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.
Reduced GitHub Action minutes in the platform repository by 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.
Developed a solution for monitoring Deepgram concurrent connections.

Expanded platform documentation, including contribution guides, conventions and workflows.
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.

Assisted the product engineers in debugging various services, including recording, GoCD pipelines, managing out of hour deployments, and certificate renewal.
Led multiple incident retrospectives and redesigned the incident retro process.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement essential dial-in infrastructure.
Fostered cross-engineering team communication through a new show-and-tell format.

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.
Volunteered at REDI School, organised and facilitated mock interviews to help aspiring engineers gain real-world experience.