This book provides a comprehensive guide to platform engineering, focusing on how organizations can build scalable, reliable, and efficient internal platforms for developers. Drawing from real-world case studies and industry best practices, the authors explore key principles of platform engineering, including automation, developer experience, and service reliability.

Why Read This Book

• Learn how to design and implement internal platforms that improve developer productivity.
• Gain insights into balancing flexibility, security, and scalability in platform development.
• Understand key DevOps and SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) practices in platform engineering.
• Written by industry experts with extensive experience in large-scale system design and engineering leadership.
• Ideal for software engineers, architects, and tech leaders aiming to optimize their infrastructure.

About the Authors

Camille Fournier is a well-known engineering leader and author of The Manager’s Path. She has extensive experience in software engineering, having led teams at major tech companies.

Ian Nowland is an expert in large-scale distributed systems and platform engineering, with years of experience leading high-performance engineering teams.