Architecture Platform Engineering & Internal Developer Portal

Comprehensive course on Platform Engineering and Internal Developer Portal (IDP). Includes Backstage, Service Catalog, Golden Paths, Self-service Infrastructure, Developer Experience (DX), CI/CD Platform, Environment Management, and Internal Tools. Platform design helps developers self-serve infrastructure, increase developer productivity, and reduce cognitive load. Case studies: Spotify (Backstage), Netflix, Airbnb. Updated 2026.

Part 1: Platform Engineering Foundations

Lesson 1: Overview of Platform Engineering - Why, What & How90 min Lesson 2: Developer Experience (DX) - Measuring & Improving90 min Lesson 3: Platform Architecture Overview - Layers & Components90 min

Part 2: Developer Portal

Lesson 4: Backstage - Internal Developer Portal120 min Lesson 5: Service Catalog & Software Templates120 min Lesson 6: API Portal & Documentation90 min Lesson 7: Golden Paths & Paved Roads90 min

Part 3: Self-service Infrastructure

Lesson 8: Self-service Infrastructure - Provisioning & Management120 min Lesson 9: Infrastructure as Code - Terraform, Crossplane & Pulumi120 min Lesson 10: Environment Management - Dev, Staging, Production90 min Lesson 11: Database & Middleware Self-service90 min

Part 4: CI/CD Platform

Lesson 12: CI/CD Platform Architecture - Pipeline as Code120 min Lesson 13: GitOps & Deployment Automation120 min Lesson 14: Containers & Image Management90 min Lesson 15: Testing Platform - Shift-left & Quality Gates90 min

Part 5: Security & Compliance Platform

Lesson 16: Security Platform - Policy as Code120 min Lesson 17: Supply Chain Security - SBOM & SLSA90 min Lesson 18: Cost Management & FinOps Platform90 min

Part 6: Observability Platform

Lesson 19: Observability Platform - Metrics, Logs & Traces120 min Lesson 20: SRE Platform - SLO, Error Budgets & Incident Management120 min Lesson 21: Logging & Audit Platform90 min

Part 7: Production & Case Studies

Lesson 22: Platform Team Organization & Operating Model90 min Lesson 23: Platform Migration & Adoption90 min Lesson 24: Measuring Platform Success - Metrics & ROI90 min Lesson 25: Case Studies - Spotify, Netflix, Airbnb & Mercado Libre120 min