Collin Shoop is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building reliable, cloud-native systems, currently contributing at Google from Philadelphia. A hobbyist-turned-professional, he has strong backend and DevOps instincts proven by work on high-impact open-source projects like Docker's distribution (storagedriver/s3) and DigitalOcean's CSI driver, where he improved S3 robustness and Kubernetes compatibility. His career spans startups, telecom, defense, and cloud platforms—roles that blend hands-on engineering, system reliability, and operational readiness. Comfortable navigating complex storage and container ecosystems, he brings pragmatic bug fixes, test-driven improvements, and an eye for edge cases that keep production systems resilient.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science and Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science and Mathematics at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
A Container Storage Interface (CSI) Driver for DigitalOcean Block Storage
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
Contributions:3 reviews, 16 commits, 10 PRs in 28 days
Contributions summary:Collin contributed to the stability and maintainability of the digitalocean/csi-digitalocean repository by addressing Kubernetes compatibility issues. The user prepared for Kubernetes 1.22 support by adjusting test files and dependencies. They also temporarily disabled and noted a skipped test related to XFS volume sources and corrected a potential error within the mounter. This work indicates a focus on ensuring the project's compatibility and functionality within the Kubernetes ecosystem.
The toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:4 reviews, 7 commits, 7 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Collin primarily contributed to the `storagedriver/s3` component of the `distribution/distribution` repository. Their work focused on implementing and improving S3-related functionalities. The contributions include adding and refining test cases, fixing edge cases in the delete operation, optimizing the walk implementation, and addressing bug fixes. These changes indicate a focus on the robustness and efficiency of the S3 storage driver.
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