Architecting for Efficiency: Performance, Cost, and Maintainability

This track focuses on achieving efficiency in software architecture by emphasizing cost-effective performance at scale. As systems grow, so do infrastructure costs and operational complexity—making architectural decisions critical to long-term sustainability. We'll explore how to design systems that deliver high performance while minimizing compute, storage, and data transfer costs, with an eye toward maximizing ROI.

Topics include cost-aware architectural patterns, efficient data modeling, scalable system design, and techniques for measuring and optimizing resource usage. We’ll also examine how tooling, observability, and automation contribute to keeping performance high and costs under control.

Beyond the technical layers, we’ll consider how teams can work together efficiently—how organizational structure, ownership models, and decision-making processes impact architectural outcomes. The goal is to help engineering leaders build systems that are not only technically performant and cost-efficient but also adaptable and sustainable in fast-moving environments.