Heiko Koehler

About Heiko Koehler

Uber Tech Lead with background in file and block storage, Kubernetes, network protocols, virtualization and kernel/systems development- Bootstrapped multiple infrastructure products and services from initial POC all the way to production- Extensive experience in data, control plane and intersection between the two- 15+ years of experience in enterprise software development and distributed systems- 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies- Lead inventor on patents in virtualization, storage, edge computing and networking

Experience

1. Senior Staff Software Engineer

   Google

   Nov 2022 — Present · Kirkland, WA, US

   GCE Persistent Disk Control Plane

Education

• Technical College (Fachoberschule) Ansbach

  Foundation courses in Science, Electronics, Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering

  1999 — 2001

• Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm

  B.Eng., Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

  2002 — 2005

Skills

• Software Development
• Python
• Kernel Programming
• System Architecture
• Product Development
• Scalability
• Software Engineering
• Networking
• Netapp
• Nfs
• Computer Science
• Architecture
• Start-Ups
• Internet Protocol Suite (Tcp/Ip)
• Hsm
• Nas
• C
• Programming
• Network-Attached Storage (Nas)
• Technical Leadership
• Unix
• Go
• Virtualization
• Storage Management
• Object Oriented Design
• Open Source
• Freebsd
• Pl/Sql
• Kernel
• Distributed Systems
• Databases
• C++
• Operating Systems
• Postgresql
• File Systems
• High Availability
• Storage
• Tcp/Ip
• Cluster
• Linux Kernel