Building a cloud platform from scratch at Redpanda has been both a challenging and rewarding experience, as it involves making numerous quick decisions and adapting to the dynamic nature of an early-stage startup. The team has developed a cloud service offering that provides customers with the choice of deploying Redpanda clusters either within Redpanda's cloud environment or their own virtual private cloud (VPC), while managing the provisioning and maintenance. Redpanda Cloud is distinguished by features like Dedicated and Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) clusters, which cater to data sovereignty requirements by ensuring data or cloud credentials remain within the customer's environment. The platform leverages modern technologies such as Kubernetes, Terraform, and Prometheus, allowing engineers to work with cutting-edge tools and experiment with their projects. As the Cloud and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams have evolved, they have focused on improving monitoring, incident response processes, and platform reliability, making it a thrilling space for engineers interested in data streaming and cloud technologies.