Mark Waite
Engineering Manager at cloudbees
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Summary
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RockstarMark Waite is an experienced engineering manager with 14 years of experience leading teams through complex transitions—from waterfall to XP to Scrum—and scaling organizations from small to large. Based in Loveland, Colorado, he blends hands-on backend and DevOps expertise with team leadership, particularly around engineering data management and CI/CD for Jenkins ecosystems. As a maintainer of key Jenkins plugins and contributor to high-profile repos like the official Jenkins Docker images and core Jenkins code, he focuses on stability, security, and test automation. Comfortable in multicultural environments and fluent in written and spoken Italian, he navigates European and Japanese working styles effectively. He combines practical code-level fixes (token timing-attack mitigations, submodule and Windows path handling) with process improvements to make teams more resilient. Outside of work he’s a community-oriented manager who balances open-source stewardship with family life.
14 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (58)
git10
docker10
ios10
javadoc10
groovy10
testing10
user-authentication10
test-framework10
bash10
authentication10
internals10
dockers10
cicd10
java10
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Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
jenkinsci/git-plugin
Jul 2014 - Jan 2023
Git repository access for Jenkins jobs
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:17 releases, 643 reviews, 1399 commits in 8 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Mark's commits primarily involve changes to the Git plugin's source code, specifically within the context of testing and feature improvements. The contributions focus on adapting and expanding the test suite, enhancing coverage through unit tests for various components, and addressing issues related to repository access and functionality. The user worked on adding and updating test cases and maintaining the test harness to ensure functionality, stability, and API compatibility of the git plugin.
jenkinsjenkins-security-scan-enabledgit-pluginjenkins-plugingitflow
jenkinsci/git-client-plugin
Nov 2013 - Jan 2023
Git client API for Jenkins plugins
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:17 releases, 590 reviews, 2142 commits in 9 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Mark primarily contributed to the CliGitAPIImpl class, modifying code related to submodule handling, tag management, and credential authentication. They added features like support for more complex tag structures and made adjustments to handle exceptions from git commands and Windows-specific file path issues. Their work focused on enhancing the robustness and functionality of the git client's internal workings and improved the project's ability to handle different git versions and edge cases.
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