Cameron Eagans
Staff DevOps Engineer at Swirlds Labs
Meridian, Idaho, United States
Summary
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RockstarCameron Eagans is a Staff DevOps Engineer with 15 years of experience designing and operating enterprise-grade software and infrastructure across startups, government, and crypto. He blends hands-on engineering—demonstrated by impactful open-source contributions to projects like ddev, phpseclib, and Composer patches—with leadership roles that translate business strategy into scalable technical outcomes. Cameron has led cross-functional teams from VP-level engineering to freelance engagements, consistently improving build systems, deployment workflows, and developer experience. He’s comfortable both fixing low-level build and compatibility issues (e.g., modernizing PHP libraries) and architecting large-scale solutions for diverse organizations. Based in Meridian, Idaho, he also brings a developer-mentor mindset, fostering continuous learning and practical knowledge sharing on teams he leads. A pragmatic tinkerer, he often bridges the gap between developer tooling and production operations to speed delivery while reducing risk.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (38)
git10
docker10
patch10
testing10
plugin-development10
command-line-interface10
bash10
dockers10
php10
go10
openssl10
build-automation10
command-line10
composer10
cli10
Programming languages (29)
Github contributions (5)
cweagans/composer-patches
Apr 2015 - Dec 2022
Simple patches plugin for Composer
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 releases, 8 reviews, 218 commits in 7 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Cameron primarily focused on developing a Composer plugin to handle patches for PHP projects. Their contributions involved subscribing to Composer events, modifying package installations to apply patches, and implementing patch application logic using git apply. The user also adapted and integrated code from another project to enhance the plugin's functionality, including the ability to use a dedicated patches file and configure patch levels. The user's work resulted in a plugin that automates patch application during Composer package installation and updates.
patchphpnamespacepackagistpatches
ddev/ddev
Nov 2017 - Apr 2020
Docker-based local PHP+Node.js web development environments
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:12 commits, 34 PRs, 12 pushes in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Cameron focused on improving the ddev Docker-based development environment tool. Contributions include fixing bugs related to error messaging, dependency checking, and project setup. The user also implemented features such as adding a continuous-update functionality, and updated the version information displayed, indicating a focus on both functionality and usability. Moreover, the user integrated support for a new CMS (Backdrop) into the ddev environment and made improvements to the logging system.
local-developmentxdebugddevphp82backdrop
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