London's fast-moving engineering teams deserve infrastructure they truly own. Keel is a UK-registered, code-first operations platform built by the team behind Echo, running on fully managed serverless infrastructure with version control, multiple environments and end-to-end type-safe SDKs as standard. This page covers how those same platform-engineering practices apply if your team is scoping an internal developer platform approach — without the sprawl of legacy tooling or the lock-in of off-the-shelf platforms.
End-to-end platform engineering consultancy — from developer portals to full cloud native automation, built for London's high-velocity engineering teams.
We assess your current developer experience and engineering maturity, then design a bespoke Internal Developer Platform roadmap — including golden paths, service catalogues, and self-service infrastructure — aligned to your organisation's goals.
We build and deploy production-ready developer portals using tools like Backstage, Port, or custom-built solutions on serverless cloud infrastructure, giving your engineers a single pane of glass for services, docs, and workflows.
From pipeline design to GitOps workflows, we implement robust CI/CD automation using industry best practices — version-controlled, end-to-end type-safe, and engineered to eliminate manual toil from your delivery process.
Our experienced team embeds with yours to upskill platform engineers, define engineering standards, and establish operational best practices — drawing on real-world experience scaling platforms to serve hundreds of thousands of users.
We design, deploy, and manage cloud native Kubernetes environments across AWS, GCP, or Azure — with observability, multi-environment support, secrets management, and infrastructure-as-code baked in from day one.
We integrate OpenTelemetry-based observability stacks, audit logging, role-based access controls, and deny-by-default security policies — ensuring your IDP is production-grade, compliant, and ready for regulated London industries.
We begin with a structured discovery workshop with your London-based engineering and DevOps teams, auditing your existing toolchain, deployment workflows, and developer pain points to establish a clear baseline and identify the highest-impact opportunities.
See how engineering teams have transformed their developer experience and delivery velocity with Keel's IDP consultancy.
We don't just advise — we've built and scaled platforms in the real world, and we bring that hard-won engineering experience to every London engagement.
Our founders built platforms scaling to 600k users daily — we solve real engineering problems, not theoretical ones.
Every platform we deliver is version-controlled, open-source, and fully owned by your team from day one.
Keel (Planko Ltd) is a company registered in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Altrincham, Cheshire, and registered with the ICO (reference ZB524558), with GBP billing and VAT and the option to host your data in the UK. Get in touch to discuss availability for a conversation with your London team.
Funded by Earlybird and LocalGlobe in 2024, Keel is a trusted, well-capitalised partner for serious platform engineering work.
Experienced operators and engineers who've built at scale and know what great looks like.
Keel was founded in 2021 by three former executives from Echo — Europe's fastest-growing online pharmacy — where they served as CEO, CTO, and CPO and built custom software powering 50,000 daily medicine shipments to 600,000 customers, growing the business to $130m (USD) annual revenue before its acquisition by Pharmacy2U. That experience of building, owning, and iterating on mission-critical operational platforms — in a highly regulated UK environment — is the DNA of everything Keel does today. Since founding, Keel has raised $6m (USD) in seed funding from leading European investors Earlybird and LocalGlobe, and is now bringing that same code-first, operator-led approach to help London's DevOps and platform engineering teams build internal developer platforms they truly own and can evolve with confidence. Keel (Planko Ltd) is a company registered in the United Kingdom, headquartered at 3rd Floor, 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 2DT, and registered with the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO, reference ZB524558). UK contracts are billed in GBP with VAT added, and you can choose where your data is hosted, including in the UK.
An Internal Developer Platform is a self-service layer that abstracts away infrastructure complexity, giving engineers standardised tools, workflows, and golden paths to build and deploy software consistently. If your London engineering team is spending significant time on repetitive setup, environment management, or chasing DevOps bottlenecks rather than shipping product, an IDP will meaningfully accelerate your delivery velocity.
Talk to a Keel platform engineer for a no-obligation consultation tailored to your team's needs.
Keel delivers Cloud Native IDP and DevOps consultancy to engineering teams across Greater London and the surrounding regions.
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Registered with the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), reference ZB524558.
Seed-funded by leading European venture capital investors in 2024.
Core platform components are open source, ensuring full transparency and community trust.
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You can also send us a quick email at hello@keel.so.
You can also send us a quick email at hello@keel.so.