Platform Engineering
If you like applying Platform Engineering, every challenge here gives you a chance to practice it on a real industry brief.
- CodeIntermediateNew
Refactor a Tangled Terraform Repo for a Multi-Account AWS Estate
Working only from the materials provided — the de-identified repository snapshot, the account-and-region inventory, the plan-timing-and-drift readout, and the platform team's in…
- Terraform
- Terragrunt
- Infrastructure As Code
Open coursework - CodeIntermediateNew
Design a Multi-Tenant Kubernetes Namespace-Provisioning Self-Service
Design and build a Backstage scaffolder that lets a squad request a namespace (specifying environment, owners, expected scale). The scaffolder generates a pull request to a GitO…
- Platform Engineering
- Kubernetes
- Self Service
Platform Engineering - DesignBeginnerNew
Design a 90-Day Cognitive-Load Reduction Plan for Six Squads
Using the cognitive-load self-assessment instrument, the squad tool-surface inventory, and the platform stakeholder brief provided to you, design a cognitive-load reduction prop…
- Platform Engineering
- Cognitive Load
- Team Topologies
Open coursework - DesignBeginnerNew
Design a Golden-Path Service Template for a Scaling SaaS Platform Team
Using the current-state assessment (provided), the platform team's golden-path requirements specification (provided), and the baseline deployment-metrics dataset (provided), des…
- Platform Engineering
- Golden Paths
- Backstage
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Every challenge is shaped from real-world context — not generic exercises. The work mirrors what your degree prepares you for.
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- CodeIntermediateNew
Stand Up a Backstage Developer Portal for a Frankfurt Fintech
Using the provided service inventory, ownership map, and rollout brief, build and deploy a Backstage portal on the company's existing Kubernetes platform and populate its catalo…
- Backstage
- Platform Engineering
- Service Catalog
Open coursework - DesignIntermediateNew
Design and Run a Platform-as-Product Quarterly Review
Using the platform product catalog (platform-product-catalog) and the Head of Platform's mandate (head-of-platform-brief), design a complete, repeatable quarterly review for the…
- Platform Engineering
- Platform As Product
- Facilitation
Open coursework
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Step 03
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Step 04
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