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title: "What is platform engineering | Resizes"
url: "https://resiz.es/guides/what-is-platform-engineering"
description: "Platform engineering is how a team builds the shared path others ship on: Kubernetes, GitOps, FinOps, and operations, instead of a ticket for every change."
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Guide

# What is _platform engineering?_

Platform engineering is the work of building the shared path a software team uses to ship. Kubernetes, GitOps, delivery, and operations live with that team, so other engineers are not waiting on a ticket.

## What Resizes means by it

[Platform engineering services](https://resiz.es/services/platform-engineering) are how that work is hired: Kubernetes, GitOps, FinOps, and operations in the customer’s cloud, with or without a full Platform install.

Some teams take the managed platform. [Resizes Platform](https://resiz.es/products/platform) is that product, installed and operated in your cloud account. You keep the account. Others take a defined piece of the work.

See [what an internal developer platform is](https://resiz.es/guides/what-is-an-internal-developer-platform).