Rebecca Fitzhugh
Lead Principal Software Engineer at Atlassian
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRebecca Fitzhugh is a Lead Principal Engineer at Atlassian with a two-decade track record building developer platforms, engineering productivity tooling, and cloud infrastructure that scale across thousands of engineers. She specializes in transforming engineering workflows through AI-native development and has driven measurable improvements—like a 60% reduction in pull request cycle time and 25% faster CI—while advancing platform reliability and FedRAMP readiness. Prior roles at Rubrik and as a leader of cloud and developer relations efforts show deep experience in ecosystem integrations (Terraform, Ansible, VMware) and developer tooling. A former Marine Corps systems analyst, she brings disciplined systems thinking and operational rigor to complex platform architecture challenges. Based in San Francisco, she combines strategic leadership with hands-on engineering and a strong interest in how human intent will pair with autonomous tooling to reshape software delivery.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, International Business Policy, Master of Arts - MA, International Business Policy at Georgetown UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, International Politics, Bachelor of Arts - BA, International Politics at Penn State University
Github Skills (108)
nagios10
python-client10
sdk10
powershell10
use-case10
golang9
python9
icinga9
validation-framework9
sensu9
puppet8
ansible8
get-started8
terraform8
recovery8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
rubrikinc/terraform-provider-rubrik
Dec 2018 - Apr 2020
Rubrik Provider for Terraform
Contributions:28 commits, 8 PRs, 20 pushes in 1 year 4 months
golangintegrationproviderterraformterraform-provider
rubrikinc/use-case-polaris-slack
Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
Slack Slash Command to Create a New Polaris User
Contributions:14 commits, 4 PRs, 11 pushes in 1 month
slack-botpolarisslackslash-commandslack-slash
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