Chris Sanders
Director, Infrastructure at GitLab
Alabama, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Sanders is an engineering leader with 13+ years of experience building and scaling infrastructure and enterprise SaaS platforms, currently serving as Director, Infrastructure. He blends strategic product vision with hands-on expertise in Kubernetes and AI/ML platform architecture to help regulated and on-premises customers deploy complex systems reliably. Chris has a strong track record of turning technical roadmaps into measurable business outcomes—reducing time-to-market by 40%, scaling teams from single digits to 30+ engineers, and eliminating tier-1 support while preserving customer satisfaction. He excels at cross-functional orchestration and organizational design, applying the "Inspired" product model to align engineering, product, and customer success across global regions. Early training as an electrical engineer with an MS focused on radar/control systems gives him a systems-first perspective that informs resilient infrastructure decisions. He’s also experienced in creating go-to-market technical partnerships for AI vendors and building global service delivery models that balance velocity, quality, and operational cost.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Degree (BS) Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science Degree (BS) Electrical Engineering at Georgia Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (MS) Electrical Engineering Major in Radar Systems; Minor in Control Systems, Master of Science (MS) Electrical Engineering Major in Radar Systems; Minor in Control Systems at The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Github Skills (200)
k8s10
upstream10
bash10
window-manager10
foundry10
kubernetes10
charm10
vtt10
kubeadm10
tiling10
charmed-kubernetes10
snap10
validation10
cicd10
iot10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
alchemy-charmers/layer-wireguard
Sep 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:5 PRs, 16 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 4 months
alchemy-charmers/charm-template
Oct 2018 - Mar 2020
Contributions:3 PRs, 11 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 5 months
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