Erick Fejta
Principal Software Engineer at SpaceX
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolErick Fejta is a Principal Software Engineer with 14 years building large-scale developer infrastructure and DevOps systems, currently enabling Starlink’s global rollout at SpaceX. Previously a Staff Software Engineer at Google, he helped create and evolve core Kubernetes developer tools like prow and testgrid and drove CI/CD and test-infra automation across major open-source projects. His contributions to high-profile repos such as kubernetes/org, kubernetes/test-infra, and bazelbuild/rules_k8s reflect deep expertise in Bazel, Go modules, CI automation, and containerized end-to-end testing. Erick blends hands-on scripting and build-system work with operational savvy—upgrading remote build execution, improving logging, and managing deployment configurations. He’s known for quietly improving developer productivity through robust automation and build/release pipelines. Based in Seattle, he pairs a BS in Computer Science with a track record of shipping resilient infrastructure at cloud and aerospace scale.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University of Puget Sound
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Github Skills (36)
kubernetes10
google-cloud-platform10
docker10
scripting10
testing10
permission10
bash10
kubectl10
dockers10
cicd10
gcp10
google-cloud-storage10
automation10
script10
go10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
bazelbuild/rules_k8s
Jun 2018 - Jun 2022
This repository contains rules for interacting with Kubernetes configurations / clusters.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:3 releases, 27 reviews, 51 commits in 4 years
Contributions summary:Erick focused on automating and improving the end-to-end testing process for the `rules_k8s` repository. They created scripts for end-to-end tests, configured containerized testing environments, and integrated these tests into the CI/CD pipeline. The user refactored existing testing infrastructure, including port forwarding and corrected build and test steps. They also improved logging and incorporated best practices for testing within the repository.
kubernetes-deploymentdocker-imagebazelclustersdocker
istio/test-infra
Jul 2019 - Aug 2021
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:31 reviews, 59 commits, 73 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Erick's contributions primarily focus on the configuration and maintenance of the project's infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. They added scripts to install and update remote build execution (RBE) for the istio-testing project. Further contributions include implementing a script to upgrade prow, modifying build configurations, and updating dependencies related to rules_go and bazel-gazelle. The user also modified deployment configurations and monitoring dashboards, demonstrating expertise in operational aspects of the repository.
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