Nick Mcspadden
Production Engineering Manager at Meta
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolNick Mcspadden is a Production Engineering Manager based in San Francisco with 13 years of hands-on experience in client fleet and endpoint engineering, and 15 years working specifically in the Endpoint/Client Fleet space. A macOS specialist who also manages Windows and Linux environments, he leads production engineering at Meta and has a history of building automation and packaging tooling for macOS, including notable contributions to AutoPkg and Chef projects. His open-source work demonstrates a focus on cross-version Python compatibility, cleaner platform-agnostic tooling, and robust package creation—skills that reduce rebuilds and improve deploy reliability. He pairs deep operational knowledge with DevOps craftsmanship, having contributed to Facebook/Meta’s Client Platform Engineering and Chef Infra repositories. With a BA in Linguistics from UC Santa Cruz, he brings an analytical, people-centered approach to systems problems and automation.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BA, Linguistics, BA, Linguistics at University of California Santa Cruz
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Github Skills (31)
deploying10
python10
package-management10
packaging10
configuration-management10
software-distribution10
cicd10
ruby10
chef-client10
automation10
infrastructure10
infrastructure-as-code10
chef-solo10
macos10
automations10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
autopkg/autopkg
Apr 2014 - Nov 2022
Automating packaging and software distribution on macOS.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:25 releases, 30 reviews, 539 commits in 8 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Nick contributed significantly to the `autopkg/autopkg` repository, focusing on enhancing the functionality and robustness of the package creation and automation processes. Their work included implementing new features within the PkgCreator processor to prevent unnecessary package rebuilding, improving its output, and handling edge cases. Furthermore, the user addressed issues related to URL downloading, including checks for valid filesizes and integrating features like prefetching filenames, demonstrating expertise in software distribution and automated build processes.
pythonsoftware-distributionmacadminpackagingautopkg
facebook/IT-CPE
Jul 2015 - Jun 2020
Meta's Client Platform Engineering tools. Some of the tools we have written to help manage our fleet of client systems.
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:114 commits, 73 PRs, 103 pushes in 5 years
Contributions summary:Nick's commits primarily involve modifications to an AutoPkg Runner script, indicating a focus on automating software packaging and deployment processes. The user added the Autopkg Runner script, which suggests efforts towards building or managing a CI/CD pipeline. These changes, along with the addition of OS X Server setup recipes, show the user's involvement in tools to manage client systems.
metaengineeringfleetplatform-engineeringtools-engineering
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