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Release Engineering for the Financial World  

A modular, automated release engineering platform that connects technology and compliance standards.

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release engineering platform

  • End-to-end release engineering platform for hybrid multi-cloud infrastructures

  • GitOps-based automation and real-time observability

  • Higher productivity, stronger collaboration, and full regulatory compliance

The Challenge

One of Germany’s largest commercial banks faces the challenge of modernising its heterogeneous IT landscape and accelerating release processes. Legacy systems such as Jenkins and CloudBees Flow, grown over many years, slow things down. Manual workflows, a lack of standards, and strict regulatory requirements like DORA further hinder development and make agile collaboration difficult.

At the same time, a cultural shift towards DevOps practices and shared responsibility is required. Regulatory roles such as developers, technical and business application owners, or service owners often remain stuck in silos, working alongside each other rather than together. The result: unnecessary coordination loops, delayed releases, and limited automation.

The goal is clear: phase out legacy systems, introduce modern DevOps methods, comply with regulatory requirements – and create a platform that brings everything together.

The Solution

Together with the financial institution, Exxeta develops a release engineering platform that automates, standardises, and secures the entire software delivery process from a regulatory perspective. Technologically, the platform is based on a Kubernetes- and GitOps-driven hybrid multi-cloud approach and connects a wide range of tools into a holistic ecosystem.

Technical Excellence Meets Regulatory Security

In the financial sector, it is not enough for something to work – it must also be provably secure. Our solution makes deployments faster while ensuring full auditability. Every change in the system can be traced precisely at any time.

The developer portal based on Backstage provides developers with a central point of access for projects, pipelines, and APIs. It enables self-service without compromising control or documentation requirements.

Standardised templates ensure that compliance requirements are integrated from the very beginning. Projects no longer start from scratch, but from a pre-approved, secure foundation. This reduces errors, saves time, and ensures that every new development meets regulatory standards.

Cultural Change Instead of a Simple Tool Switch

The greatest impact, however, does not come from the release engineering platform itself, but from improved collaboration across teams. We establish DevOps practices that foster cross-functional collaboration, support the shift from vertical to horizontal teams, and embrace the principle of shared responsibility – without violating regulatory role requirements.

The result: roles work more closely together. IT operations are involved early in development phases and can identify potential issues before they become visible during release. This leads to smoother deployments, fewer outages, and noticeably higher team satisfaction.

What the experts say

  • Especially in highly regulated environments, release engineering is not a nice-to-have – it is essential for efficiency and security. This is exactly where we enjoy supporting our clients most, because it allows us to demonstrate how modern DevOps practices and compliance can work hand in hand.

Gerrit Gogel

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