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Senior Platform Engineering Lead

Childcare Software Company*, Remote – (04/2022 -)*

Tech: Ruby on Rails, Postgres, Terraform, AWS, NodeJS, gdb + ruby internals

Job Description:

As the Senior Platform Engineering Lead at a Childcare Software Company, I was brought on board to lead the team and resolve outstanding production outages. My expertise in platform stability and performance improvements helped the company overcome critical challenges. My key responsibilities included:

• Leading the engineering team to resolve production outages and improve overall platform stability and performance
• Implementing various optimization techniques such as table partitioning, improved connection pooling, and per-tenant authentication application security functions to enhance database performance
• Diagnosing complex issues, such as identifying an errant Kubernetes application server container causing outages, and implementing a solution without interrupting the process
• Utilizing advanced debugging tools like gdb to dump backtraces from C level APIs in Ruby, enabling the identification of application server processes stuck in loops
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of performance improvements and to maintain high-quality standards across the platform
• Mentoring and guiding the engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning
• Continuously monitoring platform performance, identifying potential bottlenecks, and recommending appropriate solutions to maintain optimal user experience

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