Ciaran Shanahan

About Me

Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience in Kubernetes and Golang systems. Track record of designing and implementing high-performance, scalable solutions with a microservices architecture and cloud native technologies.

Experience

Senior Software Engineer at WP Engine

2019 – Present

  • Maintain and optimise a kubernetes based platform for hosting Node.js applications and supporting services including custom (APIs, webhooks, controllers) and third party (Istio, Knative)
  • Involved in building and scaling the platform from 0 sites to thousands using best practices for CI/CD and monitoring

Skills

Technical Skills

  • Programming Languages: Golang, TypeScript
  • Tools: Kubernetes, Terraform, Knative, Google Cloud, Nginx, Docker, Next.js, Cloudflare

Soft Skills

  • Problem Solving
  • Team Collaboration
  • Effective Communication
  • Adaptability

Education

Electronic and Computer Engineering (B. Eng)

University of Limerick - 2019