Andrew Sauber
Software Engineering Tech Lead at Isovalent
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Sauber is a software engineering tech lead with 12 years of experience building cloud-native systems, developer tools, and user-facing web interfaces from Cambridge, MA. He currently leads engineering at Isovalent after senior engineering roles at The New York Times and Linode, where he advanced from developer to senior lead across frontend, backend, and DevOps responsibilities. His open-source contributions include front-end work on Linode's widely used cloud manager SPA and backend/DevOps fixes for Cilium, showing a mix of UI polish and low-level networking expertise. He also developed CLI and Terraform integrations for Linode Kubernetes workflows, demonstrating a practical focus on infra automation and DX. Known for refactoring and CI/CD improvements, he blends hands-on coding with system-level thinking to ship reliable, maintainable platforms. He holds both a BS and MS in Computer Engineering from Drexel, reflecting a strong formal foundation paired with broad industry impact.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Engineering at Drexel University
Github Skills (40)
kubernetes10
observability10
command-line-interface10
typescript10
cloud-infrastructure10
ui-design10
networking10
terraform10
uid10
terraformer10
go10
front-end-development10
aac10
typescript-types10
kubernetes-pods10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
linode/manager
Dec 2017 - Sep 2020
Akamai's Cloud Manager is an open-source, single-page application designed as the primary frontend interface for interacting with the Linode API. It is entrusted by hundreds of thousands of customers with the management of their Linode services.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 releases, 1 review, 640 commits in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Linode Manager application, focusing on the user interface and component-level changes. The commits demonstrate a focus on modifying and integrating components from the `linode-components` library, specifically for image management and configuration panels. The user also refactored code, updated dependency versions, and streamlined forms, suggesting involvement in code maintenance and UI enhancement.
react-router-v4linode-apilinodecloud-managerreact-redux
cilium/cilium
Nov 2018 - Apr 2025
eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:3 releases, 303 reviews, 33 PRs in 6 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily focused on enhancing the Cilium project, with contributions spanning both backend and DevOps aspects. They fixed a regression in local address handling, ensuring link-local unicast addresses are correctly treated as "host". They also addressed logging issues related to reserved identities and controller initialization, while adding metrics and documentation related to controller groups. Furthermore, they made updates to the CI/CD by integrating improvements from the Cilium CLI and bumping release versions.
bpfcontainerskerneltroubleshootingkubernetes-networking
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