How to Implement Platform Engineering

Platform engineering focuses on designing, building, and maintaining platforms that support the development, deployment, and operation of software applications. This methodology improves overall workflow by enabling standardization, powerful guardrails, faster deployment speed, and increased stability. Key components of platform engineering include infrastructure as code (IaC), configuration management (CM), continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD), container orchestration (CO), monitoring and observability, security and compliance, and infrastructure management platforms. Implementing platform engineering can enhance scalability, developer velocity, operational efficiency, collaboration, and overall system availability and performance.