Sam Bailey
Senior Manager, Software Engineering at Slack
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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SeniorSam Bailey is a senior software engineering leader based in Melbourne with 12 years of experience building and operating cloud, network, and platform systems. Currently a Senior Manager at Slack, he leads geo-distributed teams across Australia, the US, Canada, Ireland, and the UK to deliver reliable, scalable infrastructure. His background spans hands-on systems engineering and Linux administration through progressive leadership roles, giving him a practical appreciation for day-to-day operational realities. A committed mentor and lifelong learner, he consistently invests in coaching engineers while driving cross-functional collaboration. He also brings entrepreneurial perspective from founding an IT consultancy, which informs pragmatic, customer-focused decision making. Known for blending technical depth with people-first management, he excels at turning complex distributed challenges into maintainable platforms.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (75)
bash10
dockerfile10
linux10
shell10
pipe10
docker10
golang9
exec9
cli8
ecosystem8
act8
aws8
desktop8
aws-cli8
python7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
thatsamguy/thatsamguy-web
Feb 2019 - Mar 2025
Contributions:58 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 1 month
thatsamguy/packer-templates
Jan 2015 - Dec 2018
Custom templates for building base boxes with packer
Contributions:3 PRs, 11 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 11 months
vagrantbase-buildingpackagingpackerboxes
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