Summary
Erin Ishimoticha is a Lead Software Engineer with 15 years of experience building developer tooling, distributed CI/CD systems, and infrastructure for mission-critical aerospace software at SpaceX. She combines deep UNIX/Linux, Python, and Node.js expertise with product management instincts—having owned a flagship CI/CD service that ran tens of thousands of build/test/deploy jobs daily. Her career spans embedded telephony and WebRTC at Digium, R&D at NodeSource, and early full-stack system work, giving her a rare blend of low-level systems chops and large-scale service design. Based in Seattle, she brings a pragmatic, user-focused approach to developer experience and release engineering, and outside work she is connected to the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, reflecting an engaged and multifaceted identity.
15 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Georgia Southern University
Music Theory and Composition, Music Theory and Composition at Stetson University
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville