Platform Engineering builds systems and libraries that enable engineers at Twitter to easily run and operate their services globally at massive scale. These include the core compute and storage infrastructure, search infrastructure, edge, monitoring and messaging platforms, data & analytics platform, and core application services. In recent years, Twitter Inc. has expanded its product portfolio through acquisitions like Periscope, Vine, MoPub, TellApart, Crashlytics, and GNIP of which many of them currently run on the public cloud. To enable deeper integration between products and address the larger business need, it is vital to extend the scope and presence of Twitter’s Platform Infrastructure.
Chris Pinkham, Vice President of Platform Engineering will share the current state of Twitter’s Platform Infrastructure, the challenges when operating at scale and his team’s vision for hybrid cloud services.
