A system comprising: a declarative performance interface engine configured to: receive service level agreement, SLA, metrics; convert the SLA metrics to declarative performance data structures, the data structures representing declared performance objectives for software deployment; monitor performance indicators of deployed software; a convergent deployment, resource, and application level metrics collection engine configured to monitor resource usage of deployed software; a dynamics estimation engine configured to generate an application behavior model, the application behavior model based on performance indicators and resource usage as a function of load; an application load forecasting engine configured to forecast load at a future time; a minimum cost optimization engine configured to generate minimum cost optimization parameters based on the declarative performance data structures, the application behavior model, and the forecasted load; a predictive autoscaling and resource optimization operator engine configured to provide the minimum cost optimization parameters to an optimal configuration for scale resources actuator engine; the optimal configuration for scale resources actuator engine configured to execute convergent deployments; a load distribution and metrics engine configured to perform load balancing on one or more of traffic to the convergent deployments and traffic from the convergent deployments, the load distribution and metrics engine being configured by the optimal configuration for scale resources actuator engine in accordance with the minimum cost optimization parameters; the convergent deployment, resource, and application level metrics collection engine further configured to: monitor resources associated with the convergent deployments; provide feedback associated with the convergent deployments to the dynamics estimation engine; the dynamics estimation engine further configured to generate an updated application behavior model based on the feedback. receive service level agreement, SLA, metrics; convert the SLA metrics to declarative performance data structures, the data structures representing declared performance objectives for software deployment; monitor performance indicators of deployed software; a convergent deployment, resource, and application level metrics collection engine configured to monitor resource usage of deployed software; a dynamics estimation engine configured to generate an application behavior model, the application behavior model based on performance indicators and resource usage as a function of load; an application load forecasting engine configured to forecast load at a future time; a minimum cost optimization engine configured to generate minimum cost optimization parameters based on the declarative performance data structures, the application behavior model, and the forecasted load; a predictive autoscaling and resource optimization operator engine configured to provide the minimum cost optimization parameters to an optimal configuration for scale resources actuator engine; the optimal configuration for scale resources actuator engine configured to execute convergent deployments; a load distribution and metrics engine configured to perform load balancing on one or more of traffic to the convergent deployments and traffic from the convergent deployments, the load distribution and metrics engine being configured by the optimal configuration for scale resources actuator engine in accordance with the minimum cost optimization parameters; the convergent deployment, resource, and application level metrics collection engine further configured to: monitor resources associated with the convergent deployments; provide feedback associated with the convergent deployments to the dynamics estimation engine; the dynamics estimation engine further configured to generate an updated application behavior model based on the feedback. monitor resources associated with the convergent deployments; provide feedback associated with the convergent deployments to the dynamics estimation engine; the dynamics estimation engine further configured to generate an updated application behavior model based on the feedback.