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April Rieger Senior Software Engineer

I design and operate Kubernetes platforms, IaC, and GitOps workflows where reliability, cost, and multi-environment operations matter.

Dynamic senior engineer specializing in IaC and Kubernetes provisioning—recent wins include roughly 20% AWS cost reduction alongside stronger operational efficiency. I thrive owning multi-environment platforms, automated deployment pipelines, and collaboration that turns infrastructure into something teams can ship on safely.

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Focus

Kubernetes engineering, container orchestration, GitOps and continuous delivery

Platform

IaC provisioning, observability and reliability, multi-environment management

Stack

AWS EKS, Terraform/OpenTofu, Argo CD, Cloudflare edge (DNS, WAF, rate limiting)

Featured work

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API hardening before a partner integration deadline

Tightened authentication, rate limits, and contract tests on public-facing APIs so a flagship integration shipped on schedule without a security gamble.

SLA
Met launch window
Abuse resistance
Rate limits + keyed auth
Contract drift
Caught in CI
  • REST APIs
  • JWT
  • OpenAPI
  • Load testing
  • Rails

Cutting incident cost with sane deploys and rollbacks

Stabilized a high-change Rails service by tightening deploy mechanics, release discipline, and on-call handoffs—fewer regressions without freezing throughput.

Incidents
Down month-over-month after guardrails
Rollback time
Minutes, first-class path
Change rate
Kept shipping; less firefighting
  • Ruby on Rails
  • CI/CD
  • Observability
  • PostgreSQL

Employee360 — people data for managers

Consolidated fragmented employee context into a maintainable Rails app so managers could run reviews and coaching with less spreadsheet risk.

Outcome
Single source for 1:1 prep & reviews
Risk reduced
Ad-hoc file churn → auditable workflows
Stack
Rails monolith, pragmatic boundaries
  • Ruby on Rails
  • PostgreSQL
  • Product ownership
  • APIs