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Series B B2B SaaS

Stabilizing releases for a scaling B2B SaaS platform

A Series B SaaS team needed reliable releases without pausing feature delivery. We rebuilt their deployment pipeline to remove manual gates, standardize infrastructure, and improve release confidence.

Industry
B2B SaaS
Stage
Series B
Engagement
10-week delivery sprint
Focus
CI/CD, GitOps, IaC

The situation

What was wrong

The team had grown fast, but their deployment workflow still relied on manual environment promotions and tribal knowledge. Releases were high stress, and inconsistent infrastructure made rollbacks risky.

  • Manual promotion steps and limited rollout controls.
  • Environment drift between staging and production.
  • Limited observability into pipeline failures and release health.
Engagement focus
CI/CDGitOpsTerraform
Outcome

Release lead time reduced by ~50% with fewer failed deploys.

How we worked

The approach, step by step

Stabilise delivery early, then build the foundation that keeps it stable once we hand it back.

    1

    Pipeline redesign

    Mapped the end-to-end release path, then rebuilt the pipeline with GitOps-driven promotions and repeatable checks.

    2

    Infrastructure standardization

    Created a shared Terraform module library to eliminate drift and make infrastructure changes predictable.

    3

    Release safeguards

    Added automated smoke tests, deployment health checks, and rollback playbooks for every environment.

    4

    Operational handoff

    Delivered release documentation, ownership guides, and training for the platform team.

Handover

What we delivered

  • GitOps-based promotion workflow
  • Terraform module library with versioned environments
  • Release checklist and rollback runbooks
  • Deployment health dashboards and alerts

Stack

What it runs on

GitHub ActionsArgo CDTerraformAWSDatadog

Afterwards

What changed

Measured after handover, once the client's own team was running the system without us.

50%
Faster release lead time
3x
Improved deployment success
Weekly
Predictable release cadence

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