Peter Yasi
Senior Engineering Manager at Zillow
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolPeter Yasi is a senior engineering manager with 11 years of experience leading developer platforms, test automation, and productivity initiatives for large engineering organizations, most recently at Zillow after five years managing distributed systems at AWS. He has a proven track record of improving SDLC for 2,000+ engineers—reducing build and deploy times, eradicating flaky tests, and standing up CI systems at scale—while hiring and growing teams that deliver high-impact tooling. Deeply pragmatic about automated testing, CI/CD, and service-oriented architecture, he combines hands-on QA contributions in notable open-source projects (like pact-python and shallow-backup) with strategic platform leadership. Based in Boston and grounded in a dual BA in Computer Science and Anthropology from Bowdoin, he brings a people-first management style that prioritizes measurable velocity gains and continuous learning.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Computer Science Anthropology at Bowdoin College
Github Skills (10)
contract10
pact10
backup10
api10
pytest10
python10
test-automation10
testing10
regular-expression9
unit-testing9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
alichtman/shallow-backup
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Git-integrated backup tool for macOS and Linux devs.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:12 commits, 3 PRs, 11 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Peter focused on adding and improving testing within the `shallow-backup` repository. They implemented unit tests to verify the functionality of file and directory copying operations. Furthermore, the user refactored the tests to use `pytest` and incorporated constants for improved code maintainability. They also addressed code review comments, indicating active engagement in the project's quality assurance process.
mac-backup-scriptlinux-backupintegratedlinuxdevs
pact-foundation/pact-python
Apr 2020 - May 2020
Python version of Pact. Enables consumer driven contract testing, providing a mock service and DSL for the consumer project, and interaction playback and verification for the service provider project.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:11 commits, 2 PRs, 3 comments in 28 days
Contributions summary:Peter primarily focused on improving the test suite and adding new features within the pact-python library. Their work included moving tests to a standard directory structure and implementing initial unit tests for the project. They also made changes to incorporate raw strings for regexes and added documentation improvements. Furthermore, the user added examples to the end-to-end tests, demonstrating the application of the library in a practical context.
pythoncontractpactplaybackmock
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