Otávio Fernandes
Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat
Amsterdam, North Holland, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolOtávio Fernandes is a Principal Software Engineer with 16+ years of experience who combines deep UNIX-era systems expertise with modern cloud-native platform architecture, currently driving developer experience and platform innovation at Red Hat in Amsterdam. He co-created Shipwright, helped shape the Tekton ecosystem, and architects intelligent installers and AI-augmented SDLC tooling (Helmet and gosmith) that are being adopted organization-wide to accelerate engineering velocity. His background spans mission-critical streaming platforms, high-availability database architectures, and large-scale GitOps orchestration—bringing a software-first approach to infrastructure and reliability. Comfortable in Go, Java, and Python, he blends controller-level Kubernetes knowledge, OpenShift internals, and Kafka systems design to modernize legacy tooling into modular, rootless architectures. Notably, he embeds AI-ready protocols into platform installers so autonomous agents can natively interact with clusters for troubleshooting and deployment. He is an active open-source maintainer and pragmatic architect who focuses on Developer Experience, system resilience, and measurable velocity gains.
16 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Undergraduation, Computer Science, Undergraduation, Computer Science at UNICAMP Universidade Estadual de CampinasUndergraduation, Software Engineering, Undergraduation, Software Engineering at FATEC Centro de Educação Paula Souza
Github Skills (12)
kubernetes10
automation10
bash10
automations10
docker10
container10
makefile10
dockers10
cicd10
kubernetes-pods10
operator-sdk9
kubectl9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
shipwright-io/build
Feb 2020 - Jun 2022
Shipwright - a framework for building container images on Kubernetes
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Automation EngineerContributions:128 reviews, 30 commits, 27 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Otávio's commits focus on enhancing the project's infrastructure and automation capabilities within the Kubernetes environment. They've implemented scripts for managing CRDs, improved Makefiles, and refactored build-related targets. Additionally, they've integrated Travis-CI for unit tests, configuring the necessary tools and dependencies like kubectl, KinD, and Operator-SDK. The user demonstrates a focus on streamlining build processes and ensuring efficient testing.
containersdockercontainer-imagesopenshiftkubernetes
shipwright-io/triggers
May 2022 - Dec 2022
Event-driven Shipwright Builds
Contributions:44 reviews, 18 commits, 5 PRs in 6 months
buildsevent-driven
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