Sokratis Zappis
Principal Software Engineer at IBM
Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolSokratis Zappis is a Principal Software Engineer based in Spain with nine years of professional experience focused on cloud-native and enterprise software, currently leading engineering efforts at IBM after a multi-year leadership track at Red Hat. He brings deep hands-on expertise in scalable systems and platform engineering, having progressed from senior developer roles into principal architect-level responsibility. Known for steady advancement within Red Hat and rapid transition to IBM, he combines pragmatic engineering with team mentorship to deliver robust production systems. His academic grounding in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Patras underpins a strong systems orientation and attention to reliable design. An avid cyclist reflected in his concise Github bio ("BMX"), he balances high-focus technical work with a creative, disciplined personal pursuit.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineer’s Degree Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Patras
Github Skills (30)
kubernetes10
deploying10
javaee10
http10
apache10
java10
tomcat10
osgi10
openshift10
network-server10
httpd10
jetty10
buster9
commons9
jboss9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
web-servers/jboss-jws-container-images-modules
Apr 2021 - Sep 2024
Contributions:3 reviews, 24 PRs, 19 pushes in 3 years 6 months
containersdockercontainer-imagesjws
bekionel/library
Apr 2018 - Jun 2023
Examples and Components for deploying into OpenShift
Contributions:26 pushes, 15 branches in 5 years 2 months
deployingkubernetesopenshift
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