Brendan Palkowski
Senior Software Engineer - Based in Grand Rapids, MI - 27 yo
Platform engineer specializing in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and developer tooling. Currently building internal developer platforms and driving cloud infrastructure modernization at First American. Passionate about automation, DevOps practices, and enabling engineering teams to ship faster.
Work Experience:
First American - Senior Software Engineer (January 2024 - Present)
Alteryx - Cloud Engineer (March 2022 - January 2024)
Auto-Owners Insurance - Predictive Modeler, Analytics R&D (June 2020 - March 2022)
Technologies I consider myself proficient at:
Cloud & Infrastructure: Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Crossplane, Istio, External Secrets
Languages: Golang, Python, Bash
DevOps & CI/CD: ArgoCD, Helm, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Docker
Data & ML: Kafka, MLFlow, BentoML, TensorFlow, PyTorch, ONNX
Certifications:
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) - Expiration: December 2024
Education:
University of Michigan M Go Blue! -- Bachelor of Science in Data Analytics