Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference North America 2026

A talk about platform engineering, DevOps, DevSecOps, sprawl, chaos, compliance, and security. Why engineer an Internal Developer Platform when I have DevOps? DevOps works fine when you are a 20 person start-up but it often doesn't scale to Enterprise level development efforts. When you have 3000 developers with different needs and you are responsible for EO compliance and security a modular self-service platform is a good choice to build. In this talk I cover the challenges we have faced in a 3000 developers enterprise and how we are working to address them. I also cover how we are working on automating, integration, and scaling the creation of our internal developer platform. Leveraging SBOMs, SLSA, and other tools to help build out a secure and compliant platform. Attendees will learn the benefits and challenges of Platform Engineering
Attendee Takeaways
Answers for the following questions:
- Do we need a Platform Engineering Team?
- Is an IDP the right solution for my situation?
- What does a large scale IDP look like?
- What does it take to support a large scale IDP?
- What does security and compliance look like in an IDP?