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Brendan Winter

@brendanwinter

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Experienced senior software engineer with a focus on reliability and observability.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a collaborative team environment that values clarity and kindness, where I can leverage my skills in software engineering and SRE to contribute to impactful projects.

I am a seasoned software engineer with 16 years of experience in designing, building, and maintaining reliable systems across startups and large-scale platforms. My approach is test-driven and detail-focused, emphasizing reliability, observability, and clean system design. I have a rich background that includes founding startups, scaling infrastructure as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), and enabling data-driven decision-making.

Throughout my career, I have supported enterprise platforms and led teams in a collaborative, test-driven engineering culture. My experience includes transitioning into backend SRE work on Tanzu SaaS platforms, where I built and maintained reliability tooling and Infrastructure-as-Code systems. I have authored Terraform modules that enabled service teams to define SLO dashboards and automate alerts, ensuring platform health monitoring is standardized and effective.

I am currently seeking a thoughtful team that values clarity, kindness, and collaborative problem-solving, where I can contribute my expertise in software engineering and SRE practices to drive impactful results.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Consulting Data Engineer

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N Consulting

Dec 2024 - Present (5 months)

Built SQL-driven data models and dashboards in Metabase for financial analysis and advertising attribution. Queried and transformed large datasets from Athena and MSSQL to support customer insights and revenue reporting. Applied expertise in SQL data modeling, query tuning, and leveraged AI-assisted workflows.

SQL Metabase Athena MSSQL Data Modeling SQL Tuning

Senior Software Reliability Engineer

Broadcom

Jan 2017 - Dec 2023 (6 years 11 months)

Supported Pivotal's Cloud Foundry platform and internal SRE team, working in a paired, test-driven culture. Transitioned to backend SRE on Tanzu, building reliability tooling and IaC like Terraform modules for Wavefront. Supported SRE efforts for Kubernetes and monoliths, acting as a liaison for debugging and reliability gaps.

SRE Terraform AWS Kubernetes Prometheus Wavefront Cloud Foundry TDD

Founding Engineer

Gametime

Jan 2013 - Dec 2017 (4 years 11 months)

Joined as the first engineer and built the initial backend for the mobile ticketing experience, scaling the product to millions in daily transactions. Led backend development for core systems including inventory syncing, transaction processing, and third-party integrations. Designed and maintained a Ruby/MongoDB/AWS architecture, mentored early engineers, and ensured platform reliability during hi