Docker at MetLife

Explore how Docker and microservices revolutionized MetLife's development process in this 15-minute conference talk. Discover how the company created a unified front-end application connecting customers, employees, and agents to over 400 legacy back-end systems. Learn about the challenges faced in identifying the right infrastructure approach for global deployment and how MetLife brought their first Docker environment and microservice app to production in just 5 months. Gain insights into key changes made for success, including abandoning waterfall methodology, establishing design standards, and embracing test-driven engineering. Understand the successes and obstacles encountered during this transformation, and explore topics such as working with legacy systems, creating new levers for savings, and adapting to change in an enterprise environment.