CI/CD, automated testing, and security scanning wired in before the first production deployment, not reviewed after.
Our DevOps practice is built on the belief that deployment should be a non-event, fast, automated, and reliable enough that teams ship multiple times per day without stress. Security is embedded into the development and deployment pipeline from the start, not reviewed before launch. Every project ships with CI/CD, automated testing, and infrastructure observability in place before the first production deployment.
GitHub Actions is our default CI/CD platform for most projects, thanks to its tight integration with GitHub's PR workflow and the breadth of its actions marketplace. For organisations with existing Jenkins or GitLab CI infrastructure, we integrate with what's already in place rather than introducing a parallel tool, and CircleCI or Buildkite come in where a client has standardised on them.
GitHub is our default for source control, paired with Conventional Commits and Semantic Versioning so release history stays readable and automatable. GitHub Copilot is standard across our engineering teams for AI-assisted development, and we work in GitLab or Bitbucket where a client's existing tooling calls for it.
Snyk and SonarQube run static analysis and dependency vulnerability scanning on every pull request, catching issues while the fix is still a single commit. Semgrep adds custom, fast pattern-based scanning, Trivy scans container images before they're pushed, and OWASP ZAP or Burp Suite handle dynamic application security testing before release.
HashiCorp Vault manages secrets across every environment, and AWS IAM, Google Cloud IAM, or Azure Active Directory enforce access controls at the infrastructure layer depending on the cloud provider. For cloud security posture management at scale, we use Wiz or Prisma Cloud to continuously scan configurations against security benchmarks.
Playwright handles our end-to-end test automation across most projects, chosen for being reliable and fast enough to run on every pull request rather than a nightly job. Jest, Pytest, and Vitest cover unit testing across JavaScript and Python codebases, and K6 handles load testing, scripted and integrated directly into CI.
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR are the compliance frameworks we design against most often, and HIPAA or the India DPDP Act come into play depending on a client's industry and geography. We map every project against OWASP Top 10 and relevant CIS Benchmarks from the architecture phase, so compliance is a design input rather than a pre-launch scramble.
GitHub Actions by default, or your existing Jenkins or GitLab CI pipeline, integrated rather than replaced.
SAST, dependency scanning, and container scanning on every pull request, where the fix is still a single commit.
Vulnerabilities caught before merge instead of in a penetration test report after deployment.
As the default CI/CD platform, integrated with PR workflows, code review, and deployment approvals
For dependency vulnerability scanning in every language and container image scanning in every pipeline
For secrets management, API keys, database credentials, and certificates never stored in code or environment files
For end-to-end test automation, browser-based, reliable, and fast enough to run on every pull request
For load testing, scripted in JavaScript, integrated in CI, and capable of simulating production-realistic traffic patterns
For cloud security posture management, continuous scanning of cloud configurations against security benchmarks and compliance frameworks