Chris Loukas
Principal Platform Engineer
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolChris Loukas is a Principal Platform Engineer based in Berlin with 12 years building and operating cloud-native infrastructure and developer platforms. He has progressed from backend and QA roles into SRE and platform leadership at companies like HelloFresh, Beat, and Ratepay, combining hands-on automation, Kubernetes and OpenStack experience with team-level delivery. An active contributor to Apache Libcloud, he has extended cloud provider integrations and hardened OpenStack drivers, reflecting deep practical knowledge of multi-cloud APIs and network management. Known for blending full-stack automation and CI/CD craftsmanship, he brings a pragmatic focus on reliability and scalability while still shipping code. A Computer Engineering graduate from the University of Patras, he frequently bridges developer ergonomics and production resilience in fast-moving environments.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
German School of AthensComputer Engineering, Computer Engineering at Computer Engineering and Informatics Polytechnic Department, University of Patras
English, German
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Github Skills (7)
libcloud10
openstack10
api10
cloud-computing10
python10
apidoc10
networking9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
apache/libcloud
Jul 2017 - Apr 2018
Apache Libcloud is a Python library which hides differences between different cloud provider APIs and allows you to manage different cloud resources through a unified and easy to use API.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:25 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Chris primarily contributed to the Apache Libcloud library, focusing on enhancing its cloud provider integrations. This included adding support for SolusVM and ClearCenter, which involved creating new node drivers, common connection classes, and response classes to interact with their respective APIs. They also made improvements to existing OpenStack drivers, including fixes for floating IP calls and network management functionalities, demonstrating an understanding of cloud infrastructure management. Further contributions include adding neutron endpoints, and subnet management.
python-libraryapilibcloudpythonhides
mistio/mist.ansible
Aug 2014 - Jan 2015
Contributions:86 commits, 1 push, 1 branch in 4 months
ansiblemistansible-roleansible-module
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