Richard Kelly
Senior Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolRichard Kelly is a Senior Software Engineer with 13 years of experience building Linux-focused, cloud-native systems and a strong background in Python and AWS. He has shipped infrastructure and OS-level work at scale as an SDE III on Amazon Linux and Bottlerocket, contributing notable improvements like migrating Bottlerocket components to updated container sources and integrating the AWS SDK for Rust. Comfortable across Unix and Windows environments, Richard pairs deep systems-level knowledge with hands-on DevOps practice—refactoring infrasys tools for S3 and IAM management and hardening SSM error handling. Now at Stripe in Seattle, he continues to apply pragmatic problem-solving honed on remittance and check-processing systems to large distributed platforms. Colleagues describe him as motivated and driven, with a persistent curiosity that shows in both open-source contributions and cross-team improvements.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Clemson University
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Github Skills (18)
aws-sdk10
rust10
container9
dockers9
docker9
amazon-s39
aws-s39
aws-cloudformation9
s3-bucket9
operating-system8
devops7
linux7
tkinter6
bash6
python6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
An operating system designed for hosting containers
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:11 releases, 76 reviews, 13 commits in 7 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the migration of the Bottlerocket OS, focusing on updating container versions for admin and control components. This involved modifying settings and templates related to container sources. Additionally, the user updated the codebase to utilize the AWS SDK Rust for interactions with AWS services like EKS, CloudFormation, and S3. Further contributions include updates to infrasys tools, refactoring and optimizing the infrasys toolset for S3 bucket and IAM policy management, and improving error handling in SSM calls.
containershostingoperating-systemrustlinux
rpkelly/bottlerocket
Jun 2022 - Mar 2025
An operating system designed for hosting containers
Contributions:42 pushes, 14 branches in 2 years 9 months
containershostingoperating-systemlinuxdocker
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