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State of Platform Engineering in 2026: Salary, maturity, and shifting down
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State of Platform Engineering in 2026: Salary, maturity, and shifting down
Jan 20, 2026
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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.
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Sam Barlien
Head of Ecosystem @ Platform Engineering
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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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