Having witnessed several different strategies for managing and scaling server-side infrastructure at my previous jobs, I have seen first-hand what a huge difference it makes for a software company (and more importantly, for their customers) to invest a little upfront to build a solid foundation for a cellular architecture. Over time, the relatively small upfront investment pays off in so many ways: protecting customers from outages, allowing the business to react more quickly to changing demands, dramatically reducing operational overhead and improving developer productivity; the list goes on. I’m excited to share some of these learnings in hopes that the audience can adapt them to their own infrastructure.

This talk is intended for engineering folks who are building and operating multi-regional cloud applications and services. We’ll primarily focus on AWS solutions to cellular architecture problems, so some familiarity with AWS account and permissions management will be useful, but the principles can be applied to any major cloud environment.

Attendees will hear about some of the very tangible benefits that can be achieved by building automation for deploying and managing cellular infrastructure for your service or application. We’ll also give some concrete examples of specific technologies such as AWS SSO, AWS Organizations, and AWS CodePipelines that can be used to realize a scalable cellular solution. I hope to convince you that a small engineering investment upfront will pay for itself many, many times over by improving your customer experience and increasing your engineering velocity.