Scott Rakes
Software Engineer at Capital One
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Rakes is a software engineer focused on streamlining developer workflows and CI/CD pipelines, currently contributing at Capital One after roles building DevOps tooling at Amount and production systems at Avant. Over five years he has designed Kubernetes- and Argo-driven sandbox environments, created CLI and mock-service tools that reduced repetition and sped debugging, and improved Docker, Buildkite, and Jenkins workflows for microservices and Kafka-based systems. He blends a practical automation mindset with hands-on engineering in Golang and Ruby, often surfacing failure points via deployment-analysis tools he built. Based in the Greater Chicago area, Scott pairs a background in digital media and animation with systems thinking, which shows up in his emphasis on developer ergonomics and clear tooling UX.
5 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, General Studies; College Prep, Diploma, General Studies; College Prep at Oakland UniversityBachelor of Arts, Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media; Digital Media Arts & Interactive Design, Bachelor of Arts, Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media; Digital Media Arts & Interactive Design at Michigan State UniversityCharacter Animation and Storytelling., 3D Animation, Character Animation and Storytelling., 3D Animation at Animation Mentor
Github Skills (8)
api9
code-generator9
swagger-codegen8
golang8
openapi7
swagger7
swagger-ui7
go6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
srakes/go-utils
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
go-swagger/go-swagger
May 2021 - May 2021
Swagger 2.0 implementation for go
Contributions:1 review in 1 day
golangapiswagger-2code-generatorswagger-codegen
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