The Distributed Systems Summit

Where platform engineering comes to life

Austin, TX, September 15-17, 2025 • Join 8,930 engineers across 9 countries

What is The Distributed Systems Summit?

A leading gathering for leaders building scalable systems in at scale. Three days of technical talks, workshops, and networking with industry leaders.

Deep dives into battle-tested systems design
Meet the community from 20 countries and major companies
Hands-on labs where you will try emerging patterns
Explore cutting-edge tools that shape the future

Keynote Sessions

Building Resilient Distributed Systems

by Alex Rodriguez

A practical guide into building instrumented systems at global reach. Learn how we observe billions of requests.

Database Sharding at Scale

by Taylor Martinez

Technical case study into what went wrong scaling platforms at global scale.

Debugging Production Incidents

by Sam Wilson

Meet Our Speakers

Learn from industry leaders and hands-on architects.

Devon Carter

Shopify

Sam Garcia

Datadog

Sam Wilson

Honeycomb.io

Alex Hayes

Vercel

See full speaker list →

Get Your Ticket

Tickets are limited and closing soon. Early-bird rates end on 2026-05-31.

Standard Pass

$249

Access to all sessions. All three days. Lunch and coffee included.

Workshop Pass

$899

All talks, hands-on labs. exclusive mixer. t-shirt.

Corporate Package

$2,499

Team of 5. Premium seating. Dedicated liaison. Custom networking session. Logo in program.

Sponsors & Partners

Made possible by the forward-thinking teams leading the next generation.