Qi Shao
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorQi Shao is a Director of Engineering and platform architect based in New York with nine years of experience building cloud-native PaaS and data platforms across startups and large enterprises. He has progressed from hands-on roles in big data and platform engineering to leading data/ML engineering and now directing engineering at Gauntlet, blending technical depth with people and delivery leadership. Qi’s background includes contributions to Kubernetes Helm chart integration for Confluent and designing data platforms at Pivotal and Munich Re, demonstrating expertise in productionizing distributed systems. Comfortable bridging infrastructure, data, and ML teams, he brings a practical focus on scalable, secure cloud architectures and operational excellence. An NYU computer science master’s graduate with roots in software engineering, he pairs strong academic foundations with a track record of shipping resilient platforms in regulated and high-availability environments.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (41)
kubernetes10
confluent10
kafka-connect10
charts10
zookeeper10
platform-services10
helm10
confluent-cloud10
confluent-platform10
apache-kafka10
k8s10
cpp6
high-performance6
database6
sql6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
confluentinc/cp-helm-charts
Apr 2018 - Apr 2019
The Confluent Platform Helm charts enable you to deploy Confluent Platform services on Kubernetes for development, test, and proof of concept environments.
Contributions:183 commits, 46 PRs, 33 pushes in 11 months
zookeeperhelm-chartsconfluent-platformkafka-connectkafka-rest-proxy
qshao-pivotal/data-on-k8s
Dec 2018 - Feb 2019
Data on Kubernetes
Contributions:42 PRs, 67 pushes, 6 branches in 1 month
k8skubernetesdata-on-kubernetes
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