Michael Skarbek
Senior Software Engineer - Cost Management at Red Hat
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Skarbek is a Senior Software Engineer specializing in cost management at Red Hat with nine years of engineering experience building scalable open-source SaaS systems in Python and Go. He designed an OpenShift Operator now deployed across 2,000+ clusters and has optimized a complex data pipeline spanning Trino, Hive Metastore, Kafka, Redis, and Postgres to improve reliability at scale. Michael pairs hands-on production troubleshooting with preventive engineering, driving CI/CD and release improvements that raise deployment confidence. He mentors junior engineers through pair programming and team-wide learning, combining practical coaching with deep systems knowledge. With a master's background applying Fisher information to agent-based modeling, he brings a quantitative, research-informed approach to solving operational and data challenges. Outside work he cycles and enjoys spaghetti—small personal habits that reflect a disciplined, grounded approach to life and engineering.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Civil Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Civil Engineering at North Carolina State UniversityBachelor's, Chemistry, Bachelor's, Chemistry at Virginia Tech
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Github Skills (101)
python10
wave10
metadata10
cost-optimization10
gcp10
cloud-native10
hybrid10
operator10
wireless10
kubernetes-operator10
management10
azure10
kubernetes10
redhat10
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
maskarb/FallsLakeABM
Apr 2018 - Aug 2019
Falls Lake MASON model
Contributions:4 PRs, 78 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 4 months
lakejsonmason
RedHatInsights/ubi-trino
Jun 2021 - Apr 2025
Contributions:40 reviews, 97 PRs, 179 pushes in 3 years 10 months
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