Kevin Kolk
Senior Software Engineer at Stripe
Greater Kalamazoo Area United States
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Top SchoolKevin Kolk is a senior software engineer and DevOps leader focused on building secure, scalable cloud-native infrastructure. He led migrations and cost-optimization efforts for TaxJar and Stripe, achieving a year-over-year 42% reduction in AWS spend while maintaining 99.999% API uptime and SOC 2/HIPAA compliance. A proven coach and team leader, he champions infrastructure as code, CI/CD discipline, and self-service operations to drive productivity across engineering and business teams. His hands-on background spans Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP, Linux and Windows, databases, and a broad DevOps toolchain including GitHub, Buildkite, Bitbucket Pipelines, Codeship, Jenkins, and Octopus Deploy, along with prior work with John Willis on DevOps consultancy. He earned a BBA in Computer Information Systems from Western Michigan University and lives in the Greater Kalamazoo area, bringing a rare mix of operational excellence and security-minded software engineering. Keen to tackle new challenges in Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineering or SRE, he combines practical delivery with mentorship and strategic impact.
4 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration, Computer Information Systems, Bachelor of Business Administration, Computer Information Systems at Western Michigan University
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Github Skills (14)
tax-rate9
sales-tax9
tax8
magento-27
portal6
api6
magento2-extension6
api-documentation5
nodejs4
ecommerce4
magento4
magento24
javascript3
typescript3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
taxjar/taxjar-api-docs
Jul 2023 - Feb 2024
Sales Tax API Documentation for the TaxJar API
Contributions:2 reviews, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
apisales-taxapi-documentationtax-ratesales
taxjar/taxjar-developers
Aug 2021 - Aug 2021
Developer Portal for TaxJar
Contributions:1 review, 3 commits, 22 pushes in 1 day
javascriptportaltaxjarnodejstypescript
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