# How we migrated onto K8s in less than 12 months

DevFeed: [How we migrated onto K8s in less than 12 months](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-we-migrated-onto-k8s-in-less-than-12-months-9975.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/migrating-onto-kubernetes/>)

Author: Ian VonSeggern

Published: 2024-08-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>)

Tags: [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [k8s](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/k8s.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>)

## AI overview

Figma describes why it migrated most of its core services from AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) to Kubernetes in less than 12 months. The article covers the evaluation and scoping process, the company's existing containerized architecture, and its goal of creating a more capable and easier-to-use compute platform.

## Source excerpt

Migrating onto Kubernetes can take years. Here's why we decided it was worth undertaking, and how we moved a majority of our core services in less than 12 months, all while making our compute platform easier to use.