Bringing DevOps to mobile: Avoiding pitfalls and unlocking velocity
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2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
📅 Date: Thursday, July 24, 2025
🕓 Time: 4:00 PM CEST / 10:00 AM EDT
What works for web won’t cut it for mobile CI/CD
As DevOps continues to reshape software delivery, many teams hit a wall when trying to apply the same principles to mobile. From fragmented platforms to specialized tooling, mobile development comes with unique challenges that demand a tailored approach.
Join Kaushal Vyas, Senior Product Manager at Bitrise, and Josh Walker, Principal Software Engineer at BuzzFeed, for a hands-on look at how to bring DevOps discipline to mobile—without slowing down your team or adding unnecessary friction.
You’ll also get a behind-the-scenes view of BuzzFeed’s Mobile DevOps transformation, including the cultural and technical shifts that helped the team scale mobile delivery, eliminate bottlenecks, and achieve faster, more reliable releases.
💡 What you’ll learn:
- Why traditional DevOps approaches fall short in mobile environments
- Specialized infrastructure needs for effective mobile delivery
- Purpose-built automation for testing, code signing, and tooling
- Reducing the risk of a faulty mobile app releaseÂ
- The most common DevOps anti-patterns seen in mobile teams
- Strategies to boost velocity, reliability, and feedback loops
- How to avoid the build-vs-buy trap with purpose-built tooling
- How BuzzFeed migrated over 1,000 builds/month to a scalable CI/CD system, reduced manual QA time by 95%, and enabled faster iteration through smart automation without sacrificing quality.
Speakers
Kaushal Vyas
Senior Product Manager @ Bitrise
Josh Walker
Principal Software Engineer @ Buzzfeed
Laura Hauser
VP of Marketing @ Bitrise
24
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM