You're advising an engineering leader at a growing software company. Product demand is rising, but the team is also carrying platform debt that is starting to slow execution and create reliability risk.
How do you balance short-term delivery with long-term platform health?
Customer-facing Beacon Talent roadmap commitments are time-sensitivePlatform issues are already reducing velocity and increasing incident riskEngineering capacity is constrained by unplanned workOverinvesting in either side creates a different failure mode