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Show me US backend engineers with 5+ years of experience who have merged non-trivial PRs into Kubernetes, containerd, or etcd in the last 18 months, and who are not currently at FAANG.
75 results across 75 people
1
Ville Aikas30y exp
Founder | Distinguished Engineer | Co-creator Kubernetes | Founder Knative | Sauna Enthusiast
Seattle, Washington, United States· 4y at co.Possibly open
2
Dan Wendlandt25y exp
Co-founder / CEO at Isovalent (now part of Cisco) - eBPF-Powered Networking, Security & Observability for the Age of Multi-cloud and Kubernetes. We’re Hiring!
United States· 2y at co.
3
Rafael Schloming27y exp
AI, Machine Learning, Devops, and MLOps at scale with Kubernetes
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States· 2y at co.
4
Steve Francis33y exp
Helping make Kubernetes secure and manageable with SideroLabs. Figuring stuff out.
Santa Barbara, California, United States· 6y at co.Likely open
5
Marc Willebeek-LeMair37y exp
SPYDERBAT - Cloud & Kubernetes Detection and Response
Austin, Texas, United States· 1y at co.
6
Chetan Desh28y exp
Staff/Principal Engineer | AI/ML Platform Architecture | Production Multi-Agent Systems, LangChain, Temporal, Kubernetes, Distributed Systems | Ex-Microsoft, Ex-Amazon
Greater Seattle AreaRecently started
7
Eric LaForce17y exp
Product Engineering @ Massive | Hands-On Engineering Leader & Founder | Full Stack Engineer | TypeScript, Node.js, AWS, Kubernetes | Distributed Systems, Marketplaces, Fintech, AI-Native Platforms
Charlotte, North Carolina, United StatesRecently started
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Keith La Force19y exp
Principal Full Stack Engineer & Founder | TypeScript · Node · AWS · Kubernetes | Distributed Systems, Real-Time Platforms, Developer Tools | Built Haste (0→$500K rev, $2M seed) | Hands-on, pragmatic
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States· 2y at co.
9
Andrew Kurin26y exp
Cloud Infrastructure Leader | Platform Engineering | SRE | DevOps Excellence | Kubernetes | AWS/GCP | Team Building/Scaling | FinOps/Cost Optimization
United StatesRecently started
10
Chris Chapman31y exp
CTO, MacStadium | Orka Inventor | Kubernetes and Apple Innovator | Technology Entrepreneur and Enthusiast
Atlanta Metropolitan Area· 5y at co.Likely open
11
Matt Tesauro26y exp
DevSecOps and Security Automation advocate using Go, Docker, OpenFaaS and Kubernetes. CTO at DefectDojo.
Austin, Texas, United States· 3y at co.Likely open
12
Jimmy Mesta19y exp
CTO & Co-Founder @ RAD Security | Deploying AI Agents for SecOps | OWASP Top 10 for Kubernetes Creator | Building agentkeeper.dev
United States· 5y at co.Recently started
13
Surya Oruganti14y exp
Deploy apps and infra using Argonaut (YC S21) Talks about #devops, #devsecops, #kubernetes, #cloudnative, and #cloudinfrastructure
Sunnyvale, California, United States· 5y at co.Likely open
14
Debosmit Ray (debo)14y exp
CEO at DevZero | The Kubernetes efficiency platform | Cut your K8s costs by 30–80%
Seattle, Washington, United States· 4y at co.Likely open
15
Jorge Peraza20y exp
AI Platform Architect | Founder of MonkeysLegion | ex-Tesla | Senior Engineer @ Bio-Techne | Custom LLM Training • GCP Vertex AI • Kubernetes GPU Clusters
Denver Metropolitan Area· 2y at co.Likely open
16
Sachin Johar23y exp
Co-Founder + CEO | Building Cloud & Kubernetes Security Platform - We are hiring !
Boston, Massachusetts, United States· 5y at co.Likely open
17
Brock M.28y exp
Cloud & Data Infrastructure Leader | CTO Shaping Product Roadmaps, Driving Innovation in Kubernetes, Hybrid Cloud & Ransomware Defense
Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area· 4y at co.Likely open
18
Anthony Polyakov22y exp
Turning scattered GPUs into working AI clusters | Slurm, Kubernetes, multi-cloud
Seattle, Washington, United StatesRecently started
19
Taylor Coffelt13y exp
VP of Engineering | SaaS | API | DevOps | K8s / Kubernetes | CAI | Building Software Based Solutions for Asset Investments
Eagle Mountain, Utah, United States· 3y at co.Likely open
20
Abhi Yerra21y exp
CEO / Founder at opsZero: Cloud | DevOps | Kubernetes
Berkeley, California, United States· 10y at co.Likely open
21
Elizabeth A.8y exp
Senior DevOps & Cloud Engineer (7+ yrs Ex) | AWS • Kubernetes (CKA) • Terraform | CI/CD Automation | Cloud Migration
Haslet, Texas, United States· 3y at co.Likely open
22
Jai Kakkar18y exp
Chief Technology Officer - GEN-AI Consulting, Kubernetes (K8), App Modernization, BigData/MLOPs, Hybrid Cloud, DevOps, DevSecOps, Zero-Trust, Kubevirt
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area· 7y at co.Likely open
23
Andrew Nielsen28y exp
Product Marketing | Product Management | Kubernetes | Cloud Security
Palo Alto, California, United States· 3y at co.Likely open
24
Yashwanth Kotha8y exp
Masters in AI | Support Engineer @ Databank | MLOps | Kubernetes
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States· 4y at co.Likely open
25
Jason Smith22y exp
Cloud Alchemist (Architect) @ Google | Serverless, Agentic AI Inferencing & Kubernetes | Speaker & Community Leader | Mental Health Advocate | Angel Investor
San Francisco Bay AreaRecently started
Jed Mickle17y exp
Senior Construction Manager, AI Infrastructure @ Crusoe.ai | Former Founder, Moxion Power | YC W21
San Francisco Bay AreaRecently started
Shivani Torres10y exp
Executive Operator & Advisor | Critical Infrastructure, Heavy Industry, AI & Defense Tech | Investor | Product Leader | a16z American Dynamism 50 · MIT TR35 · 40 Under 40
San Francisco, California, United States· 2y at co.
Paul Friesen20y exp
Developer & Platform Marketing | CMO | Advisor & Investor
San Francisco Bay Area· 1y at co.
Sony Mohapatra15y exp
Director, AV ML Platforms @ General Motors | ex-Cruise | ex-Apple | ex-Linkedin | GHC23 NvidiaGTC26 GoogleCloudNext26 Speaker | UT Dallas Alumni
San Francisco Bay Area· 1y at co.
Jason Evans27y exp
Technology leader, server-side enthusiast, founder, and investor, often in the digital infrastructure space.
Nashville, Tennessee, United States· 1y at co.Recently started
Daniel Ranallo21y exp
FinTech & Banking Leader | Blockchain Innovation | Regulatory Strategy
Greater Seattle AreaRecently started
Brian D. Barlow34y exp
CEO of Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP) - an Alphabet spinout accelerating the AI industrial revolution by unlocking the limits of economic abundance - critical energy & AI compute infrastructure
Manhattan Beach, California, United States· 9y at co.Likely open
Premal Shah23y exp
Know everything Do anything
United States· 5y at co.Likely open
Cathy Zoi38y exp
Climate Solutions & Clean Energy
Los Angeles, California, United States· 1y at co.
Richard Mattox18y exp
Chief Technology Officer at The Bank of London
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States· 9y at co.Possibly open
Jungin Lee21y exp
Co-founder & VP of Infrastructure
United States· 4y at co.Possibly open
Kovey Kovalan32y exp
Lead GPU/AI Infrastructure Software Architect| CUDA/C++/Python | Radiology • 3D • Computer Vision • Embedded | 14 Patents | LifeAmore • NuVasive • Fujifilm Healthcare • Lockheed • Vans
San Diego, California, United StatesRecently started
Daniel Christianto26y exp
Working on exciting project @Stealth
Seattle, Washington, United States· 3y at co.Likely open
Anton Winter29y exp
Co-Founder, Head of Infrastructure at Ketch
San Francisco, California, United States· 7y at co.Likely open
Anthony Georgiades12y exp
General Partner at Innovating Capital
New York, New York, United States· 9y at co.Likely open
Alexey Dubov21y exp
Deep Tech Founder | Robotics · Advanced Materials · AI · Climate | WEF Global Innovator | YC
San Francisco, California, United States· 4y at co.Recently started
Todd Cornett24y exp
Veteran software and infrastructure architect with extensive experience designing and refactoring SaaS platforms and incorporating AI into business functions
Los Angeles Metropolitan AreaRecently started
David Zhu-Pierre-Louis23y exp
GIS Project Manager | Community Intelligence Strategist | ArcGIS | Spatial Analysis | Infrastructure Planning | Founder, Kay Tita
Greater Seattle Area· 2y at co.
Richard E.22y exp
Founder HUMAN OS™ | CEO, RDE Group | U.S. Marine Veteran | Former Nuclear Systems Supervisor | Professor | Best-Selling Author | Institutional Capital • Enterprise AI • Infrastructure
New York, New York, United States· 21y at co.Recently started
James Rounsville37y exp
Technology Executive | CISSP | RCDD | Infrastructure, Security & Systems Integration Consultant
| Founder – Iron Path Systems | Co-Founder – Hopzero
Austin, Texas, United StatesRecently started
Jess Borrevik28y exp
CTO for ICF’s Energy, Environment & Infrastructure Group | Technology, Data, AI, Products, and Platforms for our consultants, program teams, and clients
Portland, Oregon, United States· 4y at co.Likely open
Nate McQueen31y exp
SVP Operations, Infrastructure and CISO driving innovation in specialty insurance
Seattle, Washington, United States· 5y at co.Likely open
Peter Lee23y exp
Founder-Operator | Raised $30M • 6 Patents • Enterprise Deals with Amazon, UPS & Sephora | Building in AI
Pasadena, California, United StatesRecently started
Sam Terrell36y exp
Head of AI Infrastructure Sales @ Vultr
New York City Metropolitan Area· 1y at co.
Olivia Albrecht20y exp
Chief Executive Officer // Board Director
United States· 2y at co.Possibly open
Nicolas Tittley20y exp
Principal Backend Engineer @ Epic Games
United States· 1y at co.Possibly open
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Alexander Marion15y exp
Founding Staff Backend Developer, IOT & Data at ALSO.
Palo Alto, California, United States· 1y at co.
Jeanne W.19y exp
Student at University of California, San Diego
El Cajon, California, United States· 16y at co.Possibly open
Abbas Jaffery18y exp
CEO @ Omoi (formerly Azuki) ❤️📕 | ex-Crunchyroll
San Francisco, California, United States· 5y at co.Likely open
Matt Miller24y exp
Building @ ComfyUI (MCP & Agentic Automation)
San Francisco Bay AreaRecently started
Ben Hochberg25y exp
iOS person
Los Angeles, California, United StatesRecently started
Vinod Dhomse24y exp
Engineering Director | Backend Platform & AI
San Francisco Bay AreaRecently started
Sean Robenalt9y exp
Software Engineer
United StatesRecently started
Noah Clark17y exp
Developing Software to Measure Subjective Experience with iAm, learn more at iAmExplor.ing
Washington, District of Columbia, United States· 1y at co.
Amos King27y exp
Speaker, podcaster, mentor, sharer of knowledge, builder of reliable and scalable software, and supporter of high functioning teams.
Kansas City, Missouri, United States· 1y at co.
Jesse Low19y exp
CTO at Placements.io
Seattle, Washington, United States· 8y at co.Likely open
Eddie Svirsky21y exp
Senior Backend Engineer | Python, Django, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS | APIs, Distributed Systems, Data Platforms
Denver Metropolitan Area· 1y at co.
Chris Graves23y exp
Cofounder & CTO at TripSuite
New York, New York, United States· 4y at co.Likely open
Adam Basloe19y exp
Tech Lead at Mark43
South Portland, Maine, United States· 1y at co.
Scott Carpenter27y exp
Sr. Software Engineer - Backend at BambooHR
Hyde Park, Utah, United StatesRecently started
Chris Barber28y exp
Integrator, Marketing Strategist & Systems Builder — Attract, Engage & Influence with Meaningful Automation, AI Solutions & Digital Marketing
Greater Savannah Area· 5y at co.
Eric Barch19y exp
Computer/Software Engineer
Davisburg, Michigan, United States· 3y at co.Possibly open
Leshya Bracaglia7y exp
Backend Engineer at Pulley
Brooklyn, New York, United StatesRecently started
Nicholas Brittain15y exp
Server-side Back-end Development
Lexington, North Carolina, United States· 1y at co.Possibly open
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Aaron Hubbard18y exp
Staff Engineer at Catchouse
San Francisco, California, United StatesRecently started
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Peter Boerboom29y exp
Senior Software Engineer
New York, New York, United States· 4y at co.Likely open
Brandon W.26y exp
Principal Software Engineer
Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, United States· 1y at co.
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Ryan Fisher20y exp
Senior Backend Software Engineer at DNSFilter
La Mesa, California, United States· 4y at co.Likely open
Ed Wu21y exp
Engineer @ Parafin | Stanford GSB
San Francisco Bay AreaRecently started
John D'Alessandro11y exp
Software Engineer
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States· 3y at co.Likely open