Ariel Valentin
Staff Software Engineer at CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolAriel Valentin is a Staff Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building distributed web applications and full-text search engines, currently driving OpenTelemetry adoption on GitHub’s observability team. He brings a pragmatic mix of Ruby, Java, and Microsoft stack expertise informed by a background in Extreme Programming and cross-functional leadership in a Latinx ERG. An active open-source contributor to prominent projects like OpenTelemetry Ruby and the semantic_logger gem, he focuses on robust SDK behavior, telemetry best practices, and improving test and CI infrastructure. Based in Austin, he pairs hands-on engineering with community-oriented work at the CNCF, often tackling subtle compatibility and formatting issues that make telemetry reliable in real production environments.
14 years of coding experience
Master Of Science, Internet Technology, Master Of Science, Internet Technology at Pace UniversityBachelor of Arts, Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science at City University of New York-Herbert H. Lehman College
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Github Skills (22)
github-ci10
tracer10
testing10
distributed-tracing10
instrumentation10
cicd10
ruby10
opentelemetry10
logging10
githubaction-workflow10
trace10
telemetry10
wpgraphql9
wordpress-graphql9
graphql9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby-contrib
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
Contrib Packages for the OpenTelemetry Ruby API and SDK implementation.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:992 reviews, 56 commits, 689 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Ariel primarily focused on improving the test infrastructure and dependencies for the OpenTelemetry Ruby contrib packages. They refactored test setup, updated GitHub Actions, and incorporated a default error handler to improve testing robustness. Additionally, the user made several code changes, including updating the documentation, adding support for GraphQL 2.x, and making minor code adjustments, demonstrating a wide understanding of the repository's features and dependencies. These changes contribute to the overall maintainability and stability of the OpenTelemetry instrumentation.
contribapiopentelemetry-rubytracingruby
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-ruby
Mar 2021 - Sep 2022
OpenTelemetry Ruby API & SDK, and related gems
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:407 reviews, 34 commits, 81 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Ariel primarily contributed to improving the OpenTelemetry Ruby SDK. Their work focused on refactoring and enhancing the `BaggageManager` to align with the API specifications, ensuring consistency. They also implemented and refined the OTTrace Propagator, adding baggage handling and test cases. Furthermore, the user addressed configuration issues and improved the handling of trace and span IDs for broader compatibility.
opentelemetryapiapi-sdktracingruby
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