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Jake Tripp

Jake Tripp

Software Engineer

I am a software engineer with 8 years of working experience. I build tools for Kubernetes, AWS, Linux, CI/CD and many more things. I take pride in high quality work and building things for maintainablity, observability and correctness. I’m one of those developers that actually enjoys writing tests. Sometimes, I work on some fun projects such as building robots.

I have many other skill and experience not listed so please reach out to me to find out more.

Leadership
Team Work
Hard Working
Architecture and Design

Skills

Experiences

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Enterprise Systems Engineer
Meta (Facebook)

January 2021 - June 2022, Austin, TX

Meta is a multifaceted social networking site offering a variety of digital and physical products.

Responsibilities:
  • Design and develop tooling for internal cloud.
  • Mainly used python and Hack programming languages.
  • Provided a platform for financial teams and Oculus R&D.
  • Helped team members transition to SRE standards.

Software Engineer / Co-Founder
Modern Derma

September 2019 - May 2020, Denver, CO

Modern Derma was a company that utilized machine learning to hone personalized skin care products.

Responsibilities:
  • Lead of architecture and design of the company.
  • Lead software engineer.
  • Utilized AWS, Go, Terraform, and many other tools to build the company.
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DevOps Engineer
SendGrid (Twilio)

January 2017 - September 2019, Denver, CO

SendGrid is an email PAAS company that also offers SAAS products related to email marketing.

Responsibilities:
  • Develop tools to help teams deploy, monitor, and maintain their software.
  • Built a private cloud as well as frameworks for a hybrid deployment on AWS.
  • Helped troubleshoot issues and some problems to keep 99.99% uptime for our customers.

Linux Administrator
Pet Door Pro

January 2010 - September 2017, Denver, CO

Pet Door Pro is a local family business that manufactures, sells, and installs pet doors.

Responsibilities:
  • All I.T. for the company.
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Education

Metropolitan State University
2007-2009
Computer Science & Engineering
Extracurricular Activities:
  • Ice Hockey
Linux Foundation
2015
Certified Linux Administrator
Edx, Coursera, Books
2015-present
Continuous Education

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Achievements

Medal for Volunteering 3D Printing