The challenge
The client operates seven music-industry products used by DJs and creators worldwide. Each product had its own tech stack and authentication system, creating fragmentation and operational complexity across the ecosystem:
- Fragmented tech stacks with no shared standards
- No centralized identity and access management
- Inability to scale and build new features fast
- Low delivery and inconsistent engineering quality
- No unified platform team to drive architectural direction
What we did
- Delivered a centralized IAM platform on GCP for all seven products
- Consolidated authentication and removed duplicated, fragmented identity workflows
- Established a new platform-engineering function with four senior Salt Square engineers
- Set engineering standards and practices adopted across the client's product teams
- Strengthened multiple product teams with five additional Salt Square engineers
Results
- Reduced engineering overhead by consolidating identity systems
- Increased team velocity through unified platform engineering
- Stronger long-term scalability with shared architecture
- High-performing cross-product teams
Tech
GCP, identity and access management, CI/CD, test automation