Brag 2024

Achievements

• Developed a new, replicable deployment pattern for services on EKS, incorporating SSL and domain configurations.
• Established critical alerting mechanisms for Lambda functions on the new infrastructure.
• Investigated and implemented AWS cost-saving measures, achieving annual savings of $57,567 on AMIs/ECRs.
• Reduced GitHub Action minutes in the platform repository by over 50%.
• Resolved IPv6 errors in the recording service.
• Designed and implemented automated data loading from PostHog to Redshift.
• Significantly reduced periodic test errors in the web frontend GoCD, enhancing on-call engineer productivity.

Design and Documentation

• Expanded platform documentation, including contribution guides.
• Developed and documented DNS naming conventions.
• Designed a testing plan for blue/green EKS deployments.
• Updated and documented the Salesforce DMARC configuration process.
• Documented cross-account and cross-region restoration testing procedures.

Collaboration and Mentorship

• Assisted the Product team in debugging various services, including recording, GoCD pipelines, and certificate renewal.
• Led multiple incident retrospectives.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement essential dial-in infrastructure.
• Fostered cross-engineering team communication through a new show-and-tell format.
• Volunteered at REDI School and facilitated the relationship between the organization and the company.

Company Building

• Initiated research on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
• Led new tech huddles to enhance inter-team collaboration among engineers.
• Co-founded the social committee.
• Assisted numerous users on Discord.
• Led initial discussions on redesigning ETHOS and conducted quarterly DEI check-ins.
• Maintained a high standard of quality and consistency in sharing dog photos.

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