Andrew Lapidas

Software Engineer

Austin, Texas, United States18 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in cloud-native solutions and Kubernetes management.
Led multiple engineering teams in high-impact projects.
Proven track record in stream processing and infrastructure development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with strong capabilities in cloud-native architecture and stream processing.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingInfrastructureStream ProcessingCloud-native ServicesPolicy ManagementKubernetesCloud ManagementWeb Application SupportEnterprise Support

Other Skills

KafkaFlinkJavaBashJavaScriptvSphereEC2HyperVWebsphereIBM HTTP ServerLDAPDNSHTTPLotus iNotesDomino Web/Directory Services

Experience

18 yrs

Total Experience

3 yrs

Average Tenure

4 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Confluent

2 roles

Staff Software Engineer

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Austin, Texas, United States

I worked on + lead teams focused on infrastructure + control plane for Flink on Confluent Cloud.
I currently work on Confluent Cloud's MCP offering, allowing customers to expose Kafka data to MCP servers.

KafkaFlinkCloud ComputingInfrastructure

Senior Software Engineering Manager, Stream Processing

Aug 2021 – Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Austin, Texas, United States

I led teams responsible for the design and development of features that enable customers to efficiently run stream processing workloads in Confluent Cloud's Flink offering.

Stream ProcessingFlinkCloud Computing

Oracle

3 roles

Senior Software Engineering Manager, Fusion Apps

Jan 2021 – Aug 2021 · 7 mos

I lead the design and development of a new cloud-native policy management service in the Fusion Apps world.

Cloud-native ServicesPolicy Management

Senior Software Engineering Manager, OCI

Jun 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

I manage multiple engineering teams for Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE), Oracle Cloud’s managed Kubernetes offering. We design, build, ship, and operate the service globally.

KubernetesCloud Computing

Principal Member Of Technical Staff, OCI

Jul 2016 – Jul 2019 · 3 yrs

Founding member of Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) - providing managed on-demand Kubernetes clusters in Oracle Cloud (https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/Content/ContEng/Concepts/contengoverview.htm)
Perviously shipped Oracle Container Cloud Service (https://cloud.oracle.com/container) on OCI-C.

KubernetesCloud Computing

The zebra

Senior Software Engineer

Feb 2016 – Jul 2016 · 5 mos · Austin, Texas Area

Zenoss

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2015 – Feb 2016 · 5 mos

Software Engineer

Jun 2013 – Sep 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Servicemesh

Software Engineer

Sep 2012 – Jun 2013 · 9 mos · Austin, TX

Assist customers with setting up, configuring, and maintaining the Agility cloud management platform
Implement code fixes (in Java, Bash, Javascript) addressing critical customer-impacting issues
Assist customers and internal groups with vSphere, EC2, and HyperV setup and troubleshooting

JavaBashJavaScriptvSphereEC2HyperV+1

Ibm

2 roles

L2 Staff Software Engineer, Websphere

Jan 2012 – Sep 2012 · 8 mos

Support Websphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server (IHS/Apache) as part of a 24x7 enterprise support organization, specializing in IHS (Apache), LDAP, and network troubleshooting and problem determination
Troubleshoot issues relating to LDAP, DNS, HTTP, SSL, SSO, and Javascript execution in both Windows and Linux environments
Work directly with administrators and IT staff, assisting with environment maintenance, upgrades, and root cause analysis (RCA) / problem determination for large environments and customers from a range of industries

WebsphereIBM HTTP ServerLDAPDNSHTTPWeb Application Support

L2 Software Engineer, Lotus, Technical Team Lead

Jun 2008 – Feb 2012 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Support enterprise-level contracts, specializing in Lotus iNotes, Domino Web/Directory Services, and LotusLive Meetings
Assist with planning deployments, upgrades, and migrations
Follow customer issues through from problem determination to resolution
Work closely with management, development, QA, and global support teams
Provide in house trainings on specialized topics

Lotus iNotesDomino Web/Directory ServicesEnterprise Support