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    ABU BAKER

    10/11/2025, 10:20 AM
    Hey, This is Muhammad AbuBaker, I’m currently working as a Senior Software Developer. I design and build full-stack web applications using Laravel (PHP) and React.js. Over the past 4+ years, I have developed and deployed multiple scalable backend systems, RESTful APIs, and microservices — including integrations involving AWS, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines. My goal is to strengthen my practical AWS expertise by mastering key services like EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, CloudFormation, and VPC, and to start building hands-on portfolio projects aligned with cloud architecture best practices. I aim to confidently move toward becoming an AWS Solutions Architect and apply cloud-native principles in real-world application deployments.
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    Alberto Miorin

    10/11/2025, 2:01 PM
    Hi all, I'm Alberto and I'm the creator of BigConfig.
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    Avinash Sabat

    10/11/2025, 9:43 PM
    Hey everyone 👋 I’m Avinash — a Cloud and DevOps engineer passionate about building internal developer platforms that make shipping to production effortless and secure. I’ve been working across Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitLab — automating everything from infrastructure provisioning to CI/CD workflows. I see platform engineering as the evolution of DevOps — empowering developers through abstraction, self-service, and smart automation. Excited to collaborate, share ideas, and learn from this amazing community that’s redefining how modern engineering teams build and scale! Platform engineers: turning 'it works on my machine' into 'it works everywhere' 😉🚀
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    Avinash Sabat

    10/11/2025, 9:44 PM
    www.linkedin.com/in/avinashsabat
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    Harsha Katakamsethy

    10/13/2025, 12:00 AM
    Hi Everyone! I am Harsha Katakamsethy, a Platform and SRE Engineer. I have spent the last 10+ years working across SRE*,* DevOps*,* and Cloud Architecture, helping organizations in energy, finance, and retail modernize their infrastructure and scale distributed systems. My recent work includes: • Building AWS-based cloud platforms and automating infrastructure with Terraform, Ansible, and Python • Managing Kubernetes (EKS) clusters and optimizing CI/CD pipelines • Driving observability efforts using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog • Leading initiatives for SOC2, HIPAA, and SOX compliance I am interested in platform resilience, developer experience, and infrastructure automation. Excited to be here and connect with you all! 🚀 https://www.linkedin.com/in/harsha-k-85b957104/
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    Sam S

    10/13/2025, 6:36 AM
    Hi there! My name is Sam. I’ve been working as an SRE and infrastructure engineer for the past five years. I also have a background in performance testing and am currently looking to transition into a platform engineering career. I’d really appreciate any guidance or insights you could share about this path.
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    vamsi

    10/13/2025, 7:40 AM
    👋 Hi everyone, I’m Vamsi! I’m a DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure (AWS), Kubernetes, and CI/CD automation. Currently, I’m working on an enterprise-scale e-commerce platform, focusing on building scalable infrastructure, optimizing deployments, and improving observability using tools like EFK and Grafana. I’m also exploring GitOps (Flux CD) and KEDA-based autoscaling. Excited to connect, learn, and share ideas with you all!
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    Assaad Lutf Albarty

    10/13/2025, 10:51 AM
    Hello 🌍! I’m Assaad Lutf—a Product Manager currently based in Egypt, originally from Yemen. With over 12 years of experience building, relaunching, and scaling SaaS, FinTech, and LegalTech platforms, I’ve specialized in product strategy, digital transformation, and customer experience to drive business growth across MENA markets. I am still new to the Platform Product Management role and currently exploring related communities to learn and upscale my skills as a Platform Product Manager. Having thrived in challenging environments, I bring a unique perspective on resilience and adaptability, blending product and operations management with hands-on leadership in digital transformation and complex cross-functional projects. If you value diverse experience, or if you’re open to sharing insights and opportunities in the platform product space, I’d love to connect. I’m excited to contribute to and learn from this vibrant community! Connect with me: www.linkedin.com/in/assaadlutf 🚀
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    Jonathan Irvin

    10/13/2025, 10:04 PM
    Hey Everyone! I'm Jonathan a new Manager of Platform Engineering at AirStrip Technologies. We provide mobile-first clinical surveillance and alarm communication management technology that unlocks siloed data from patient monitors and transforms it into contextually rich information easily accessible on mobile devices and the Web. We’re seeking innovative thinkers who love doing meaningful work. If you’re looking to bring your skills and expertise to a growing technology company, let's chat!
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    Roei

    10/14/2025, 3:24 PM
    Hello friends! I'm Roei an IAM and DevOps eng based out of NYC. I've spent most of my decade in tech in ITOps roles focused on IAM and a stint at a unicorn startup as a platform engineer where I got exposure to all of the major cloud platforms. I'm currently looking for new roles after some time off traveling and am recertifying myself in AWS so I can step into more Platform/Cloud/DevOps eng roles. Would love to get to know this community and learn from you all. ❤️ Connect w/me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roeihoory/
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    Deepak Gurejani

    10/14/2025, 10:44 PM
    Hello friends – I’m Deepak Gurejani, Product Owner / Manager, Cloud, Platform & FinOps at Sun Life Financial, Toronto, Canada. Over 14+ years, I’ve evolved from infrastructure and virtualization to DevOps, cloud architecture, platform operations, cloud financial management, FinOps, and product leadership — building platforms that don’t just run systems, but run smarter businesses. I focus on designing Cloud & AI-driven Platform Engineering frameworks across AWS and Azure that fuse automation, reliability, and financial accountability — enabling teams to move faster while scaling responsibly. Passionate about creating ecosystems where innovation meets discipline, I’m inspired by @Jay Moran and this community’s mission to push the boundaries of modern platform engineering. Its great to be connected on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gurejani
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    Amit Viraktamath

    10/16/2025, 4:59 PM
    Hello everyone, I’m Amit Viraktamath from Washington, D.C., USA. I currently serve as a Senior Manager at Axle Informatics, where I lead an organization that includes our infrastructure, cloud platform engineering, and DevOps teams, supporting Health IT, Clinical Research, and Biomedical Research programs. With nearly two decades of experience in software development, systems engineering, and management, my current focus is on transforming our engineering and operations teams toward a modern platform engineering culture adopting new tech stacks, methodologies, and integrating Generative AI capabilities to enhance productivity and innovation. I’m excited to be part of this group to connect, learn, and collaborate with fellow professionals on this evolving journey in platform engineering.
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    Glisav

    10/17/2025, 12:47 PM
    Hello everyone, I am Glisav Katroshi from Tirana, Albania. I currently work as a Platform Engineer at Lufthansa. I am part of a project that have Platform Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Cloud Administrators, Developers, etc. I am very happy to be part of this group and to have the possibility to know other professionals that have similar focus.
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    James Hayashi

    10/17/2025, 4:40 PM
    Looking for an AI Expert Consultant Hi everyone. I’m looking for an experienced AI consultant to help develop and refine a new idea. Details: - Part-time: ~5 hours per week - Rate: $200/hour - Flexible schedule (remote work) - Need expertise in AI, machine learning, or related technologies If you’re interested, please contact me.
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    Milenko Tomic

    10/17/2025, 6:53 PM
    Hi everyone! I'm Milenko Tomic from Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱 I currently work as Solutions Architect as MACHBANK, the first digital bank in the country. I'm part of the Platform Engineering team at my organization alongside cloud, software and quality assurance engineers. I'm taking the Platform Engineering Certified Practitioner course and happy to learn and deep my knowledge about this world! https://www.linkedin.com/in/milenko-tomic-76190917
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    Hamed Zakeri Miyab

    10/18/2025, 1:22 PM
    Hello guys, I’m Hamed Zakeri-Miyab from Istanbul, Turkey (originally from Iran) I’m working as a software architect at AnyWork GmbH. which focuses on online enterprise applications with strong workflows and Dynamic ERP. My focus is to learn and use cloud technologies, and for now I’m focused on AWS. Also I’m working as the Front-End team lead (for now) in the same company and we’re using Angular in depth! My main focus is to learn platform engineering and socialize with mates 🙂 https://linkedin.com/in/hamcker
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    Riz V

    10/19/2025, 9:58 PM
    Hey everyone! I'm Riz and I'm from Chicago, but travel a lot throughout the states. I currently am unemployed after my company let 20+% of our people go post private equity acquisition. Previously, I worked as a Senior Software Engineer on the Release Engineering team, and before that the Developer Experience team, focusing on paving paths for modernization into Kubernetes on EKS, ensuring build and deployment runners were kept in a good state, securely pushing into Production ECR, and streamlining the arc runners for teams who decided to use GHAs for CI/CD. I've been using a mix of AWS and Azure for the past 6 years, primarily AWS. I prefer Platform Engineer or DevEx positions, and would love to get to know y'all 😁
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    ABU BAKER

    10/20/2025, 6:15 AM
    Hey, This is Muhammad AbuBaker, I’m currently working as a Senior Software Developer. I design and build full-stack web applications using Laravel (PHP) and React.js. Over the past 4+ years, I have developed and deployed multiple scalable backend systems, RESTful APIs, and microservices — including integrations involving AWS, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines. My goal is to strengthen my practical AWS expertise by mastering key services like EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, CloudFormation, and VPC, and to start building hands-on portfolio projects aligned with cloud architecture best practices. I aim to confidently move toward becoming an AWS Solutions Architect and apply cloud-native principles in real-world application deployments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-abubaker-5338a619a/
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    Mahesh Bandhiya

    10/20/2025, 2:19 PM
    Hi everyone! I'm Mahesh, joining from India. I'm a backend engineer (6 years, Drupal) who's been accidentally doing platform engineering work and just realized it has a name! I'm here to learn from this community and transition formally into platform engineering. Currently diving into Backstage.io and Terraform. Excited to learn from all of you! Any advice for someone making this transition is very welcome. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahesh-bandhiya-7b2078135/
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    Tom McNamara

    10/20/2025, 8:43 PM
    Hi everyone 👋 I’m Tom, the founder of hopr.co. We are a cybersecurity tech company and we are working to make “security by design” and “security by default” simple and fast for Devs, DevOps, and Platform Engineer. We have adapted Envoy proxy to make a Workload Security Proxy. It enables workloads to manage their own credentials and build application networks that meet Zero Trust with an Automated Moving Target Defense. I’m looking forward to learning from you! DM me if you’re interested in building secure applications without the complexity of PKI and TLS/mTLS
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    Eric Sherrill

    10/21/2025, 3:56 PM
    Name: Eric Sherrill https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericsherrill/ 🏢 Role and Company: DevOps Engineer, Made4net 📍 Location: Chicago, IL 📱 Favourite gadget: iPhone 🍲 Favourite cuisine: Indian (yes, really) 📚 Favourite book: Dune 🤫 My secret power: Music
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    Karthik Manimaran

    10/22/2025, 2:53 AM
    Hello everyone! I’m Karthik, Senior Director of Platform for Heartflow (heartflow.com). We are in a period of explosive commercial growth, and to support that, my team is growing fast. We're looking for exceptional engineers to tackle some massive scaling and modernization challenges. If you know any talented SRE, DevOps, or Platform engineers, please check out the postings in the #C02EUDQR5JS channel and share them with your networks.
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    Zaki

    10/22/2025, 1:15 PM
    Howdy folks! SRE turned Security Engineer turned AI Security Janitor here. I've been de-ostracizing security as a blocker and feel great when finally seeing relations with cross-functional teams mended. My ambition is to build an internal AI Developer Portal, and think platform engineering is the way. I’m here to learn from y'all, possibly expand my team in the near future, and understand how to iterate from an MVP to a strong platform. Drop me a DM here or on LinkedIn.
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    Brandon Wells

    10/24/2025, 4:14 PM
    Hey everyone. I'm Brandon Wells, a Senior SRE at Mozilla. Yup that Mozilla, we're still around 😉. Our SRE teams are building out a developer platform for our services teams, and shifting overall to a Platform methodology. I'm excited to join this community, connect, and learn from everyone. Lets connect, feel free to DM or connect on LinkedIn. Location: Ontario, Canada Role: Senior SRE LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonawells/
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    Roberto Navarra

    10/26/2025, 2:21 PM
    Hi everyone, i'm Roberto Navarra a Expert Solution Architect at NTTData, unfortunately i'haven't experience on enterprise project on this topic but i studied it, here an example of what i doone with backstage https://github.com/robertonav20/backstage-demo. i'm very excited to join to this community and learn from everyone. Location: Milano Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberto-navarra-49953a134/
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    Adrian Herrera

    10/27/2025, 7:17 PM
    Hello Everyone — Adrian J (Aj) Herrera here, CMO at Varnish Software. A few years ago, we started seeing some of our larger customers using Varnish in unexpected ways — applying our technology to solve CI/CD performance and complexity challenges, especially those tied to universal repository managers that hit scaling limits, or as a proxy layer to protect backend origins for IDPs. I come from the infrastructure (delivery, cloud, object/S3 and file storage) and product side of the house, but over the past year I’ve worked closely with DevOps and Platform teams who are pushing the boundaries of performance, control, and developer experience. I’m here to learn, connect, and share what we’re seeing at that intersection between platform engineering, data movement, and developer productivity - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianjherrera/ Also if anyone will be at GitHub Universe tomorrow and wants to meet up DM me. I would love to hear how you are pushing the limits of CI/CD performance or what challenges you are facing.
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    Jaganadh Gopinadhan

    10/29/2025, 2:19 AM
    👋 Hi everyone! I'm Jaganadh Gopinadhan (Jagan) , Engineering Director at Cognizant, based in Mississauga, ON. I’m passionate about driving innovation through advanced technologies and meaningful insights. I’ve recently been exploring AI Platform Engineering and its potential to transform enterprise solutions. Looking forward to learning from you all and contributing where I can! https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaganadhg/
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    Anita Zbieg

    10/29/2025, 8:27 AM
    👋 Hi everyone! I’m Anita. I’m the CEO at Network Perspective and I spend most of my time researching how developer teams work: how collaboration patterns form, where friction hides, and how we can improve flow and delivery without adding more process. I work with DevEx surveys and network analysis (using both active and passive data) to help teams see what’s actually happening in their day-to-day work — things like deep work time, coordination load, and how people support each other when stuck. I’m especially interested in how AI tools can plug into the measure → act → learn loop to improve productivity and value delivery in a grounded, non-magical way. I’ve been hosting DevEx conversations with engineering leaders at large-scale US tech companies, and recently wrote an article for Platform Engineering. Excited to learn how you all think about DevEx and platform work! https://www.linkedin.com/in/anita-zbieg/ https://platformengineering.org/blog/platform-engineering-as-omakase-how-great-teams-develop-taste
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    Muneeb Aijaz

    10/29/2025, 4:05 PM
    Hi everyone, Muneeb here. I am a software/platform engineer at Stakater. I have extensively worked on building, maintaining and releasing Kubernetes operators in Golang and Ansible, primarily on Redhat operatorhub, with side responsibilities as SRE and opensource maintainer (One noticeable project is Reloader). All this enabled me to cover a wide number of tools across the cloud native landscape. In terms of concepts, most of my work is on multi tenancy, e2e cluster component testing and alerting I have recently shifted to the infrastructure team to widen my kubernetes and devops knowledge. I currently spend most of my time writing Crossplane compositions, managing TF modules, Ansible playbooks and being SRE. Would be happy to connect with you all https://www.linkedin.com/in/muneeb-aijaz/
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    Prastik Gyawali

    10/31/2025, 8:54 AM
    Hey Guys Just wanted to share something I’ve been using (and building) lately — an app that lets you chat with your CloudWatch logs, spin up on-demand dashboards, ask questions, and troubleshoot issues without juggling 10 different tools 😅 all from one single terminal. I've been using it myself and it's been super helpful, imagine all your monitoring and observability shrinks down to one chat window that can help you to troubleshoot issues, analyse logs and create on demand dashboards as well. I basically run my monitoring on autopilot now. Figured I’d share it here in case anyone’s interested. Happy to demo or chat more about it! 🙌 alternatively you can use it yourself at: https://jodmcp.com Thanks!