Skyler Layne
Platform Engineer
Georgetown, Ontario, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSkyler Layne is a Platform Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building and automating infrastructure, currently shaping platform capabilities at Ford after leading solutions and DevOps teams at Indellient, Levio, and ShuttleOps. He combines a software engineering degree and human-centered design study with practical release engineering expertise, contributing to Habitat core plans where he automated cross-platform packaging and Windows adaptations. Known for a curiosity-driven approach and a bias for building, Skyler blends systems thinking with implementation — from CI/CD orchestration to build and release automation. He focuses on making measurable improvements in delivery velocity and reliability, and brings a learner’s mindset that helps teams adopt repeatable, automated practices.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Human Computer Interaction, Human Computer Interaction at University of CreteB.Eng., Spec. Hons. Engineering, Software Engineering, 4th Year, B.Eng., Spec. Hons. Engineering, Software Engineering, 4th Year at York University- Lassonde School of Engineering
English
Stackoverflow
71reputation
24kreached
4answers
5questions
Github Skills (18)
package-management10
package-manager-tool10
packager10
package10
powershell10
package-manager10
windows9
automation9
automations9
adobe6
chef-infra6
aem6
database6
ruby-on-rails6
heroku6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
habitat-sh/core-plans
Apr 2018 - Jul 2018
Core Habitat Plan definitions
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:9 commits, 6 PRs, 20 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Skyler primarily contributed to defining and packaging software for the core Habitat plan definitions. They worked on creating plans for tools like `jq` and `jre8`, modifying build processes, and specifying dependencies. Their contributions included adapting existing plans for Windows environments and managing the download, installation, and configuration steps for software packages. The user's changes focused on automating the build and packaging process for different software, specifically for the Habitat ecosystem.
planhabitatpackage-managerdefinitionspackages
skylerto/skylerto.github.io
Jul 2015 - Feb 2021
Personal tech blog
Contributions:166 commits, 7 PRs, 147 pushes in 5 years 7 months
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