Sean Harvey
Senior Software Engineer at Storj
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Top SchoolSean Harvey is a Senior Software Engineer and cloud/platform specialist with 15 years’ experience building and scaling hosting platforms and full-stack applications. He has designed and operated large-scale infrastructure—most notably helping Ghost migrate 7,500+ sites to a high‑availability GlusterFS cluster and reducing deployment times from 12+ hours to one—and architected Silverstripe Cloud and the Common Web Platform using AWS, Kubernetes, Go, and infrastructure-as-code. Sean combines deep hands-on development (PHP, Silverstripe framework contributions and test automation) with platform engineering, cost forecasting, and security risk mitigation. He mentors engineers, builds automation agents for platform operations, and has a pragmatic focus on reliability and testable infrastructure. Based in Christchurch, New Zealand, he brings a rare blend of long-term open-source stewardship and practical production ops experience.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Digital Media, Diploma, Digital Media at WelTec
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Github Skills (18)
application-framework10
cms10
debug10
testing10
app-framework10
php10
web-framework10
postgresql9
javascript9
refactoring9
html7
kubernetes-ingress6
packer6
linux6
debian6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
silverstripe/silverstripe-framework
Sep 2011 - Oct 2014
Silverstripe Framework, the MVC framework that powers Silverstripe CMS
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:281 commits, 11 PRs, 5 pushes in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Sean primarily addressed bugs and improved the test suite for the Silverstripe Framework. They fixed issues related to internationalization, map key/value functionality, and database interactions with PostgreSQL. Furthermore, the user fixed broken tests, showing a focus on code quality and ensuring the stability of the framework through comprehensive testing. Additionally, they enhanced file link functionality in the HTML editor and improved test coverage across various model components.
cmsphppowersframeworksilverstripe
silverstripe/silverstripe-cms
Feb 2012 - Aug 2014
Silverstripe CMS - this is a module for Silverstripe Framework rather than a standalone app. Use https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-installer/ to set this up.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:45 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Sean primarily contributed to bug fixes and minor enhancements within the Silverstripe CMS. Their work involved updating deprecated functions, such as replacing `ereg_replace` with `preg_replace`, and fixing issues with the CMS UI and tests. The user also refactored the code to use instance methods instead of static functions and updated tests by asserting the English text. These changes suggest a focus on code quality, maintainability, and ensuring proper functionality of the CMS.
cmsphpinstallerstandalonesilverstripe
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