Building self-service infrastructure platforms that empower developers and accelerate innovation
Platform Engineering is the discipline of designing and building toolchains and workflows that enable self-service capabilities for software engineering organizations in the cloud-native era.
Platform engineers provide an integrated product commonly referred to as an "Internal Developer Platform" (IDP) covering the operational necessities of the entire lifecycle of an application.
By treating the platform as a product and the development teams as customers, platform engineering aims to reduce cognitive load on developers, improve productivity, and standardize infrastructure practices across the organization.
Core concepts that drive effective platform engineering
Empower developers to provision resources and deploy applications without waiting for ops teams.
Provide opinionated, well-tested paths for common tasks while allowing flexibility when needed.
Treat the platform as a product with developers as customers, focusing on user experience and feedback.
Automate repetitive tasks and enforce best practices through infrastructure as code and CI/CD.
Build in monitoring, logging, and tracing from the start to provide visibility into system behavior.
Foster collaboration between development and operations teams to break down silos.