Elliot Jordan
Senior Client Systems Engineer at Netflix
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarElliot Jordan is a Senior Client Systems Engineer based in Seattle with 12 years of experience automating macOS fleet security and system management using DevOps practices and pragmatic scripting. He is a core maintainer of AutoPkg and co-creator of AutoPkgr and Recipe Robot, contributing to widely used macOS packaging and deployment tooling and improving build, test, and release automation. At companies including Netflix, Nordstrom, and Snap, he has focused on scalable client automation and hardening for large fleets, blending hands-on engineering with operational reliability. A regular conference speaker and active member of the MacAdmins community, Elliot’s attention to detail shows in numerous bug fixes, test additions, and cross-project improvements that keep open source tooling robust for enterprise use.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (22)
maintenance10
python10
testing10
packaging10
software-update10
recipe10
automation10
code-cleanup10
macos10
automations10
github-ci9
githubaction-workflow9
system-administration9
swift8
scripting7
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
autopkg/recipes
Aug 2015 - Nov 2022
Recipes for AutoPkg
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer
Automation EngineerContributions:10 reviews, 91 commits, 83 PRs in 7 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Elliot primarily contributed to the automation and packaging aspects of the repository. Their work included modifying recipes for AutoPkg, applying suggestions from python-modernize, and making changes to ensure compatibility with different versions of Python. They addressed issues related to file paths, URL handling, and standardized indentation, indicating a focus on build processes and system-level configurations.
pythonrecipesrecipepackagingautopkg
autopkg/autopkg
Jul 2015 - Dec 2022
Automating packaging and software distribution on macOS.
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:4 releases, 11 reviews, 156 commits in 7 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Elliot primarily focused on improving the build and release process for the AutoPkg project. Their contributions involved fixing bugs in error messages, and correcting typos to improve the codebase readability. They also added unit tests for specific processors and enhanced the testing framework, contributing to improved code quality and maintainability. Furthermore, the user modified scripts to automate the building and deployment of releases.
pythonsoftware-distributionmacadminpackagingautopkg
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