Platform Engineering to Product Engineering: Enabling SaaS through Developer - Experience - Sarath G

This talk addresses the critical factors for quick and consistent client onboarding as organizations transition to Software as a Service (SaaS). The speaker discusses the collaboration between platform engineering, product engineering, and developer experience, emphasizing that success requires more than mere standardization. By using domain-driven platforms as a reference, the session illustrates how treating the platform as a product—including scaffolding, pre-integrated services, and simplified data conversion—can minimize developer friction and enhance adoption rates. Additionally, the talk explores the role of generative AI in improving developer experience by streamlining tasks such as data mapping, generating integration code, and offering context-aware assistance to facilitate a faster, more intuitive onboarding process.