Summary
Ryan Lord is a seasoned Staff Site Reliability Engineer based in Barcelona, with over 12 years of experience building and operating highly available infrastructure at scale. He currently leads reliability initiatives at ABC Glofox, applying Kubernetes, cloud, and automation to keep systems resilient. His prior roles span Revolut, Lacework, and Facebook, where he shaped scalable platforms, led teams, and drove automation across GCP/AWS, Kubernetes (GKE), Istio, ArgoCD, and extensive monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana. He has a proven track record of delivering major scale improvements, including migrating and operating multi-petabyte data ecosystems and supporting millions of daily visits. Known for pairing hands-on engineering with strategic leadership, he mentors teammates, defines automation, and champions secure, observable architectures. A lifelong learner with a deep curiosity for how systems work, he thrives on turning complexity into reliable, practical solutions.
12 years of coding experience