A platform engineer's responsibilities include:
Designing and building the platform: Platform engineers design, develop, and maintain the platform that products and services are built on. This includes the infrastructure, operating systems, databases, and other components.
Automating the application deployment process: Platform engineers design continuous integration and development (CI/CD) pipelines to allow multiple teams to collaborate on building, testing, and releasing new features.
Debugging and resolving application issues: Platform engineers use their understanding of code debugging and troubleshooting skills to diagnose issues in the platform's code structure and architecture.
Collaboration and communication: Platform engineers use documentation and knowledge sharing platforms to facilitate collaboration and communication. They create and maintain documentation that details the platform architecture, configuration, and best practices.
Problem-solving skills: Platform engineers use their problem-solving skills to analyze system behavior, performance metrics, and logs to diagnose problems and implement effective solutions.
Administering configurations: Platform engineers are responsible for administering configurations for various environments.
Maintaining applications: Platform engineers are responsible for maintaining applications.
Communicating with platform users and stakeholders: Platform engineers communicate with platform users and stakeholders.
Preparing reports: Platform engineers prepare reports for systems and assets.
Implementing reusable tools: Platform engineers implement reusable tools and self-service capabilities.
Improving developer experience: Platform engineers implement automated infrastructure operations to improve the experience and productivity of developers.