I was leading such a team at previous employer focused on building integrating various tools to turn this tool soup into something palatable.
The main challenge is the increasing complexity of software and processes that necessitate such tools as the engineering team grows. Usually teams building internal tools are seen as cost centers and don't get the same funding as product teams which eventually leads to teams buying more than build to save on future maintenance.
The main challenge is the increasing complexity of software and processes that necessitate such tools as the engineering team grows. Usually teams building internal tools are seen as cost centers and don't get the same funding as product teams which eventually leads to teams buying more than build to save on future maintenance.