Og Maciel
Senior Software Engineering Manager at GNOME Foundation
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolOg Maciel is a Senior Software Engineering Manager with 18 years of experience leading large, distributed teams to deliver cloud and edge computing solutions at Red Hat. He combines deep technical chops—shown by contributions to projects like Katello and a history of building automation and CI systems—with people-first leadership that elevates engineers and connects cross-functional partners. At Red Hat he scaled quality engineering across Management and Automation products, driving shifts-left testing, data-driven release readiness, and agile practices for teams of 30–90 engineers. He’s comfortable moving between backend development, API/CLI automation, and strategic program management, and has a track record of mentoring engineers into senior and principal roles. A long-time open-source contributor and GNOME volunteer, Og brings a pragmatic, community-minded approach to building reliable, maintainable systems. Based in Chapel Hill, he pairs a biochemistry background with a rare blend of systems thinking and human-centered leadership.
18 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Biochemistry, BS, Biochemistry at Pace University-Pleasantville/Briarcliff Campus
Portuguese, Spanish, English
Github Skills (15)
api10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
ruby10
api-design9
restful-api9
rest-api9
api-rest9
rails8
ruby-rails8
cli7
command-line7
command-line-interface7
content-management-system6
content-management6
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
Katello/katello
May 2012 - Apr 2014
Katello integrates open source systems management tools into a single solution for controlling the lifecycle of your machines.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:42 commits, 1 PR, 15 comments in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Og contributed to the Katello project by implementing features related to user management, API endpoints, and system configuration. They modified API controllers to handle locale updates, added CLI support for user creation, and made changes to the backup and restore scripts. Further, the user addressed various issues related to content views, notification messages, and code cleanup.
zammadrpmlifecyclepuppettheforeman
omaciel/edge-api
Jun 2021 - Feb 2024
An API server for fleet edge management capabilities
Contributions:224 pushes, 78 branches in 2 years 8 months
apidockeredgeapi-serverfleet
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