Data Engineering

Presenters David Festal Jon Koops Source BackstageCon Europe 2026 🚀 Stop Rebuilding Your Backstage App: The Power of Dynamic Runtime Plugins In the world of internal developer portals, Backstage stands as the industry titan. However, anyone who has managed a large-scale instance knows the “banana and the rainforest” problem: you want a simple plugin, but you end up pulling in a massive web of transitive dependencies that bloat your build and slow your CI/CD pipeline to a crawl. ...

Presenters Debabrata Panigrahi Parseable Inc. Jenil Jain Harness Source BackstageCon Europe 2026 Beyond Plugins: Building a Self-Healing, Dynamic Service Catalog 🚀 In the world of internal developer portals, Backstage is often hailed as the “one place to find every service, API, and piece of infrastructure.” For many teams, the initial launch is a triumph. Developers register services, YAML files are written, and leadership is impressed. But then comes Month Six. ...

Presenters Sebastian Poxhofer N26 Source BackstageCon Europe 2026 Unlocking the Developer Catalog: N26’s Journey to Empower Engineers 🚀 Ever felt the frustration of a powerful internal developer platform that’s just a little too internal? You know, the one with all the data, but accessing it feels like a scavenger hunt? At N26, a leading mobile bank, they faced this exact challenge with their Backstage catalog. Sebastian Poxhofer, a Tech Lead at N26, shared their brilliant journey to transform their catalog from a treasure trove into an accessible, actionable powerhouse for their engineering teams. Get ready to dive into how they unlocked their catalog, empowering engineers with self-service and automation! ...

Presenters Paul Schultz Hope Hadfield Heikki Hellgren Peter Macdonald Aramis Sennyey Source BackstageCon Europe 2026 Building a Thriving Backstage Plugin Ecosystem: Insights from the Experts! 🚀 Hello, fellow tech enthusiasts and platform engineers! I just wrapped up an incredible panel discussion at my first Backstage Con, and let me tell you, the energy was electric! Moderated by the brilliant Hope Hadfield from Red Hat, our panel dove deep into the heart of what makes Backstage so powerful: its vibrant plugin ecosystem. As this ecosystem matures, new questions emerge around sustainability, governance, and quality. Today, we unpack the burning questions and discover how we can collectively build an even healthier, more robust Backstage future. ...

Presenters Adrian Mouat Charles Humble Source GOTO podcast Securing Your Software Supply Chain: A Deep Dive into Container Security 🔐 Welcome to “The State of the Art,” a GoTo Unscripted mini-series exploring the cutting edge of tech, from generative AI to platform engineering, new languages, and crucially, security. In this episode, we tackle the complex world of container security with Adrian Mouat, a DevRel Engineer at Chainguard, a company dedicated to crafting secure container images. Adrian, author of “Using Docker” and former chief scientist at Container Solutions, joins Charles Humble, a seasoned programmer, architect, CTO, and tech journalist, for an illuminating discussion. ...