Brian Gleeson
Advisory Software Engineer at IBM
Ireland
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Top SchoolBrian Gleeson is an Advisory Software Engineer based in Ireland with 12 years of experience crafting front-end user experiences and cloud-native solutions at IBM. He has progressed through multiple engineering roles since 2009, blending hands-on development, quality engineering, and staff-level ownership to deliver production-grade systems. A practical full-stack contributor, Brian has notable open-source work on Tekton and the IBM Cloud Terraform provider, improving pipeline integrations, react-query migrations, and webhook support. His contributions emphasize code quality, refactoring, and test-driven stability, reflecting a preference for maintainable, observable systems. Holding an M.Sc. in Computer Science from University College Dublin, he pairs strong academic foundations with deep operational experience in CI/CD tooling. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex pipeline and cloud APIs into clear UX and dependable integrations.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Leaving Cert, Leaving Cert at Gonzaga CollegeMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science at University College Dublin
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Github Skills (27)
unit-testing10
javascript10
dashboard10
tekton10
terraform10
terraform-provider10
terraformer10
go10
pipeline10
react10
selenium9
apidoc9
ui-design9
front-end-development9
api9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
tektoncd/dashboard
Mar 2021 - May 2022
A dashboard for Tekton!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:804 reviews, 11 commits, 11 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Brian primarily focused on improving the Tekton Dashboard's functionality, specifically relating to Tekton Bundles and extensions. They migrated extensions to use react-query, refactoring and updating corresponding unit tests. The user also added support for PipelineRun and TaskRun details from Tekton Bundles, enhancing the display of pipeline and task information. Furthermore, the user updated the project's dependencies by bumping the Tekton Pipeline version.
pythonpipelinetektondashboardui
IBM-Cloud/terraform-provider-ibm
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
https://registry.terraform.io/providers/IBM-Cloud/ibm/latest/docs
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 7 commits, 21 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of the IBM Cloud Terraform provider, specifically focusing on the Tekton pipeline integration. Their work involved updating the Tekton provider, including updates to the SDK version, fixing API issues, and adding new features such as webhook support. The user also made numerous code review fixes, refactoring efforts, and test updates, suggesting a strong focus on code quality and stability within the Tekton-related modules.
softlayeribm-cloudprovidersterraform-registrybluemix
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