Explore a 30-minute conference talk from DSC EUROPE 24 where Veljko Tanjga delves into the intricacies of building Rivian's data platform infrastructure. Learn about the challenges and strategic approaches to creating reliable, scalable, and cost-efficient data systems that support demanding distributed systems across the company. Discover how the team tackled scaling issues with Druid and Flink by implementing Kubernetes solutions that maintained performance while controlling costs. Gain insights into the effective utilization of AWS and cloud-native tools to achieve performance and scalability objectives that meet business requirements without exceeding budget constraints. This presentation was delivered on November 21st at the Data Science Conference in Belgrade.