Peter Tasker
Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure at GitHub
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolPeter Tasker is a senior infrastructure software engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience scaling high-traffic systems and shipping resilient developer platforms. Currently on the GitHub Edge Foundation team, he has driven critical work across GitHub Actions, secrets/variables, and a Kubernetes/Go microservices platform while cutting MySQL query times at massive scale and improving front-end test coverage. He pairs deep infrastructure expertise with a strong front-end background—having led a React/Redux migration and UX refactor for a widely used WordPress migration plugin—and is an active open-source contributor. Beyond coding, he mentors early-career engineers, participates in hiring, and has presented on refactoring and build tooling, reflecting a blend of technical depth and pragmatic leadership.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BA History, BA History at Carleton University
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Github Skills (7)
wordpress10
css10
front-end-development9
plugin-development9
ui-design8
xampp6
apache6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
deliciousbrains/wp-migrate-db
Dec 2016 - Feb 2021
WordPress plugin that exports your database, does a find and replace on URLs and file paths, then allows you to save it to your computer.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 26 commits, 25 pushes in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Peter deployed multiple versions of the WordPress plugin, indicating responsibility for its release cycle. Their primary focus involved making CSS modifications, specifically adjusting the styles of various UI elements within the plugin's user interface. These changes suggest a strong emphasis on front-end development, enhancing the visual appearance and usability of the plugin.
urlsexportswordpressfind-and-replacepaths
ptasker/pasta-pete-react
Jun 2017 - Aug 2018
Contributions:11 commits, 5 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 2 months
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