We engaged closely with development teams across Volvo Group to understand their real needs. These discovery sessions helped us shape a developer portal tailored to actual workflows – solving real pain points rather than adding complexity. This early alignment ensured adoption and long-term relevance.

The portal was designed around the principle of a single source of truth – no duplication or static data. We connected Backstage directly to Git, cloud providers, API gateways, and documentation tools, ensuring that developers always accessed live, authoritative information.

Using Backstage Software Templates, we reduced the time to create a new service from several weeks to just minutes. Developers can now spin up repositories, pipelines, cloud environments, and documentation – all in one click, and aligned with Volvo’s security and coding standards.

This implementation laid the foundation for a group-wide developer portal strategy. It has improved onboarding, increased consistency, and empowered hundreds of teams to work more autonomously while maintaining governance and compliance.

• TechDocs – Easy-to-write, always-updated documentation
• API Catalog – Custom adapters for automatic discovery of APIs
• ChatGPT Integration – AI-assisted knowledge retrieval
• Soundcheck Plugin – Validates readiness of services before launch
• Software Templates – Bootstrap services with built-in quality and security

Backstage.io, TechDocs, Software Templates, React, Node.js, GitHub, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Datadog, Python, ChatGPT, Developer Experience, GitOps