Brad Chapin

Background

About Brad Chapin

With over 15 years of expertise in designing and delivering Distributed Systems, I bring a wealth of experience in achieving tangible results. My strength lies in comprehending technologies and their integration within larger ecosystems. Equally important, I excel in fostering collaboration among teams to meet shared objectives. I am a seasoned full-stack platform engineer, specializing in the Content Delivery Network (CDN) industry, with a track record of delivering customer-facing products and enhancing infrastructure. Here's a snapshot of what I offer- End-to-End Oversight: Proficient in overseeing projects from planning to maintenance, focusing on the implementation of reliable and scalable software solutions- Revenue Contribution: Instrumental in driving the seamless delivery and optimization of 7 CDN products, generating over $200M in yearly revenue. What matters to me- Tackling and mitigating complex problems at scale - Ensuring stable, reliable performance at scale - Adding incremental value to networks - Embracing consistency through automation - Data-driven decision-making - Championing the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) principles - Advocating for well-defined interfaces and authenticated microservice architectures - Commitment to continuous learning and adopting emerging technologies and methodologies Some of my notable contributions include- Team Leadership: Directed teams of 3-6 members, while also serving as a pivotal development resource focused on Site Reliability, Configuration Management, Deployment, and Automated Failure Recovery for Lumen CDN, overseeing 20K servers across 300 sites, delivering over 100 Tbps- CI/CD Advocacy: Spearheaded the adoption of CI/CD methodologies organization-wide by introducing tooling, templates, and libraries, reducing manual testing efforts by 75% through technologies like Gitlab-CI, Jenkins, and virtual environments- Product Innovation: Led a team of 3-9 members and played a key role in architecting, designing, implementing, and supporting a 60PB multi-site origin storage product, contributing to over $20M in yearly revenue, serving customers with 30B objects and an egress of over 150 Gbps Competencies- Languages: Python, C++, Perl, Ruby/Rails, RUST/R, Golang - Databases: Postgres, MySQL, Redis (NoSQL), Elasticsearch - Networking: ACLs, Firewalls, Load balancers, DNS, TCP, UDP, SSL/TLS, Http(s), NFS I would love to connect at bchapin+pro@gmail.com.