Platform engineering teams face the challenge of balancing cost efficiency with developer enablement in their CI/CD infrastructure, as supporting multiple teams with diverse needs often leads to resource sprawl. To address these challenges, strategic optimization is essential, focusing on efficient resource sharing, streamlined standardization, and effective management of shared components. CircleCI offers a tailored solution for these needs, providing tools for automation, governance, and resource management that help platform teams efficiently scale infrastructure, enable self-service workflows, and enforce standards without compromising flexibility. By using CircleCI, platform teams can maintain efficient CI/CD performance across varied tech stacks and ensure developer productivity while managing costs and governance effectively.