Platform engineering for teams on AWS

Give every team
a reliable way to ship.

We replace laptop deployments and scattered pipelines with shared workflows your engineers can run. Vivek leads the work, from the first change to rollout across your teams.

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A continuous copper bridge crossing a gap between two solid stone platforms.

Too much depends on
who knows the workaround.

As teams grow, the scripts and shortcuts grow with them. Eventually, getting a release out takes more coordination than it should.

A release needs the right person.

The deploy runs from someone’s laptop, or through a Jenkins job only its author understands.

Every team has its own pipeline.

A fix in one place needs repeating elsewhere. Shared libraries and deployment scripts keep drifting apart.

Recovery depends on memory.

Getting back online means finding the engineer who knows which steps to run, and in what order.

Platform engineering

What improved
at Chick-fil-A.

Vivek led platform engineering for five data engineering teams. Here’s what changed when they moved to shared deployment workflows.

Deployment automation

50%

less time deploying.

Shared workflows replaced manual deploys from engineers’ machines with one-click releases across all five teams.

GitHub Actions + AWS CDK

Platform standardization

5

teams on one platform.

Teams moved from separate deployment setups to shared AWS CDK libraries and GitHub Actions workflows.

Disaster recovery

90%+

less recovery time.

Automating cross-region failover across the organization’s AWS accounts cut worst-case recovery from two days to under four hours.

Results from Vivek’s work at Chick-fil-A. Individual project results will vary.

Let’s get the platform
work into production.

We work alongside your engineers to improve the platform you have or build the foundation you need. Vivek leads the technical decisions and delivery.

Selected platform experience

Built for teams.
Proven in production.

Vivek’s platform work spans Chick-fil-A, HP, Kroger, and a VC-funded tech startup. It covers how teams ship software and the systems their products and operations run on.

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Chick-fil-AVivek · Principal Consultant

Five teams.
One way to deploy.

Vivek led platform engineering and developer experience for five data engineering teams collecting operational data from more than 3,000 restaurant locations.

The starting point

Teams deployed from their own machines and used separate Jenkins instances, scripts, and libraries. Each team had its own process, and worst-case recovery could take two days.

The platform work

Vivek standardized deployments with GitHub Actions and shared AWS CDK libraries. He automated cross-region disaster recovery and introduced consistent observability with Datadog.

Five teams on a shared platform
Shared deployment tools GitHub Actions + AWS CDK Reusable infrastructure and one-click releases
Faster releases50% less time deploying
Disaster recoveryCross-region AWS failover

Simplified view of the platform work.

Five teams adopted the shared tooling. Deployment time fell by half, and worst-case recovery dropped to under four hours.

VC-funded tech startupVivek · Founding Engineer

The product and platform,
built together.

At Addies, a venture-backed grocery technology startup, Vivek built the AWS foundation and fulfillment product from the ground up. He hired and led a team of five engineers.

Built around the product

Working across the web, mobile, and backend systems gave Vivek a direct view of what the infrastructure needed to support, from order handling to the team’s daily deployments.

The team deployed daily and supported thousands of orders a week.

HPPlatform architecture & delivery

The platform and the team to build it.

Vivek designed the AWS foundation and brought in engineers to build it. His work covered architecture, engineering quality, and delivery through production.

KrogerMerchandising & logistics systems

Connecting systems across the business.

Vivek connected systems across merchandising and logistics using Azure, Go, and React. The work brought information across those functions together so teams could identify disruptions before they reached stores.

Start with one workflow.
Get it into production.

Choose what to fix first.

We start with the workflow costing your team time or putting releases at risk. Together, we agree on the scope, fee, and how we’ll measure the improvement.

Build with your engineers.

Vivek leads the technical work. We implement the changes alongside your team and agree on a rollout that fits your existing systems and release schedule.

Leave your team ready to run it.

We work through deployment and recovery with your engineers, document the decisions, and establish ownership. We can then take on the next workflow or stay involved as your team grows.

Who you’ll work with

I’m Vivek.
I’ll lead the work.

VivekFounder & principal consultantLos Angeles, working remotelyFind me on GitHub

I founded Valteria. Over the past ten years, I’ve worked on production systems in financial services, aviation, and a grocery startup. I’ve been responsible for the infrastructure and the product running on it.

You’ll work directly with me on architecture and code. I can handle a focused project or lead a team for a larger engagement. I’ve brought in engineers at HP and Chick-fil-A, and hired and led the engineering team at Addies.

AWS Solutions Architect & Developer certificationsM.S. Management Information Systems · B.S. Computer Science, UT Dallas

Before we
work together.

Is this a fit for my team?

We work with CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and platform leads whose AWS infrastructure or release process is holding their teams back. We also help startups build a platform around a new product and established teams that need more engineering capacity.

What happens on the first call?

You’ll speak with Vivek for 30 minutes about your platform, what’s getting in the way, and the help you need. We’ll discuss whether we’re a fit and what a first engagement could cover. The call is free; you don’t need to prepare a deck or share access.

Can you work with our existing engineers?

Yes. We agree on ownership with your team before starting. Your engineers take part in the technical decisions and rollout, and we document what they need to operate the platform afterward. Vivek stays involved in the architecture and implementation.

Do we need to replace our whole platform?

We start by understanding the tools and dependencies you already have. The first project can focus on one release workflow or a specific reliability gap. We agree on tooling and rollout with your engineers before making changes.

Can you bring in engineers or staff a team?

Yes. We can add engineers to your team or put together a team for a specific project, with Vivek leading the technical work. He has brought in staff at HP and Chick-fil-A and hired and led engineers at Addies. We agree on the roles and responsibilities before the engagement starts.

How do scope and pricing work?

We agree on the work, responsibilities, and fee before starting. A platform project has a defined scope and measures of success. For staffing or ongoing support, we agree on the roles and time commitment. If you need an independent review first, we can scope that as a separate engagement.

A free 30-minute call

Where does
shipping get stuck?

Tell us where releases get stuck or which part of your infrastructure needs attention. We’ll discuss the work and where we’d start.

You’ll talk directly with Vivek.

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