Summary
Eric Haag is a Staff Solutions Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building cloud-native Java and Kotlin systems, specializing in Kubernetes, Gradle, and infrastructure automation. Currently at Gradle Technologies, he progressed from Solutions Engineer to Staff level, blending developer advocacy with deep platform and build-tool expertise. His background includes modernizing monoliths into event-driven Spring Boot microservices, implementing secure CI/CD pipelines, and applying policy-as-code with tools like Open Policy Agent. He brings a practical focus on developer experience—enabling teams to provision and test infrastructure locally—and a track record of migrating complex payment and deployment systems to cloud-friendly architectures. Based in Lake Saint Louis, Missouri, he balances rigorous architectural thinking (hexagonal/onion/clean) with pragmatic implementations that accelerate delivery and reduce operational friction.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Missouri University of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Truman State University