Engineering’s gotten really complicated. The rush to “innovate or die” created more code, more tools, and more teams—without a single, unifying way to keep it all healthy and moving.
The result? Orphaned services, slow releases, and endless overhead... just to name a few.
Meet Cortex: The Internal Developer Portal (IDP) That Makes Engineering Orgs Excellent (and we really mean that)
Unify all data, tools, and teams in one place
Proactively drive standards (security, reliability, code quality) with always-on checks
Unlock truly autonomous dev work that aligns to your standards, so teams can build new value faster
Why This Matters Right Now
Optimize or die: The old growth-at-all-costs mindset doesn’t work when your codebase is sprawling and risk is high. Cortex helps teams focus on productivity without sacrificing quality or speed.
Developer experience redefined: Templated scaffolding and self-service provisioning are great (and Cortex has that, too), but they only scratch the surface. True dev experience means giving people the right data and a clear path to improve—so they can stop playing “find that doc” or “ping the SRE.”
Ownership unlocks velocity: You can’t fix what you don’t own. Cortex ensures every service and resource has an owner—and the accountability and data that come with it.
What We Do Differently
We solve ownership at scale: Track who’s responsible for what, with tight integrations to identity providers and your entire toolchain.
Flexible + structured approach: We offer deep configurability without dumping the burden of building everything from scratch on your platform team.
Live, dynamic Scorecards for everything: From raising the service maturity bar to “we need to do some housekeeping, quick,” Cortex continuously checks each service or resource and instantly flags drifts.
One-stop developer homepage: A single view that surfaces the tasks, alerts, and data developers actually care about—no more rummaging in wikis or toggling between 10 different tools.
How It Helps (A Quick Look)
Velocity: Less time hunting for info = more time shipping features
Efficiency: Automate governance so it’s not a giant game of “please update your database by Friday”
Security & Reliability: Bake standards into the dev workflow—from code coverage to vulnerability scanning—catch issues proactively
Visibility: Instantly see how teams and services stack up to your ideal state, and measure progress all in one place
The Future of Engineering Excellence
The next wave of software will be even faster and more distributed—especially with AI co-writing tons of code. Cortex is built to handle that scale automatically, so you can focus on innovation instead of babysitting tools or digging through repos.
Interest piqued? Reach out to see how Cortex can unify your environment, speed up your teams, and help you reclaim the time you’re burning on overhead.
