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Platform Engineering at Google
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Platform Engineering at Google

by James Brookbank, Leah Hargreaves, Salim Virji
December 2026
Intermediate
350 pages
1h 20m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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About the Authors

James Brookbank is a cloud solutions architect manager at Google based in NYC. Solution architects help make cloud easier for Google’s customers by solving complex technical problems and providing expert architectural guidance. Before joining Google, James worked at a number of large enterprises with a focus on IT infrastructure and financial services.

Leah Hargreaves is a software engineering leader with decades of experience focusing on developers and the platforms and ecosystems crucial to their success. Her background includes working as an engineer and as an executive across a range of organizations including startups, SaaS companies, and high tech companies including AWS and Google. Leah cares about the power and potential of harmonizing technology with the individual and social aspects of software development to drive innovation, create meaningful change, and deliver valuable software.

Salim Virji develops reliable engineering practices and processes for Google’s SRE organization, and has built consensus and storage services for Google infrastructure. Salim’s interests include distributed systems and machine learning. He has contributed to several books on SRE, including The Site Reliability Workbook and Implementing Service Level Objectives. Salim received an AB in Classics from the University of Chicago and is a New York City Master Composter.

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