Matthew Fisher
Senior II Software Engineer Lead at Akamai Technologies
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Fisher is a Senior II Software Engineer Lead with 12 years building cloud-native infrastructure, currently driving engineering at Akamai after co-founding Fermyon and shaping its early technical vision. He combines deep Kubernetes and Go expertise with hands-on DevOps and backend work, contributing to high-profile projects like Helm and Krustlet and authoring thousands of open-source PRs across a dozen languages. Known for architecting reliable CI/CD, deployment, and state-machine changes, he blends systems thinking with pragmatic delivery from prototype to production. As an early Microsoft and Deis maintainer, he has a track record of scaling developer tools and operational workflows for large teams. Beyond code, he mentors engineers, writes documentation, and brings an unusual creative edge—game design, music, and woodworking—that informs his collaborative, product-minded approach. Based in Nanaimo, BC, he moves fluidly between low-level infrastructure details and long-term architectural strategy.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
Github Skills (31)
kubernetes10
spin10
docker10
deploying10
apidoc10
service-management10
web-deploy10
dockers10
cicd10
deployer10
automation10
azure-deployment10
go10
api10
helm10
Programming languages (29)
Github contributions (5)
helm/helm
Jul 2017 - Jul 2022
The Kubernetes Package Manager
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:51 releases, 464 reviews, 1135 commits in 5 years
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily contributed to the automation and infrastructure aspects of the Helm project, demonstrated by commits focused on CI/CD pipeline configuration and dependency management. The user made several changes to the CircleCI configuration file, including upgrading Docker and installing dependencies. Their contributions included code for bumping Kubernetes versions and updating environment settings, ensuring correct build processes and deploying functionalities.
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krustlet/krustlet
Mar 2020 - May 2022
Kubernetes Rust Kubelet
Role in this project:Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:208 reviews, 204 commits, 200 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily worked on enhancing the Kubernetes Rust Kubelet project. They removed a namespace from the Kubelet constructor and added end-to-end tests, demonstrating the use of the Kubernetes client library. They also added volume support via the filesystem provider and implemented pod log tests. Furthermore, the user improved the configuration setup and implemented several state machine changes.
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