Summary
Carla Mott is a seasoned software engineer with 17 years of experience building and automating commercial software and cloud services, currently contributing to Pure Storage’s Flash Array devtest team. She has led quality and test automation efforts at Oracle and Sun, cutting execution times by up to 40% and enabling fast, reliable cloud offerings such as Exadata Cloud and Java Cloud Services. Skilled in Java, Python, shell scripting and TestNG, she pairs deep technical chops with process leadership—designing test frameworks, backup and recovery tools, and elastic management systems that improve efficiency and reduce costs. A confident presenter at conferences like JavaOne and AjaxWorld, she also drove early Web 2.0 tooling (jMaki) and developer-facing verification tools at Sun. Based in Mountain View, Carla combines hands-on coding with a knack for turning operational pain points into automated, measurable solutions. An understated strength is her ability to free up engineering capacity by automating tedious analysis tasks, enabling teams to focus on critical product work.
17 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
BSCS, Computer Science, BSCS, Computer Science at UC Santa Barbara