Robert Ikeoka
Engineering Manager at Meta
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Ikeoka is an engineering manager and security-minded software leader with 10+ years building secure, scalable systems across Meta and Zendesk, and earlier assurance work at EY and KPMG. He blends hands-on backend development (Ruby on Rails contributions to Zendesk's Samson deployment tool) with deep compliance expertise—FedRAMP, PCI, SOC and WebTrust for CAs—making him adept at turning regulatory requirements into automated, auditable engineering practices. His background spans security engineering, access management, CI/agentic authoring services, and high-performance multi-platform blob storage, giving him both infrastructure and developer-experience chops. A former signals intelligence analyst with advanced degrees in computer science and accounting, he pairs technical rigor with risk-aware decision making and a track record of shipping reliability and compliance at scale.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Accounting and Finance, Master's Degree, Accounting and Finance at University of Maryland Global CampusMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor’s Degree, Business Administration, Management and Information Systems, Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration, Management and Information Systems at San José State UniversityPunahou School
Github Skills (8)
activerecord10
csv10
data-export10
rails10
backend10
back-end-development10
ruby-on-rails10
user-management9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
zendesk/samson
Dec 2015 - Oct 2016
Web interface for deployments, with plugin architecture and kubernetes support
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:88 commits, 32 PRs, 179 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Robert implemented and enhanced features related to exporting data and user management within the application. Their commits focused on adding CSV export functionalities for user and deploy data, enabling audit data requests and creating reports. They worked with Ruby on Rails, modifying controllers, models, and views, demonstrating knowledge of data serialization and report generation.
kubernetesplugin-architecturecdcontinuous-delivery
rikeoka/samson
Dec 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:27 pushes, 9 branches in 2 months
dockerdeploymentsweb-interface
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