Tiago Condeixa
I’m a Software Engineer specializing in Infrastructure, Cloud, and Developer Tools.
I enjoy designing and delivering simple, scalable and reliable solutions for the entire development lifecycle,
with a focus on developer experience and operational excellence.
I thrive on solving complex challenges and integrating technologies that drive meaningful business impact.
Berlin, Germany
https://github.com/tcondeixa
tscondeixa@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiagocondeixa
Technical Skills
| Software Development: IaC |
Cloud |
Containers |
CI/CD |
Automation |
SRE |
Networking |
Microservices |
| Languages: Go |
Python |
Bash |
C |
SQL |
JavaScript |
| Infrastructure: AWS |
Kubernetes |
Terraform |
Docker |
Jenkins |
| Monitoring & Databases: Grafana |
Prometheus |
Loki |
PostgreSQL |
Experience
Zalando
Senior Software Engineer (Cloud Infrastructure)
August 2021 - Present
Operating, improving and extending the AWS infrastructure for 300+ accounts.
The main focus is on improving cost efficiency, reliability and compliance,
while reducing toil and improving user experience for developers.
Later also operating, improving and extending 200+ Kubernetes clusters.
- Lead the migration of entire AWS central infrastructure to AWS Cloudformation,
including the development of a golang application to manage Cloudformation
stacks for 300+ accounts and multiple regions (apply, plan, validation).
- Designed and Implemented a golang service to support the CI/CD by managing
AWS Cloudformation stacks for 2000+ engineers, including validation, plan and deployment.
- Lead the migration of Cloud Infrastructure access (Users and CI/CD) to Okta, including
the development and distribution of a golang CLI used daily by 2000+ engineers.
- Coordinate Cyberweek preparations with the entire company
by representing the Infrastructure Organization.
- Designed and Implemented a golang solution to create, update and rotate application
tokens for 1000+ applications.
- Supported the migration of 100+ self-managed Kubernetes clusters to AWS EKS clusters (IPv6),
including changes on the system to support the migration and support multiple clusters per account.
Zenjob
Senior Software Engineer (Platform)
January 2019 - July 2021
Provided and improved a Developer Platform for 100+ Engineers to
deploy, operate and monitor their applications.
- Lead the migration of 50+ Microservices to new Kubernetes clusters
(AWS EKS and Istio) with no downtime and with minimal engineer effort.
- Deployed and maintained Jenkins CI/CD,
including abstractions in Groovy to deploy all common use-cases.
- Developed a Python CLI to simplify the daily tasks for 100+ Engineers
interacting with the Platform.
- Deployed and maintained Kubernetes Clusters (AWS EKS and Istio) and
out-of-the-box Observability with Loki, Prometheus, Jaeger and Grafana.
- Provided Terraform modules to abstract complexity with out-of-the-box best
practices.
Veniam
Software Engineer (Infrastructure)
April 2017 - December 2018
Operated and improved both the cloud and embedded infrastructure, as well as to
provide a platform for 50+ engineers to deploy and monitor their applications.
- Managed AWS accounts and AWS services.
- Adopted Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and Puppet for configuration management.
- Maintained Nagios, InfluxDB and Grafana for monitoring and alerting.
- Provided and Operated the ELK stack for logging.
Systems Engineer (Embedded and Network)
September 2014 - March 2017
Operated and improved the embedded network software for 500+ devices
and the related network infrastructure.
- Developed software solutions in C and some Python regarding mobility management, multihoming and
delay-tolerant communication for embedded devices and network controllers.
This included developing, improving or integrating network protocols, data caching,
opportunistic communications, connection manager, DHCP, Wireguard, Multipath TCP.
- Defined and configured the network that connects moving vehicles (embedded devices),
network controllers and Linux servers.
Some examples include Linux distribution setup, OpenWRT, OpenVPN, network configuration and iptables.
Education and Certifications
University of Aveiro, Portugal
- PhD in Electrical Engineering (2009 - 2014) with a
PhD Scholarship issued by Portuguese National Science Foundation.
- MSc in Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering (2004 - 2009)
with a Merit Scholarship as one of the best students of 2008/2009.
Certifications