Key Focus Areas

Efficient and Secure Software Execution

• Run applications (games, tools, apps) on various infrastructures
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Amazon Web Services
  • OpenStack
  • Alibaba Cloud
• Leverage hardware and software features based on thorough pre-analysis to select the optimal Stock Keeping Unit (SKU).

Security

Ensure secure execution through the use of:

• Robust policies
• Secrets management
• Networking access control lists (ACLs)

Cost Optimization

• Achieve cost efficiency by evaluating and selecting best-fit tools for each task
• Focus on frugality and effective utilization of available resources

Business Value Orientation

• Maintain a consistent focus on delivering business value at every stage
• Ensure firm handshakes between all stakeholders involved

Service Design, Instrumentation, and Maintenance

Architect, instrument, and manage services through practices such as:

• Pipeline Management
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Configuration Management
• Capacity Planning
• Autoscaling
• Automation (where applicable)

Reliability and Feature Balance

Apply key reliability principles including:

• Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
• Service Level Indicators (SLIs)
• Error Budgets
• Maintain an optimal balance between:
  • Feature development
  • System reliability