Mathias Herzog
Infrastructure engineer & platform architect
Focus:
Cluster operationsAutomationGovernancePlatform design
The engineering team behind Peak Scale
We are a specialised engineering and architecture team for cloud native platforms — pragmatic, technically grounded, and close to operational reality.
Hands-on — directly with the experts who also think about operations.
Johann Gyger
Software & Cloud Native engineering
Focus:
GitOpsContainer platformsSecurityOpen source
Oliver Bähler
Solution architect
Focus:
Architecture designPlatform componentsTechnical evaluations
Nicola Lüthi
Cloud Native engineer
Focus:
KubernetesAutomationDeveloper tooling
Lorenz Bischof
Platform engineer
Focus:
SecurityAutomationOperating modelsUsability
Philipp Grogg
DevOps & software architecture
Focus:
CI/CDSLSAObservabilityIntegrations
Our mission
We help IT departments build stable, secure, and future-ready platforms. At the centre are pragmatic decisions, technical depth, and architectures that can evolve over years — independent of individual vendors or products.
Our way of working
Short communication paths
Engineers talking directly to engineers — no translation layer, with short reaction times.
Honest technical sparring
We challenge assumptions openly before they become platform reality.
Iterative architecture development
Architecture grows in small, verifiable steps — not as a single big bang.
Evidence-based decisions
We decide based on data, experiments and reproducible setups.
Enablement over dependency
We build knowledge inside the customer team — so solutions hold up without us.
Documentation that's actually used
ADRs, runbooks and checklists that genuinely help in operations.
Why cloud native?
Cloud native is not a trend for us, it's the dependable basis of modern platforms — open, automated, and load-bearing for the long run.
Scale and flexibility
Security and transparency
Extensible, long-lived platforms
Automation and speed
Portability and openness
We deliberately rely on open standards and established open-source technologies — without proprietary lock-in.
Our values
Pragmatism
We prefer solutions that work — over those that only look good on paper.
Reliability
We work transparently, traceably, and without surprises.
Technical depth
We don't build anything we couldn't operate ourselves.
Openness
We share knowledge, raise problems clearly, and recommend what really makes sense.
Community
We are actively involved in the (Swiss) cloud native ecosystem.
Engagement in the community
Sharing knowledge is part of who we are. We actively contribute to events, meetups, and open-source projects.
Swiss Cloud Native Day (co-organisers)Cloud Native Bern Meetup (co-organisers)Talks and workshops on GitOps, Kubernetes, securityContributions to open-source tools we use daily
This engagement keeps us close to current developments — and gives us valuable insight into the challenges different teams and industries face.
Work with us
Work with us
If you'd like to get to know Peak Scale, we're happy to give you a look at how we work, decide, and approach typical engagements — informally, with no classic sales process.