Rich Vanderwal
Software Engineer at Hydrolix
Portland, Oregon, United States
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RockstarRich Vanderwal is a software engineer based in Portland, OR with five years of experience building backend systems and cloud integrations. He contributes to open-source projects such as the New Relic Go Agent, where he implemented AWS IMDSv2 support and refactored HTTP client usage to improve reliability in cloud environments. Comfortable working deep in Go and cloud tooling, he focuses on practical, test-backed enhancements that make observability agents more resilient in AWS. Outside of code he balances software with music and family, reflecting a collaborative, human-centered approach to engineering.
5 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (5)
go10
aws10
http9
cloud-infrastructure8
testing8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
newrelic/go-agent
Nov 2020 - Feb 2022
New Relic Go Agent
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 98 reviews, 77 commits in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Rich primarily contributed to the New Relic Go Agent, focusing on AWS integration and internal functionality. They implemented support for AWS IMDSv2, including token acquisition and header additions, alongside related testing and configuration changes. Additionally, the user refactored existing code to reuse HTTP clients and updated the agent's version and release notes. This work indicates a focus on enhancing agent capabilities for cloud environments and improving overall functionality.
golangnewrelicagentrelicnew-relic
RichVanderwal/go-agent
Nov 2020 - Mar 2025
New Relic Go Agent
Contributions:1 review, 114 PRs, 254 pushes in 4 years 4 months
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