Connor Christie
Software Engineer II at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Top SchoolConnor Christie is a Software Engineer II with 11 years of experience building cloud-native and full-stack systems, currently contributing to AWS from Sunnyvale. He has a strong background in backend engineering, performance profiling, and data access work from roles at Johnson Controls and Direct Supply, and has applied that expertise to cloud infrastructure projects like the AWS EBS CSI driver—adding VolumeSnapshotClass tagging, io2 Block Express support, and CI/CD improvements. Comfortable across Kubernetes, AWS, Go, and SQL, he focuses on end-to-end system understanding and pragmatic automation to improve reliability and deployability. An enthusiast for both cats and clean systems, he pairs curiosity-driven exploration (including AI coursework) with production-grade engineering and a track record of publishing open-source and customer-facing API documentation.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Summer Camp, Artificial Intelligence, Summer Camp, Artificial Intelligence at University of Science and Technology of ChinaBachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Junior, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Junior at Victoria University of WellingtonBachelor’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Software Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering
English
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Github Skills (14)
kubernetes10
go10
aws10
csi10
kubernetes-pods10
cicd9
docker8
dockers8
iis6
iis-express6
paint6
visual-studio6
graphic6
java6
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
kubernetes-sigs/aws-ebs-csi-driver
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
CSI driver for Amazon EBS https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/
Role in this project:
Cloud Engineer
Cloud EngineerContributions:494 reviews, 53 commits, 237 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Connor's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the AWS EBS CSI driver's functionality and integration with AWS services. They implemented features like adding tags based on VolumeSnapshotClass specifications and incorporating support for io2 Block Express volumes. Additionally, they added improvements to the CI/CD process, including version information from Git tags for GCR builds, and bumping go dependencies. These changes demonstrate expertise in cloud infrastructure management, specifically within the context of Kubernetes and AWS EBS.
amazonk8s-sig-awsamazon-ebsamazon-awscsi-driver
ConnorJC3/test-infra
Oct 2022 - Mar 2025
Test infrastructure for the Kubernetes project.
Contributions:14 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 5 months
testingkubernetesinfrastructuretest-infrastructure
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