Forest Eckhardt
Software Engineer III at Docker, Inc
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolForest Eckhardt is a Software Engineer III with 10 years of experience building and hardening cloud-native buildpacks and deployment tooling, currently based in New York and working at Docker. He has deep hands-on expertise across Cloud Foundry and Paketo ecosystems, contributing to Python, Ruby, Node.js, PHP and staticfile buildpacks with a focus on test automation, integration robustness, and DevOps reliability. Forest’s work often surfaces in CI/test infrastructure improvements—migrating shared test helpers, tightening integration tests, and resolving subtle compatibility bugs like Bundler versioning in Gemfile.lock. He blends backend engineering with DevOps sensibilities, routinely addressing third-party agent integrations (Dynatrace, AppDynamics) and service credential handling. Known for making buildpacks more maintainable and predictable, he brings practical attention to test coverage and upgrade paths that reduce runtime surprises for users. Trained as a computer engineer at RPI, he pairs systemic thinking with pragmatic fixes that keep platform tooling stable at scale.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (25)
docker10
cloud-foundry10
python10
testing10
vb610
dynatrace10
dockers10
cicd10
ruby10
vbe10
vbnet10
php10
go10
bundler10
test-integration10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
cloudfoundry/staticfile-buildpack
Jun 2017 - May 2021
Deploy static HTML/JS/CSS apps to Cloud Foundry
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:17 reviews, 23 commits, 25 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Forest primarily contributed to the staticfile-buildpack repository by improving and updating the integration tests. Their work focused on migrating to shared Cutlass test helpers, removing deprecated dependencies like nginx 1.15.x, and fixing issues related to the Dynatrace integration tests. This included updating the buildpack to handle service credentials and download the agent correctly.
foundrycss-jscloud-foundrycssv2b
cloudfoundry/php-buildpack
Jun 2016 - May 2021
A Cloud Foundry Buildpack for PHP.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & QA Engineer
DevOps Engineer & QA EngineerContributions:6 reviews, 31 commits, 20 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Forest primarily contributed to improving the PHP buildpack's functionality and stability through bug fixes and test updates. Their commits involved fixing issues related to Cassandra and Dynatrace integration, as well as updating tests for Symfony applications. The user demonstrated an understanding of deployment processes and the interplay between various components within the buildpack.
foundrycloud-foundryphpv2bbuildpack
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