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Welcome to Platform Engineers New Delhi!
This is a group for engineers to learn and discuss all things internal tooling, platform teams and internal developer platforms. Every week, we interview some of the best DevOps minds in the industry.
We recently launched our new home, where you can find expert talk recordings, platform tooling resources and links to upcoming events. Check it out at[ https://platformengineering.org/](https://platformengineering.org/)
Our Slack community is now on 6k+ members - the largest dedicated platform engineering community out there. If you want to dive deeper and connect with other platform nerds 👉 join here!
If you would like to speak at one of our meetups, use this form to submit a talk request.
Good to have you onboard!
Upcoming events
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- Network event
•OnlineState of Platform Engineering in 2026: Salary, maturity, and shifting down
Online127 attendees from 40 groups** Please register here
Join Sam Barlien as he unpacks the 2025 State of Platform Engineering report: why platform engineering is “eating the world,” how “shifting down” beats “shifting left,” and what a platform engineering-driven AI-native era means for platforms, teams, and the end of the artisan software engineer.
In this webinar, we will cover:
- Data on salary, maturity, best practices and more from 518 platform engineers
- What the best led platform teams are doing in 2026
- How platform engineering is industrializing the software delivery lifecycle
After a 30-minute talk there’ll be a 15-minute Q&A, for which we encourage you to submit questions in advance.
A webinar recording and related materials will be shared with all attendees after the event.
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Speaker:
Sam Barlien - Head of Ecosystem @ Platform Engineering
Sam Barlien is a community organiser for the Platform Engineering Community. He is a tech nerd, and has been involved in tech communities for more than 10 years. He helps manage Platform Weekly, co-hosts PlatformCon, and drives the community Ambassador program, blog and Youtube channel1 attendee from this group - Network event
•Online5 key principals of modern apps: From operations to design and delivery
Online81 attendees from 40 groups*Please register here
Modern applications aren’t just “lift-and-shift” workloads running in Kubernetes. They’re built on a set of principles that span architecture, delivery, operations, and platform readiness. In this webinar, we’ll break down each of these principles and connect them to concrete examples.
- Recognize and apply the 5 core principles of modern applications across design, delivery, and operations.
- Learn how GitOps, observability, and zero-trust security fit together into a coherent operating model.
- See an example of these principles in practice.
After a 30-minute talk there’ll be a 15-minute Q&A, for which we encourage you to submit questions in advance.
A webinar recording and related materials will be shared with all attendees after the event.
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Speaker:
Jad El-Zein - Technologist @ VMware by Broadcom
Jad El-Zein is a technology leader with more than 26 years of experience in the IT industry, covering technology adoption, implementation, and the development of advanced emerging solutions. His background includes 11 years with Lockheed Martin Corp and over 15 years at VMware and Broadcom.
Jad has led major IT transformation initiatives for U.S. Federal agencies and global enterprises. His expertise spans full-stack datacenter and cloud architectures, systems and network engineering, cloud management and automation, AI and ML development, and modern application platforms. He is the inventor of two U.S. patents focused on machine learning approaches to cloud optimization.
He is also experienced in technical writing, technical marketing, and product marketing, and is recognized as a speaker, mentor, team leader, and advocate for the technology community.3 attendees from this group
Past events
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