Modern software delivery demands a delicate balance between developer autonomy and infrastructure governance. As organizations scale, the complexity of managing services, environments, and infrastructure increases—often resulting in bottlenecks, inconsistent practices, and reduced developer velocity. This webinar explores how the Backstage system model can serve as a foundational framework to simplify infrastructure access, improve visibility across teams, and enable true self-service in a controlled, scalable way.

Attendees will walk away with actionable strategies to architect self-service workflows that align with platform engineering goals—without compromising reliability or compliance. We’ll dive into practical examples of how to model systems and components in Backstage, build reusable templates for infrastructure provisioning, and integrate infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform and Helm into developer-friendly workflows. Whether you're just getting started with Backstage or looking to scale your internal developer portal, this session will provide the architectural patterns, governance guardrails, and collaboration techniques that today’s platform teams need to succeed.

Key Takeaways:

• Learn how to turn Backstage’s system model into a foundation for scalable self-service infrastructure.
• Understand how to reduce ticket-based workflows and improve developer onboarding speed.
• See real-world examples of integrating infrastructure tools into platform workflows.
• Discover best practices for balancing governance and flexibility in modern platform teams.
• Gain insights into creating feedback loops between developers and infrastructure stakeholders.