We implement DORA metrics, developer satisfaction surveys, and cost attribution models that demonstrate ROI, justify continued investment, and identify areas for optimization to maximize platform value delivery.

Platform Engineering Services

Build internal developer platforms that eliminate bottlenecks, reduce cognitive load, and enable your teams to deliver value faster than ever before.