Internal Developer Portal – Autodesk

Autodesk – Internal Developer Portal

Senior Content Designer

I led UX content strategy and systems documentation for Beacon, Autodesk’s internal developer portal built on Backstage.io. Beacon serves as a centralized hub for developers to manage services, model infrastructure, and publish documentation at scale. My work focused on creating scalable systems, style guides, user manuals, YAML schema docs, and educational content to drive adoption across teams.

Tools

Documentation & Writing

Markdown

YAML

Google Docs

Microsoft Word

MkDocs (TechDocs)

Grammarly

Project Management

Jira

Confluence

Slack

Zoom

Teams

Asana

Project Goals

Establish a centralized, scalable documentation system within the IDP using YAML-based modeling standards

Align 100+ engineering teams around a unified style guide and documentation contribution workflow

Improve developer efficiency by reducing time-to-publish for internal documentation and service registration

Increase adoption of the IDP through clear onboarding materials and cross-functional educational resources

Streamline CI/CD visibility and resource discoverability across Autodesk’s internal developer ecosystem

Deliverables

IDP Style GuideDownload

IDP User ManualDownload

IDP Inner Sourcing GuidelinesDownload

(Presentation) IDP Documentation PipelineDownload

(Presentation) IDP Pitch DeckDownload

Visual Artifacts

Catalog-Info.YML Cheat Sheet

IDP Onboarding Cheat Sheet

MkDocs Cheat Sheet

Outcomes

Reduced onboarding-related support tickets by 60% through clear user manuals and YAML schema documentation

Standardized documentation practices across 8+ platform teams using a unified internal style guide

Accelerated service registration and API visibility, resulting in a 3× increase in IDP Catalog usage

Enabled 200+ developers to independently model and publish services through step-by-step contributor guides

Established IDP documentation as the default reference for internal developer workflows and systems modeling