Cody Wilson
Senior DevOps Consultant at The Adaptavist Group
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCody Wilson is a Senior DevOps and Site Reliability engineer with 11 years of experience building cost-effective, game-facing platform operations and cloud infrastructure from indie studios to enterprise teams. Based in Durham, NC, he has architected multiplayer live-service hosting on AWS (ECS, Gamelift, Aurora) and automated multi-environment deployments with Pulumi and Python while also acting as a FinOps steward to optimize spend. Cody blends systems administration, data center and cloud operations, and software engineering—often contributing practical Linux/packaging fixes upstream, such as ELF header patching for the beeware/briefcase project. He’s a hands-on leader and mentor who enjoys enabling other engineers, supporting distributed teams, and designing hybrid-cloud resilience that proved critical during remote transitions. An intentional generalist and lifelong student, he calls himself a “Roadie”: someone who quietly removes friction so creators can focus on their craft.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
HS Diploma General Education Technology Drama Vocal Music Band, HS Diploma General Education Technology Drama Vocal Music Band at West High School
Github Skills (12)
elf10
ca10
linux10
software-packaging10
fc10
appimage10
python10
pytest9
automations8
automation8
docker4
dockers4
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
beeware/briefcase
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Tools to support converting a Python project into a standalone native application.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:6 reviews, 9 commits, 1 PR in 2 days
Contributions summary:Cody primarily focused on improving the build process and compatibility of the `briefcase` project, specifically related to creating standalone native applications for Linux. They implemented a patcher for ELF headers within the linuxdeploy AppImage to ensure proper execution, demonstrating a deep understanding of application packaging and Linux internals. The contributions also included adding news fragments to announce the changes, alongside test updates and refactoring efforts, which showcases a focus on quality and maintainability.
convertingpythonpython3standalone
belthesar/belthesar.github.io
Jun 2018 - Jul 2023
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
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