Jake Wheeler
Site Reliability Engineer at Netflix
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJake Wheeler is a Site Reliability Engineer with 11 years of experience building and operating reliable, large-scale systems for companies including Netflix, Twitter, and Tecton. He brings deep Linux systems expertise, strong Python and C++ skills, and a background teaching UNIX/Linux administration and cloud computing, which helps him translate complex infrastructure concepts for engineers and researchers. Jake’s career began in academia at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he supported specialized research computing, developed SDN routing tools, and explored network security — a blend of research-minded problem solving and production rigor. Based in Las Vegas, he excels at configuration management and automation, and is known for applying academic insights to practical SRE challenges in high-throughput production environments.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Palo Verde High SchoolBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science & Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science & Engineering at University of Nevada, Reno
Github Skills (11)
aqua3
react2
world-of-warcraft2
javascript2
django2
prerequisites2
aws1
tooltips1
terraform1
terraform-module1
database1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jakewhlr/trial-monkey
May 2019 - Oct 2020
Contributions:108 commits, 46 PRs, 65 pushes in 1 year 4 months
jakewhlr/scripts
Apr 2019 - Sep 2021
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
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