Michael Epperson

Senior Staff Software Engineer

michael.p.epperson@gmail.com
Olympia, WA

Senior Staff Software Engineer with 13+ years of experience in enterprise software development, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps. Proven expertise in building scalable systems from scratch to production, including service ownership of critical infrastructure platforms like CloudBees, Spinnaker, and Dependency Track. Strong background in AWS/GCP cloud technologies, container orchestration, and enterprise architecture with additional experience in government sector and military service.

Work Experience

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Lookout, Inc.

November 2021 - Present
San Francisco, CA (Remote)

Leading infrastructure engineering and service ownership for critical production platforms.

Responsibilities:
• Service Ownership: Built and manage 5 critical production services from scratch including CloudBees, Spinnaker, Aptly, Dependency Track, and Cert Manager
• Cloud Infrastructure: Architected and deployed scalable AWS and GCP infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code principles
• DevOps Excellence: Implemented CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes
Key Achievements:

Built 5 critical production services from scratch, implemented scalable cloud infrastructure, established DevOps best practices

Technologies Used:
AWSGCPKubernetesDockerCloudBeesJenkinsSpinnakerPythonJavaBashInfrastructure as CodeCloudFormationTerraform

Education

Professional Software Engineering Experience

Industry Experience

January 2010 - Present
Current

13+ years of professional software development experience across enterprise environments

Skills & Expertise