# Modelling Developer Infrastructure Teams

DevFeed: [Modelling Developer Infrastructure Teams](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/modelling-developer-infrastructure-teams-1501.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/modelling-developer-infrastructure-teams>)

Author: Mark Côté

Published: 2021-08-13T13:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [code productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-productivity.md>), [Shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shopify.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>), [Frameworks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frameworks.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [ci-cd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [developer-productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-productivity.md>), [frameworks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frameworks.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [shopify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shopify.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

## AI overview

This article presents a mental model for organizing Developer Infrastructure teams at Shopify. It describes how teams covering local and cloud development environments, CI/CD, frameworks, libraries, and productivity tools can be connected, helping clarify dependencies, identify gaps, reduce siloed thinking, and align teams with a broader vision.

## Source excerpt

I've been managing Developer Infrastructure teams (alternatively known as Developer Acceleration, Developer Productivity, and other such names) for almost a decade now. Developer Infrastructure (which we usually shorten to "Dev Infra") covers a lot of ground, especially at a company like Shopify that's invested heavily in the area, from developer environments and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) to frameworks, libraries, and various productivity tools.