Tessa Wilkinson
Software Engineering Manager at Cribl
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTessa Wilkinson is a software engineering manager with 11 years of experience building secure, scalable platform and cloud systems, now leading Platform Core at Cribl out of Seattle. She has a strong track record at AWS and Cisco driving security-first engineering—implementing end-to-end encryption across EC2 Outposts services, leading zero-downtime compliance rollouts, and embedding Secure Development Lifecycle practices across large organizations. Tessa blends hands-on technical depth (Python, CI/CD, distributed systems) with people-first leadership, coaching teams to higher velocity and operational excellence. She regularly partners with product, SRE, and infrastructure teams to translate complex customer requirements into reliable roadmaps and audit-ready processes. Her background in astrophysics and open-source research work reveals a methodical, data-driven approach to engineering problems that surfaces in her emphasis on measurable outcomes and automation.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Duel Bachelor's degree Astronomy and Physics, Duel Bachelor's degree Astronomy and Physics at University of WashingtonAssociate of Science (A.S.) Physics, Associate of Science (A.S.) Physics at Cascadia College
Github Skills (16)
solar10
sun10
astronomy9
python9
physics9
simulation9
astropy8
astrophysics6
atomic6
random-walk4
pipeline4
database4
nodejs2
javascript2
python-interface1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
tdwilkinson/GIThelp
Apr 2015 - Apr 2017
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
eavallon/stellar-analysis
Feb 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:19 commits, 8 PRs in 11 days
javascriptnodejs
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