Reed Schalo
Software Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolReed Schalo is a full-stack software engineer with eight years of experience, currently building cloud-native infrastructure at AWS out of Seattle. He brings a product-minded approach from prior roles in biotech commercialization and sales, pairing customer-focused solutions with pragmatic engineering. At AWS he contributed to the popular Karpenter Kubernetes autoscaler provider for AWS, working on infrastructure, security fixes, and cloud-native integrations that improve node lifecycle and subnet/zone handling. Reed’s background in life sciences and account management gives him an unusual blend of technical depth and commercial empathy, enabling him to translate complex requirements into usable systems. Colleagues describe him as a developer who cares about both operational robustness and delightful user outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Redding Christian High School
English, Italian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (22)
kubernetes10
cloud-infrastructure10
go10
aws10
kubernetes-pods10
infrastructure-as-code10
devops9
testing8
cicd7
html6
react6
nodejs6
mongodb-query6
http6
css6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
aws/karpenter-provider-aws
Dec 2021 - Apr 2025
Karpenter is a Kubernetes Node Autoscaler built for flexibility, performance, and simplicity.
Role in this project:
Cloud Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer
Cloud Engineer / Infrastructure EngineerContributions:237 reviews, 275 PRs, 114 pushes in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Reed primarily contributed to the infrastructure and configuration aspects of the Karpenter provider for AWS. Their work involved modifying and integrating components from the awslabs/operatorpkg, indicating a focus on operational aspects like rate limiting and error handling. Several commits address the addition of labels for zone ID selection, subnet status controller updates, and the addition of validation processes, demonstrating an understanding of cloud resource management and Kubernetes integration. Furthermore, they addressed security vulnerabilities and upgraded dependencies.
autoscalingperformancek8skubernetesnodejs
rschalo/karpenter
May 2024 - Mar 2025
Karpenter is a Kubernetes Node Autoscaler built for flexibility, performance, and simplicity.
Contributions:11 PRs, 328 pushes, 93 branches in 10 months
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