Robert Reta
Staff Software Engineer at Datadog
Dallas, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Reta is a staff software engineer and systems-oriented architect with 20+ years building high-throughput distributed systems, scalable platforms, and API governance, currently at Datadog after leadership roles at Netflix. He led cross-organizational initiatives—most notably architecting Netflix’s federated GraphQL and guiding Consumer Server Foundations for 100+ engineers—combining strategic direction with hands-on delivery. His background spans secure DRM playback systems, studio data platform standardization, and early mobile geospatial work for defense, reflecting a rare mix of production-scale backend expertise and domain-specific solutions. A committed mentor and collaborator, he focuses on long-term team health and career development while translating complex integration problems into pragmatic platform designs. Based in Dallas, he pairs deep technical judgment with a track record of navigating evolving architectures and large-scale program coordination.
3 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Computer Science, Bachelors Computer Science at The University of Texas at AustinMasters Security Engineering, Masters Security Engineering at Southern Methodist University
Github Skills (5)
spring-boot9
graphql-java9
java8
spring7
graphql7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
Netflix/dgs-framework
Nov 2022 - Nov 2022
GraphQL for Java with Spring Boot made easy.
Contributions:1 commit, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 day
graphqljavaspringspring-bootdgs
rreta04/distributed-ecs
May 2025 - May 2025
Contributions:1 branch in 1 day
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