Drew Wells
API Microservice Architect at Flo Recruit
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDrew Wells is an API Microservice Architect with 15 years of experience designing secure, high-performance distributed systems and guiding teams to deliver repeatable SaaS results. Based in Austin, he combines deep hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, Go, and event-driven microservices with practical delivery work—having built K8s provisioning and CI/CD pipelines and contributed to Oracle's Kubernetes Engine. Drew’s background spans platform engineering, front-end performance optimization, and DevOps, and his open-source contributions include low-level compiler and Homebrew formula work that reflect comfort with C/C++ and build systems. He excels at untangling service interdependencies and translating architecture into operational guidelines, often stepping in as a consulting architect to resolve thorny implementation challenges. Notably, he pairs infrastructure-level thinking with coder-level fixes, making him equally effective at drafting API strategy and optimizing string and build-time code paths.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Software Engineering, B.S., Software Engineering at Mississippi State University
Github Skills (19)
c-language10
package-management10
sass10
homebrew10
compiler-design10
go10
cprogramming-language10
build-automation9
apidoc8
architectures8
libtooling8
api8
libtool8
autoconf8
automake8
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
sass/libsass
Nov 2014 - Jun 2017
A C/C++ implementation of a Sass compiler
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 14 PRs, 183 comments in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Drew primarily focused on modifying and improving the Sass compiler's core functionality. Their contributions included adding and modifying features related to function handling within the Sass C API, along with addressing conflicts and code issues. Additionally, the user refactored and optimized code related to string manipulation, unit conversions, and general compilation processes. The commits demonstrate a focus on low-level aspects of the compiler.
compilercsssasssass-compiler
Homebrew/legacy-homebrew
Dec 2014 - Nov 2015
💀 The former home of Homebrew/homebrew (deprecated)
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:13 commits, 20 PRs, 49 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Drew primarily contributed to the `homebrew/legacy-homebrew` repository by updating and maintaining formulas for various software packages. Their work involved adapting existing formulas, such as `libsass`, `sassc`, and `wellington`, to newer versions and integrating them with Homebrew. Key contributions include adjusting dependencies, updating build configurations, and resolving compatibility issues to ensure smooth installation and operation within the Homebrew environment. These updates reflect a focus on improving the usability of tools within the Homebrew package management ecosystem.
macoshomebrew
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