Summary
Zak Elep is a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with 16 years of experience building and operating cloud-native infrastructure, currently focused on Kubernetes and SRE at TableCheck. He combines deep systems and network programming skills across Python, Ruby, Go, C, Rust and Raku with hands-on expertise in Docker, Kubernetes and AWS to deliver resilient, observable platforms. Zak has a history of improving backend maintainability in notable open-source projects like MetaCPAN Web—tuning Net::Async::HTTP connection pooling and Docker logging to yield more reliable deployments and developer-friendly observability. His background includes roles from backend development to chief architect and infrastructure lead, giving him a rare blend of software packaging, systems research, and operational troubleshooting. Based in Pasay, Philippines, he is an active polyglot hacker with long-term involvement in Debian/Ubuntu packaging and OpenBSD work, bringing pragmatic craftsmanship to complex distributed systems.
17 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
AA, AA at University of the Philippines
BS, BS at Ateneo de Manila University
English, Tagalog, Japanese