About Us

At Layer5, we champion developer-defined infrastructure, giving engineers the power to reshape application delivery. We empower operators in reimagining how they manage modern infrastructure: collaboratively.

We are enablers.

We believe innovation is furthered by collaboration and that collaboration is enabled by infrastructure. Layer5 encourages organizations to view their infrastructure through a fresh lens, constantly asking, "What have you done for me lately?" Our suite of multi-cluster, multi-cloud infrastructure management products, with open source projects at their core, form the bedrock of our offerings. Our cloud native application and infrastructure management software enables organizations to expect more from their infrastructure.

Open Source First

Our projects establish industry standards and enable developers, operators, and product owners with repeatable patterns and best practices for managing all aspects of distributed services.

We are principled.

We are proud of the inclusive and kind community and work environment we have built. We support each other as we work to solve important problems. We take our work seriously, and execute with integrity and in alignment with our core principles of paying it forward, challenging ourselves and those around to be and to do better.

We make cloud native manageable by

harnessing the power of a developer-friendly applications management system that supports visualization of the modern infrastructure leading to effective operation with best practices.

Layer5 is an empowerer of the developer, the operator, and the service owner

Layer5 community members at Open Source Africa Community conference, March 2022.

Community First

Layer5 is powered by a growing community of collaborators representing industry leading, cloud native, open source software.

We are remote oriented.

Our remote working model has been in our DNA since our genesis in 2020, which allows us to maintain a flexible working environment and gives us access to a global pool of diverse talent.

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Who Are We?

Industry stewards

Recognized Cloud Native leaders. Service mesh authorities.

Cloud Native Leaders

CNCF TOC Contributors

Docker Captains

Cloud Native Ambassadors

Service Mesh Interface Maintainers

Service Mesh Performance Maintainers

Service Mesh Authors

Meshery Creators

CNCF Service Mesh Working Group Chairs

Kubernetes Certified Administrators

CNCF Special Interest Group Network Chairs

Collaborate

Join the community and collaborate on our projects all around the world.

Layer5 Collaborators from around the globe

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Creators of cloud native standards

Open source leaders

Layer5, the cloud native management company

An empowerer of engineers, Layer5 helps you extract more value from your infrastructure. Creator and maintainer of cloud native standards. Maker of Meshery, the cloud native manager.