DevOps/CloudHigh signalEmergingAround since 2020
Internal Developer Platform
Also written as IDP, Self-Service Platform, Golden Path
A self-service layer that lets product engineers provision environments and ship services without filing tickets or learning the whole infrastructure stack.
Think of it like
A well-stocked self-service counter instead of queuing to ask the kitchen for every item.
Junior or senior?
Strong platform-engineering signal.
Senior sounds like
Talks about adoption and the escape hatch — a platform nobody can opt out of gets routed around instead.
Ask them
“What did teams do when the platform didn't support their use case?”