Derek Moore
Manager & Lead Software Architect at Reliance Technical
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Moore is a seasoned software architect and engineering leader with 12 years of experience designing and operating large-scale distributed, Internet-based systems from the data center to cloud-native streaming. He has led open-source development and community growth for Pravega—an emerging streaming storage primitive—while driving backend, CI/CD and Java upgrades as a contributor and maintainer. Currently balancing leadership roles across healthcare software (Manager & Lead Software Architect at Netsmart), consulting at the intersection of medicine and computing, and running a licensed security services firm, he combines product-focused engineering with operational discipline. Derek’s background spans low-level Unix/C systems, real-time event architectures, API and payment integrations, and enterprise data analytics, giving him rare end-to-end experience. He founded the Kansas City ACM chapter to grow the local professional community, reflecting his commitment to mentorship and practitioner networks. Practical, systems-first, and comfortable both in the codebase and the C-suite, he thrives on untangling complexity where reliability and scale matter.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Metropolitan Community College-Maple WoodsComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley
Github Skills (14)
javas10
github-ci10
githubaction-workflow10
java10
cicd10
grpc10
streaming-data9
distributed-systems9
distributed-file-system9
data-storage9
documentation8
dockers7
docker7
data-ingestion6
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
pravega/pravega
Jun 2020 - Nov 2022
Pravega - Streaming as a new software defined storage primitive
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:1 release, 140 reviews, 48 commits in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Derek primarily contributed to bug fixes and enhancements related to the Pravega codebase, focusing on correcting null checks, upgrading gRPC versions, and addressing documentation issues. Their work also involved CI/CD pipeline improvements, specifically integrating Java 11 builds and code analysis tools using GitHub Actions. Additionally, the user made changes to enhance the standalone deployment configuration and updated references in the documentation.
streaming-datadistributed-storagereal-time-datadefineddata-ingestion
derekm/handcash-io
Feb 2019 - Feb 2020
handcash.io API
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push in 1 year
apinodejshandcash
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