Andrea Restle-lay
Senior Product Engineer at ACA Global
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolAndrea Restle-lay is a Principal Software Engineer with nine years in modern enterprise and a multi-decade background in systems and embedded software, now focused on cloud-native architecture, Ansible, and distributed persistence. She specializes in modernizing legacy systems into scalable microservices using CQRS and event sourcing, and has a track record of turning complex, error-prone processes into automated, auditable pipelines—from dairy billing rules engines to hybrid multi-cloud observability proofs of concept. A collaborative Agile leader and mentor, Andrea regularly guides interns and new graduates in pair programming, CI/CD best practices, and pragmatic design thinking. Comfortable across the full stack, she blends C#, Go, Angular/React Native, and SQL expertise with hands-on DevOps (ARM/YAML, OpenTelemetry) to deliver prototypes and MVPs quickly. Based in Raleigh, NC, she pairs formal study and continuous online learning with decades of production experience that bridge R&D, operations, and product-facing engineering. An uncommonly practical architect, she often replaces brittle manual reports with maintainable, user-driven solutions that reduce operational stress while improving business visibility.
9 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Programs, Master's degree, Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Programs at North Carolina State UniversityPost Bauccalauriate Studies, English, Computer Science, Post Bauccalauriate Studies, English, Computer Science at NCSUBA, Computer Science, Biology, BA, Computer Science, Biology at University of Maine
English
Github Skills (32)
python10
redhat10
django10
ansible-automation-platform10
automation10
rest10
azure-devops10
django-rest-framework10
ansible10
rest-api10
remote-execution8
ansible-awx7
terraform-provider7
kubernetes-operator7
keyring7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
arrestle/arrestle
Dec 2022 - Feb 2026
Contributions:2 PRs, 17 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 2 months
arrestle/OpenFood
Mar 2021 - Apr 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 1 month
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