Tools

Tools for engineers

This page lists the key tools for engineers.

Okta

Tools listed under here are accessible via Okta.

GitLab

Source code is stored in a self-hosted instance of GitLab.

Okta tile: GitLab (Carta Capital Markets)
Vendor: GitLab
Delivery type: On-prem

JIRA

We use JIRA for bug tracking and sprint planning.

Software tickets are in the CartaX (SEC) project.

Okta tile: Jira (Carta Capital Markets)
Vendor: Atlassian
Delivery type: SAAS

Confluence

Our document repository (one of them) is Confluence, although we're migrating up-to-date documentation into this website.

Okta tile: Confluence (Carta Capital Markets)
Vendor: Atlassian
Delivery type: SAAS

Google Drive

Our other document repository is Google Drive. Lots of design specs and company information is stored here.

Note: Content is under a shared drive named Liquidity (which the above link should open).

Okta tile: Google Workspace Drive
Vendor: Atlassian
Delivery type: SAAS

Figma

Design mockups are done in Figma.

Okta tile: Figma (Carta Capital Markets)
Vendor: Figma
Delivery type: SAAS

Lucidchart

Diagrams are done in Lucidchart.

Okta tile: Lucid (Carta Capital Markets) Lucidchart
Vendor: Lucid
Delivery type: SAAS

Non-Okta

These tools don't require an Okta login, but do require you to be connected to Cloudflare WARP.

Grafana

We use Grafana for observing platform metrics (collected via Prometheus) and reading application logs (collected via Grafana Loki).

Grafana: Prod | Pre-prod | QA
(log in using the credentials in 1password).

Redpanda

Redpanda is a Kafka-compatible message broker that we use in non-production environments. We also use a tool called Redpanda Console for inspecting topics and consumer groups in both production and non-production environments.

Redpanda Console: Prod | Pre-prod | QA
(no login is required).