Building an Internal Developer Platform from Scratch
A 2-day Platform Engineering Workshop. From Fundamentals to Production Ready Platforms | 4-Hours Each Day
Overview
Most Internal Developer Platforms fail.
Not because of Kubernetes.Not because of Terraform.But because teams build tools — not products.
Platform Engineering is no longer optional. It is quickly becoming a defining capability for modern engineering organizations.
In this 2-day live, hands-on workshop, you will learn how to design and build a production-ready Internal Developer Platform (IDP) from scratch — using proven platform engineering patterns that drive adoption, reliability, governance, and measurable business impact.
This is not a theory.This is an implementation.
Led by Ajay — bestselling author and recognized leader in Platform Engineering — this workshop shows you how to build a platform your developers actually use.
Seats are limited to ensure meaningful interaction and practical guidance.
Why This Matters Now
2026 will clearly divide organizations into two groups:
- Teams with mature Internal Developer Platforms
- Teams stuck managing DevOps tool sprawl
With AI accelerating deployment frequency and complexity, structured, product-driven platforms are becoming essential.
Companies are actively hiring platform product engineers and platform leaders — but very few professionals truly understand how to build and operate an internal platform as a product.
If you want to stay ahead of this shift, this workshop is your opportunity.
What You’ll Walk Away With
By the end of the workshop, you will have:
- A clear blueprint to design and scale an Internal Developer Platform
- Practical Platform Product Engineering frameworks for adoption and governance
- A roadmap to integrate AI-aware capabilities into your platform
- Guidance to build a compelling internal business case
- Clarity on how to position yourself as a platform specialist
Additionally, you will receive:
- A complimentary 30–60 minute Platform Journey consultation session
- An official Certificate of Completion awarded upon successfully completing the workshop
- A Credly digital badge recognizing your achievement, which you can showcase on LinkedIn, resumes, and professional profiles to validate your platform engineering expertise
Your Credly badge provides verified, shareable proof of your skills — helping you demonstrate platform capability to employers, clients, and leadership teams.
You won’t just learn concepts.You’ll leave with a practical roadmap you can apply immediately.
What Makes This Different
This is NOT:
- Another DevOps tools training
- Another Kubernetes deep dive
- A slide-heavy theory session
- A vendor pitch
What makes it powerful:
- Platform as a Product mindset
- Live building and walkthroughs
- Production-tested enterprise patterns
- Focus on business impact and developer adoption
- Direct interaction and Q&A
Most trainings teach tools.This workshop teaches how to build a platform that scales.
Why Learn from Ajay?
Ajay is a recognized thought leader in Platform Engineering and Platform Product Management, and the bestselling author of three influential books that have shaped how organizations approach internal platforms and developer experience.
Author of:
Effective Platform Engineering
The Platform Engineer's Handbook
Domain Driven Platform Engineering
His work focuses on:
- Platform Product Engineering
- Developer Experience optimization
- Enterprise platform implementation and scaling
Ajay has worked with enterprises, system integrators, and consulting organizations to upskill teams in platform engineering and product thinking.
This is field-tested insight drawn from real enterprise transformations.
Who Should Attend
Ideal for:
- Platform & DevOps Engineers
- Software Architects
- Staff and Principal Engineers
- Engineering Managers and Platform Leads
- Heads of Engineering and CTOs
- Consulting and SI leaders
If you’re responsible for platform direction — technically or strategically — this workshop is designed for you.
For Teams & Organizations
Bulk registrations and B2B conversations are available for:
- Enterprise engineering teams
- Consulting firms
- System Integrators
- Organizations investing in platform transformation
If you're planning a platform initiative in 2026, now is the time to prepare your team.
Limited Seats. High Impact.
This is a live, interactive workshop with limited seats to maintain quality and hands-on depth.
If you’re serious about building an Internal Developer Platform that delivers real results, secure your spot now.
A 2-day Platform Engineering Workshop. From Fundamentals to Production Ready Platforms | 4-Hours Each Day
Overview
Most Internal Developer Platforms fail.
Not because of Kubernetes.Not because of Terraform.But because teams build tools — not products.
Platform Engineering is no longer optional. It is quickly becoming a defining capability for modern engineering organizations.
In this 2-day live, hands-on workshop, you will learn how to design and build a production-ready Internal Developer Platform (IDP) from scratch — using proven platform engineering patterns that drive adoption, reliability, governance, and measurable business impact.
This is not a theory.This is an implementation.
Led by Ajay — bestselling author and recognized leader in Platform Engineering — this workshop shows you how to build a platform your developers actually use.
Seats are limited to ensure meaningful interaction and practical guidance.
Why This Matters Now
2026 will clearly divide organizations into two groups:
- Teams with mature Internal Developer Platforms
- Teams stuck managing DevOps tool sprawl
With AI accelerating deployment frequency and complexity, structured, product-driven platforms are becoming essential.
Companies are actively hiring platform product engineers and platform leaders — but very few professionals truly understand how to build and operate an internal platform as a product.
If you want to stay ahead of this shift, this workshop is your opportunity.
What You’ll Walk Away With
By the end of the workshop, you will have:
- A clear blueprint to design and scale an Internal Developer Platform
- Practical Platform Product Engineering frameworks for adoption and governance
- A roadmap to integrate AI-aware capabilities into your platform
- Guidance to build a compelling internal business case
- Clarity on how to position yourself as a platform specialist
Additionally, you will receive:
- A complimentary 30–60 minute Platform Journey consultation session
- An official Certificate of Completion awarded upon successfully completing the workshop
- A Credly digital badge recognizing your achievement, which you can showcase on LinkedIn, resumes, and professional profiles to validate your platform engineering expertise
Your Credly badge provides verified, shareable proof of your skills — helping you demonstrate platform capability to employers, clients, and leadership teams.
You won’t just learn concepts.You’ll leave with a practical roadmap you can apply immediately.
What Makes This Different
This is NOT:
- Another DevOps tools training
- Another Kubernetes deep dive
- A slide-heavy theory session
- A vendor pitch
What makes it powerful:
- Platform as a Product mindset
- Live building and walkthroughs
- Production-tested enterprise patterns
- Focus on business impact and developer adoption
- Direct interaction and Q&A
Most trainings teach tools.This workshop teaches how to build a platform that scales.
Why Learn from Ajay?
Ajay is a recognized thought leader in Platform Engineering and Platform Product Management, and the bestselling author of three influential books that have shaped how organizations approach internal platforms and developer experience.
Author of:
Effective Platform Engineering
The Platform Engineer's Handbook
Domain Driven Platform Engineering
His work focuses on:
- Platform Product Engineering
- Developer Experience optimization
- Enterprise platform implementation and scaling
Ajay has worked with enterprises, system integrators, and consulting organizations to upskill teams in platform engineering and product thinking.
This is field-tested insight drawn from real enterprise transformations.
Who Should Attend
Ideal for:
- Platform & DevOps Engineers
- Software Architects
- Staff and Principal Engineers
- Engineering Managers and Platform Leads
- Heads of Engineering and CTOs
- Consulting and SI leaders
If you’re responsible for platform direction — technically or strategically — this workshop is designed for you.
For Teams & Organizations
Bulk registrations and B2B conversations are available for:
- Enterprise engineering teams
- Consulting firms
- System Integrators
- Organizations investing in platform transformation
If you're planning a platform initiative in 2026, now is the time to prepare your team.
Limited Seats. High Impact.
This is a live, interactive workshop with limited seats to maintain quality and hands-on depth.
If you’re serious about building an Internal Developer Platform that delivers real results, secure your spot now.
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- 1 day 5 hours
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Agenda
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Session 1: Platform Engineering Fundamentals & Platform as a Product
Platform engineering exists to solve real problems such as low developer adoption, fragile “glue” platforms, and uncontrolled YAML sprawl. This session explains why many Internal Developer Platforms fail before tools ever matter, and clarifies the boundaries between platform engineering, DevOps, and SRE. Participants will explore the core anatomy of an IDP, what it means to treat the platform as a product, who it serves, and how adoption is driven through effective feedback loops. The session also focuses on Developer Experience (DevEx), examining friction versus flow, meaningful metrics, and common failure patterns such as tool-first approaches, over-centralization, and ignoring organizational design, supported by an interactive platform maturity and pain-point assessment.
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Session 2: Cloud-Native Platform Architecture & Control Planes
This session focuses on designing cloud-native platform architectures that work end to end, rather than as isolated components. Participants will explore reference architectures that emphasize clear separation of concerns, including the roles of control planes and data planes, and how platforms act as decision engines that guide developer workflows. The session covers API-first and event-driven design, configuration and policy management, and how to embed security, compliance, multi-tenancy, and environment isolation directly into the architecture. Through a guided demo and walkthrough, attendees will see how control plane entry points, platform APIs, workflows, and governance components come together to enable scalable, adoptable platforms.
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Session 3: Infrastructure as Code, GitOps & Platform Automation
This session emphasizes live building over slides, focusing on how Infrastructure as Code forms the foundation of a scalable platform. Participants will explore how to design reusable templates and workflows, compare Terraform and Pulumi trade-offs, and understand GitOps as a governance mechanism rather than just a deployment model. The session also covers environment promotion strategies, automated testing, validation, rollback, and the foundations of policy as code. Through hands-on exercises, attendees will modify a platform IaC module and walk through promotion, validation, and rollback steps to see how platform automation works in practice.