Evan Cowden
Sr Engineering Manager, Cloud Engineering at The New York Times
Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolEvan Cowden is a seasoned cloud engineering leader with 13 years of experience building and operating large-scale, developer-focused platforms, currently serving as Sr. Engineering Manager for Cloud Engineering at The New York Times. He specializes in Kubernetes-based multi-tenant runtimes and AWS automation, having guided the platform through high-stakes events like a presidential election with unpredictable traffic spikes. Known for stepping into difficult operational and team-rebuilding challenges, he has a track record of rescuing and stabilizing tier-1 platform teams (CDN, DNS, edge ingress) and merging provisioning and runtime capabilities to streamline cloud operations. Evan prioritizes close collaboration with developer teams to improve developer experience through tooling, templating, and internal beta programs that make platforms discoverable and pleasant to use. Based in Missouri, he pairs hands-on technical judgment with people leadership, often engaging directly with thorny incidents and developer pain points rather than delegating them away.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science & MIS, BA, Computer Science & MIS at Westminster College (MO)
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Github Skills (147)
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ecowden/audio-mods
Jun 2014 - Jun 2014
Contributions:35 commits in 3 days
ecowden/castles
Feb 2017 - May 2020
A competitive logic puzzle from FiveThirtyEight.com, useful for teaching
Contributions:2 releases, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 3 years 3 months
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