Summary
Dan Potepa is an experienced DevOps and platform engineer with 11 years building and operating cloud-native infrastructure using GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, Prometheus/Thanos and languages including Go, Python and Java. He combines strong TDD and automation discipline with hands-on platform leadership across retail and digital teams at companies like Sainsbury’s and LUSH, and currently holds a Senior Platform Engineer role while also working as an audio engineer at O2 Academy Bournemouth. Comfortable across the full lifecycle from developer workflows to production monitoring, he advocates knowledge sharing through public speaking and open source contribution. His background in adventurous activity leadership and early work as an instructor hints at practical leadership, risk management and team coaching skills that inform his collaborative approach to complex ops challenges.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
NVQ L2 Adventurous Activity Leadership, NVQ L2 Adventurous Activity Leadership at Duchy College, Cornwall