Kent Ou
Software Engineer at Slack
San Lorenzo, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKent Ou is a full-stack software engineer with five years of experience building responsive web applications and internal tooling, most recently joining Slack after a long tenure at Meta working on monetization tools. He codes across the stack using React on the front end and Hack, Python, and Node on the backend, and he complements product work with practical cloud and infra expertise—contributing to the well-known cloud-custodian project on AWS/GCP resource management and operational tooling. Kent’s background spans startup and enterprise environments as well as teaching web development, which surfaces in his knack for translating complex business requirements into usable internal tools and automation. Based in San Lorenzo, CA, he combines rigorous engineering discipline with hands-on ops improvements, and he brings an analytical mindset shaped by earlier work in manufacturing and finance.
5 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Biology, Economics (minor), BS, Biology, Economics (minor) at University of California, DavisComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Hack ReactorFull Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at freeCodeCamp
English, Chinese, Spanish
Github Skills (7)
engine10
cloud-infrastructure10
aws10
python10
rule-engine10
gcp10
cicd8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
Rules engine for cloud security, cost optimization, and governance, DSL in yaml for policies to query, filter, and take actions on resources
Role in this project:
Cloud Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer
Cloud Engineer / Infrastructure EngineerContributions:45 reviews, 15 commits, 53 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Kent primarily contributed to the cloud-custodian project by implementing and modifying features related to AWS and GCP resource management. Their work includes updates to the service quota listing, improvements to metrics filters, and the addition of GCP environment variable support. Furthermore, the user made changes to the c7n-org tools and the mailer, suggesting a focus on enhancements to the operational aspects of the project and its reporting capabilities. These contributions demonstrate a focus on cloud resource management and infrastructure automation.
gcpquery-filterserverlesscompliancecloud-security
kentnsw/cloud-custodian
Mar 2022 - Oct 2024
Rules engine for cloud security, cost optimization, and governance, DSL in yaml for policies to query, filter, and take actions on resources
Contributions:4 PRs, 161 pushes, 71 branches in 2 years 8 months
query-filterbeancountatscompliancecloud-security
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