Zachary Loafman

Staff Engineer | Leader in Google Kubernetes Engine

Role
Staff Engineer at Google
Location
Seattle, WA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Zachary Loafman

Strong technical leader with deep systems-level knowledge and broad experience. Expert in distributed systems, file systems, operating systems.I have been an architect, a contributor, a leader, a manager, and a pioneer. I love being at the forefront of technology, and look forward to any role that keeps me there, even if it seems outside my past experience.

Experience

  1. Staff Engineer

    Google

    Nov 2013 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

    Leader in and founding member of Google Kubernetes Engine. I currently lead a team focused on Games on GKE, overcoming the challenges of running game servers on Kubernetes. In the past, I- led the team responsible for all Kubernetes Control Planes in GKE. Drove increased reliability and observability, drastically improving operational excellence- led the team responsible for Kubernetes Cluster Lifecycle, including node upgrades, private clusters, etc- leader on the GKE Control Plane team, responsible for cluster management

Education

  • St. Mark's School of Texas

    High School

    1989 — 1997

  • Carnegie Mellon University

    BS, Computer Science / Discrete Math and Logic

    1997 — 2001

Skills

  • Python
  • Kernel Programming
  • Unix
  • Storage
  • Vmware
  • Linux
  • Kernel
  • Big Data
  • Team Leadership
  • C
  • Scalability
  • Software Engineering
  • Networking
  • Perl
  • Embedded Systems
  • Civil Litigation
  • Distributed Systems
  • C++
  • File Systems
  • Freebsd
  • Virtualization
  • Wizard

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