Dive into the multi-year transformation of Allianz Direct’s DevOps team into a platform engineering organization, now recognized as a CNCF reference architecture success story. Over the course of four years, the team continuously challenged their assumptions, evolving both their technology stack and their organizational identity. This journey required navigating ambiguity, embracing failure, and driving change at every level, from architecture to team topologies. By systematically measuring the impact of their decisions, Petean and his team scaled their influence from a single team to the entire group. This talk will cover the lessons learned from navigating identity shifts, handling growing complexity, and maintaining momentum through constant change. Attendees will gain insight into the mindset and strategies that helped Allianz Direct adopt a platform engineering approach that balances agility, scalability, and long-term impact.