Platform Engineer
Build internal developer platforms that enable engineering teams to ship faster and safer.
Platform Engineer
Platform Engineering is the hottest specialization in infrastructure. It focuses on building internal developer platforms (IDPs) that abstract away infrastructure complexity and enable developers to ship faster. With companies like Spotify, Uber, and Netflix pioneering the practice, platform teams have become a critical investment. Platform Engineers who can improve developer velocity while maintaining security and compliance are in extremely high demand.
Compétences
Optimisation LinkedIn
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Share about internal developer platform strategies
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Post about developer experience improvements
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Highlight self-service platform metrics
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Connect with Platform Engineering leaders
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Contribute to CNCF and platform engineering communities
CV et Curriculum
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Quantify: "Built IDP reducing deployment time from 2 hours to 5 minutes"
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Show developer adoption metrics for platforms you built
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Detail self-service capabilities created
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Include developer satisfaction improvements
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Highlight golden path and standardization work
Stratégie d'Outreach
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Research their developer tooling and pain points
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Share insights on platform engineering best practices
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Mention experience with their cloud and tooling stack
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Connect with infrastructure and platform teams
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Demonstrate understanding of developer experience
Préparation d'Entretiens
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Prepare examples of platforms that improved developer velocity
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Review Kubernetes and cloud-native patterns
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Show understanding of golden paths and guardrails
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Demonstrate empathy for developer experience
Une journée en tant que Platform Engineer
Build and maintain internal developer platform, improve CI/CD pipelines, create self-service infrastructure tools, gather developer feedback, implement golden paths, maintain service catalogs.
Parcours de Carrière
Erreurs courantes
Only showing infrastructure skills without developer empathy
Not measuring developer experience and adoption
Ignoring self-service and golden path concepts
Not showing platform product thinking
Focusing only on tooling without showing strategy
Outils essentiels
Questions fréquentes
Salaire moyen d'un/e Platform Engineer?
Le salaire moyen d'un/e Platform Engineer en Europe se situe entre 60K - 115K EUR. Cela varie selon l'expérience, la localisation et le type d'entreprise.
Compétences clés pour un/e Platform Engineer?
Principales compétences techniques : Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC, Developer Experience, Service Mesh. Les soft skills comme la communication et le travail d'équipe sont tout aussi importants.
Parcours de carrière d'un/e Platform Engineer?
Parcours typique : DevOps Engineer > Platform Engineer > Senior Platform Engineer > Staff Platform Engineer > Platform Lead > Head of Platform > VP of Developer Experience.
Platform Engineer
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