Scaling Innovation with NoOps: How Mercado Libre Manages 30,000 Microservices and 25 million RPS

Operating Latin America's largest e-commerce, fintech, and logistics platform presents unique challenges.

At Mercado Libre, we manage over 30,000 microservices, provide NoOps solutions for 16,000 developers, oversee more than 60,000 data service instances, and handle over 25 million requests per second. These numbers reflect a level of complexity that demands constant innovation and robust solutions. 

Our response to these challenges has been to transform them into opportunities for growth, driven by our internal platform, Fury. Fury is more than just an Internal Developer Platform (IDP); it is the backbone of our technological strategy. It supports our 110 million active users while enhancing our ability to innovate and scale resiliently. Fury addresses the most critical issues facing large-scale technology operations: minimizing cognitive load, increasing the speed and reliability of software delivery, and simplifying the management of complex infrastructures while empowering our engineers to focus on what they do best: developing exceptional products. 

This talk will take you through our journey of creating an IDP that transforms complexity into simplicity. We will explore the cultural shift to a NoOps model within Mercado Libre, which has been instrumental in minimizing operational overhead. This shift enables our teams to concentrate on high-value tasks by automating everything from code repository management to comprehensive observability and cost management. By prioritizing Developer Experience (DevEx), we ensure that our engineers work within streamlined, intuitive environments that amplify productivity and innovation, all while upholding rigorous security and compliance standards. 

Our platform is designed to tackle the most pressing challenges companies face when scaling their technology operations, from mitigating risks and vulnerabilities to responding swiftly to critical incidents and adapting to regulatory changes. We will dive deep into our multicloud practices, sharing insights into how they provide flexibility and redundancy, allowing us to adapt quickly to evolving business needs and technological advancements. 

Join us to discover how Mercado Libre has turned its vision into reality by creating a platform that strikes the perfect balance between innovation, governance, and operational efficiency. Fury demonstrates how technology can be harnessed to support growth and resilience through the strategic adoption of Kubernetes, a strong emphasis on DevEx, and refined multicloud practices.