Eric Fritz
Principal Software Engineer at Atlassian
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Fritz is a Principal Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building high-performance, cloud-native systems using Go, TypeScript, and Python. He has led platform-level work at Sourcegraph—authoring the data layer for precise code intelligence that powers large-scale code navigation—and recently moved into product infrastructure roles at Render and Atlassian. His strengths include Postgres query tuning, algorithmic performance optimization, containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes, Firecracker), and org-wide code standardization, with hands-on contributions to notable open-source deployments for Sourcegraph. Eric pairs deep systems expertise and technical writing to make complex distributed designs operable and widely adoptable, and he often tackles problems beyond his immediate team scope. With a PhD in Computer Science and a background spanning embedded IoT projects to e-commerce platforms, he blends research-grade rigor with pragmatic engineering.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Github Skills (15)
infrastructure-as-code10
bash10
docker10
deploying10
go10
docker-compose10
code-intelligence10
dockers10
sourcegraph10
yaml9
postgresql8
cicd7
databases6
sql6
database6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
sourcegraph/sourcegraph-public-snapshot
Aug 2019 - Jan 2023
Code AI platform with Code Search & Cody
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4415 reviews, 2490 commits, 4991 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Eric's contributions primarily focused on simplifying the gitserver layer within the code intelligence infrastructure. The code changes indicate that the user worked on various utility functions, including modifications of methods, adjustments to imports, and ensuring the creation of specific code. The user has demonstrated proficiency with code-intel integration and low-level data structures.
sourcegraphcode-generationrepo-type-maindeveloper-toolslsif-enabled
sourcegraph/deploy-sourcegraph-docker
Oct 2019 - Jun 2022
Sourcegraph with Docker Compose deployment reference
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:14 reviews, 57 commits, 25 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Eric's primary contributions revolved around the deployment infrastructure for Sourcegraph using Docker Compose. They modified deployment scripts, updated image tags, and renamed services. The user was also responsible for integrating new services, such as MinIO and a code intelligence database, into the deployment configuration. These changes included altering various deployment files to incorporate new services and modify existing ones.
sourcegraphdeploymentdockercomposedocker-compose
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