Andrew Wiik
Production Engineer at Jump Trading LLC
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Wiik is a production engineer and full‑stack developer based in Chicago with 11 years of experience building web and mobile applications and hardening systems from a security-minded perspective. He has led a startup as CEO of Packix and now applies that product-and-ops mindset at Jump Trading, bridging development, deployment, and reliability. At Varnish Software he contributed notable backend improvements to the widely used Varnish Cache—adding an explicit backend error state, richer VCL syntax, and updated documentation—demonstrating deep systems and networking familiarity. His background in Cyber Systems (University of New Haven) complements practical work across multiple languages and platforms, from frontend UI to low-level backend behavior. Known for shipping pragmatic solutions, he combines entrepreneurial grit with open-source craftsmanship and an eye for improving observability and error handling that often goes unnoticed.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Vernon Township High SchoolCyber Systems, Cyber Systems at University of New HavenSussex Tech
Github Skills (7)
c1710
caching10
http10
vcl10
reverse-proxy10
c1110
documentation9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
varnishcache/varnish-cache
Jun 2019 - Nov 2020
Varnish Cache source code repository
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 14 commits, 39 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Andrew made several significant contributions to the Varnish Cache source code, primarily focused on backend error handling and VCL syntax improvements. They added an "error" state to backend fetch and response, enabling more granular control and better error management. Furthermore, the user enhanced VCL by implementing the "backend name none;" syntax and a long string format (""" ... """), improving its flexibility and expressiveness. They also updated the documentation to reflect the new features.
cachingreverse-proxycode-repositorycachevarnish-cache
andrewwiik/Maize
Aug 2017 - Aug 2020
Contributions:10 commits, 11 PRs, 118 pushes in 3 years 1 month
portingcenterioscontrol-center
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