Sean Gatewood

stg2bd@virginia.edu | LinkedIn | GitHub

🎓 Education

University of Virginia (May 2020) Rodman Scholar, Raven Society

Notable Courses: Computer Graphics, Algorithms, Introduction to Cybersecurity, Software Testing

(New York, New York / remote) April 2023 - present

Develop and maintain infrastructure around critical k8s services.
Automated the entire (from-scratch) deployment of a critical service its own cluster with all the cloud infrastructure it needed. Instrumented monitoring as well, and regularly use it to tune our configuration.
Authored a custom k8s operator in Go to satisfy a particular business need.

(McLean, VA / remote) August 2020 - April 2023

Member of a SCRUM team that creates and maintains a variety of developer tooling and infrastructure.
Contributed to a remote development solution, including a custom Kubernetes service to lease EC2s and a python tool to build/develop/test the product remotely (rather than on your own machine).
Architected and developed a pipeline to create warm builds that developers can take and use instantly rather than waiting to build from source.
Helped design and implement a modern feature toggles framework for a legacy codebase. Designed and implemented an internal dashboard allowing developers to easily change toggle values on internal sites.
Initiated & developed numerous prototypes, many of which shipped (or became real quarter-long features for my team).
Regularly initiated & led architectural design discussions.
Regularly assisted developers in troubleshooting technical issues, both to help unblock them and to find ways to improve our local build stability.
Treasured high code quality standards and contributed to our data-driven goal to lead the department in code quality and component health.
Mentored two interns as a Summer Intern Manager, meeting with them weekly to optimize their internship experience.

(Pittsburgh, PA) May 2019 - August 2019

Developed and benchmarked alternate implementations for a key-value store using various database technologies (e.g. LevelDB, Sqlite3).
Presented results to Uber ATG software engineers.

(Charlottesville, VA) Fall 2017 - May 2020

Assisted hundreds of students with introductory programming concepts in Python.
Created review videos that have received over 13,000 views.
Helped manage the course as one of four “Head TAs.”
Saved TA time / effort by automating the grading of a remote google docs exam question using Python.
Worked with many students directly in office hours, encouraging many that they can learn to code.

(Hampton, VA) May 2018 - May 2019

Data Management for Airborne Atmospheric Composition Data.
Added HDF file compatibility to NASA’s TOLNet File Format Scanner and Curtain/Profiles Plotter.
Engineered a full-stack web application (JQuery, AJAX, cgi, C++) for atmospheric researchers to create customized data merges.
Presented a working prototype to atmospheric researchers and received design feedback.
Continued part-time development during the fall and spring semesters to harden the merge tool.

(non-comprehensive, in order of proficiency)

Languages: Python, Java, Bash, JavaScript, C++, Groovy / Kotlin
Other technologies: HTML, CSS, GitLab pipelines, Feature Toggles / LaunchDarkly, Unit testing / mocking, Vim, Git, Kubernetes / Helm, SQL, Docker, Terraform / AWS, Functional programming, React
Also worked with: Gradle, Django, JQuery, Prometheus, Argo CD, Google chat bots, Chrome Extensions, Intellij Plugins, Autodesk Inventor, LabVIEW

February 2022

I didn’t have Microsoft Word anymore, so I wrote this in YAML and rendered it into the document you are reading. :-)

Fall 2019 - Spring 2020

Developed an “automated advising assistant” (Django/React app) to help UVA students create a long-term course plan based on a weighted scheduling algorithm. Worked on the Full-Stack/Application Team, and personally played a key role in integrating the code between teams.

Spring 2019

Created a quick program to help us sort out TA office hours and lab preferences using Max Flow.

Spring 2019

Worked on a SCRUM team to create a Django app to help students browse housing in Charlottesville.

Fall 2018

Created a Chrome extension to notify TAs when a student needs help in Office Hours.