Lloyd Philbrook
Staff SRE at Focused
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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SeniorLloyd Philbrook is a Staff SRE based in Chicago with over 13 years of hands-on experience and 20+ years in tech, specializing in architecting reliable multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. He has a track record of driving uptime and scalability—delivering 99.9% availability for high-concurrency applications and cutting client onboarding from days to hours via infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD. Lloyd pairs technical leadership with people-first initiatives, having led DEIB programs that nearly doubled women's representation and significantly increased BIPOC participation during rapid company growth. He combines client-facing consulting with deep backend engineering—contributing utility-focused open-source work that improves file management and testing workflows. Known for mentoring cross-functional teams and translating complex requirements into pragmatic, auditable systems, he also saved millions by rapidly developing an Android OS deployment system. Lloyd brings a pragmatic, outcomes-driven approach that balances operational rigor with inclusive team development.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (8)
fileutils10
filesystem10
file-operations10
fileio10
ruby10
rsync9
rspec9
command-line-interface8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
maid/maid
Sep 2012 - Oct 2012
Be lazy. Let Maid clean up after you, based on rules you define. Think of it as "Hazel for hackers".
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 1 comment in 26 days
Contributions summary:Lloyd primarily contributed to the `maid/maid` repository by implementing and modifying core utility functions. They added and refined tools for file and directory manipulation, including move, trash, and remove operations, with support for multiple paths and size-based removal. The user also introduced a `sizetokb` method, indicating a focus on file size handling within the context of the project. Furthermore, the user refactored and added test cases for the implemented features.
hazeltest-kitchenthinkcleanruby
tablexi/chef-ffmpeg_amazon
May 2016 - Oct 2018
Contributions:31 PRs, 25 pushes, 32 branches in 2 years 4 months
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