How one company saved $132k a Year with an IT Infrastructure Audit

Over the last year and a half, the Buffer team has tripled in size, from 25 teammates to 80. And our technology stack has ballooned as well, from a simple setup with just the basic AWS components to a much more fully utilized set of AWS and other external services. There are now so many pieces that make up the whole of the application: from how we store our data in mongo using compose, to how we run the application in an Elastic Beanstalk, to how we manage our data warehousing using Redshift. There’s also been so much that all of us have learned while growing. One natural progression of this growth in new technology and new teammates has been the birth of the systems team within Buffer. This team emerged out of the necessity to support the stability and future innovations at Buffer.