Chris Doherty
Senior Software Engineer at Airbnb
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolChris Doherty is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building cloud-native, embedded, and DevOps-driven systems across companies like Airbnb and AWS. He’s contributed to and maintained prominent open-source projects such as Tinkerbell and EKS Anywhere, helping make on-prem Kubernetes and bare-metal provisioning more reliable and testable. Comfortable in polyglot codebases, Chris has shipped real-time factory applications for major UK supermarkets, developed hardware security module software, and led build system and DevOps improvements. Known for seeking tough technical challenges and pulling peers along an educational journey, he blends hands-on engineering with mentorship and a persistent focus on learning (and an early pivot from aspiring pilot to technologist).
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computing and Systems Development HNC Computer Science, Computing and Systems Development HNC Computer Science at North East Surrey College of Technology (NESCOT)Computing and Information Technology BSc Computer Science, Computing and Information Technology BSc Computer Science at University of Surrey
English
Github Skills (17)
kubernetes10
workflow-engine10
go10
kubernetes-pods10
testing9
dockers9
cicd9
docker9
yaml9
automation9
automations9
kubernetes-cluster8
bare-metal8
devops7
gnu-make7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
tinkerbell/tink
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Workflow Engine for provisioning Bare Metal
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:266 reviews, 19 commits, 69 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the backend of the "tink" project by updating and managing dependencies, specifically for Docker distribution and Go versions. They were also involved in implementing Kubernetes integration, including adding a kube namespace override and default settings. Furthermore, the user demonstrated DevOps skills by stopping the build of 32-bit flavors and tidying the Makefile, improving the build process.
bare-metalprovisioningmetalyangtinkerbell
aws/eks-anywhere
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Run Amazon EKS on your own infrastructure 🚀
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:3 releases, 1050 reviews, 112 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily worked on enhancing the functionality and stability of the `eks-anywhere` project, with a focus on automating testing and validating cluster configurations. The commits involved modifications to core components to validate node provisioning and handle edge cases. Their work also extended to improving the code's modularity and maintainability across various components of the project.
kubernetes-deploymentamazon-ekstinkerbellhelmamazon
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