Platform Engineer Path
Senior engineers who want to build the internal platforms that make other teams fast.
4 stepsHands-on labsCapstone + portfolioA named role
Assessed work, a capstone and a verified credential
What the path adds
Membership covers foundation reading. A path is where the work is assessed and the credential is earned.
- Marked work
- Your written submissions are assessed against a rubric, not ticked off.
- Cumulative assessment
- One exam across the whole path, not a quiz per course.
- Capstone
- A final piece of real work, reviewed.
- Portfolio artefact
- Something you can put in front of a hiring manager.
- Verified credential
- A Professional Path Credential with a public verification page.
By the end, you can
What this path makes you able to do.
- Explain platform engineering, golden paths, and developer experience
- Build an internal developer platform with self-service and paved roads
- Operate a platform as a product: reliability, cost, and adoption
A guided journey, not a pile of courses
The 4-step path.
- 1View course
Platform Engineering Foundations
IDPs, golden paths, DevEx
- 2View course
Building Developer Platforms
Self-service and paved roads
- 3View course
Operating Platforms at Scale
Reliability, cost, adoption
Capstone: design an internal developer platform
A platform design with golden paths, self-service provisioning, and a platform-as-a-product plan with adoption metrics
Every path is backed by
Hands-on labs. A final exam & capstone. A real role.
You finish with a portfolio you can show, a cumulative exam, and the skills to land the Platform Engineer role.
Not sure this is the one? Take the free fit and aptitude check first: twelve short questions, instant answer.