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
Staff Engineer
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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