The problem
Engineering leaders can't see who owns which service or whether teams meet reliability and security standards
What they do
Internal developer portal: service catalog, ownership, scorecards and golden paths for engineering
Traction 300+ customers claimed (Brex, Grammarly, SoFi); est. revenue $22-38M, no growth figure
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 7
- Ops roles
- 1
- Headcount
- ~110
Shrinking: headcount ~128 (Sep 2025) → ~105-113 (2026), -5% to -10% YoY; many roles closed Jul-Oct 2026
Hiring in
- Remote
Glassdoor
3.9 ★ 17 reviews ↗Funding
- Last round
- $60M
- Stage
- Series C
- Date
- Sep 2024
Led by Scale Venture Partners
- Hiring+17 open roles on the live job board (3–9 roles = +1)
- Funding recency0Series C · $60M, Sep 2024 (25 months ago): over 24 months = 0
- Traction—Judged, but outweighed: 300+ customers claimed (Brex, Grammarly, SoFi); est. revenue $22-38M, no growth figure
- Red flags—Outweigh everything above (−1 each), so the total is floored at 0Headcount shrinking ~5-10% YoY with no new round since Sep 2024; open roles down to 5 after a wave of closures in Jul-Oct 2026. Rival Port raised $100M at $800M (Dec 2025).LinkedIn company page: 113 employees, -5% YoY ↗ · Getlatka: 128 employees (Sep 2025) ↗ · ChangeSignal: Cortex roles closed Jul-Oct 2026 ↗ · Cortex: Series C $60M (Sep 2024, last round) ↗
- Total0.0floored at 0 → Cool-down
Cool-down rule: score under 1.5 and the last round is over 24 months old, with shrinking headcount or layoffs.
Distance (10K) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
10K · edge: hard to leave
A follower in a crowded category: open-source Backstage holds most IDP adoption and Port leads commercial portals after a $100M round, while Cortex is shrinking and repositioning toward AI 'engineering operations'.
Sources: Port: $100M Series C at $800M (Dec 2025) ↗ · Tasrie: Port vs Backstage vs Cortex (2026) ↗ · Cortex: evolution from IDP to EngOps platform (Mar 2026) ↗
Watch-outs
Headcount shrinking ~5-10% YoY with no new round since Sep 2024; open roles down to 5 after a wave of closures in Jul-Oct 2026. Rival Port raised $100M at $800M (Dec 2025).
Sources: LinkedIn company page: 113 employees, -5% YoY ↗ · Getlatka: 128 employees (Sep 2025) ↗ · ChangeSignal: Cortex roles closed Jul-Oct 2026 ↗ · Cortex: Series C $60M (Sep 2024, last round) ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026