Erik Webb

Experience

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  Google

  Software Engineering Manager, Fitbit Cloud Infrastructure

  Aug 2021 - Oct 2023

  Our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

  • Drive Fitbit’s infrastructure integration with Google systems. Lead a global team of Cloud engineers supporting our business-critical production GCP environment while maintaining team performance, well-being, and professional and personal development.
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  YouTube

  Scalability & Performance Lead, YouTube TV Partner Engineering Scalability & Performance Lead, YouTube TV Partner Engineering

  Apr 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Leading a team of 5 FTEs and 10+ software development contractors developing internal tools to improve the reliability and scalability of YouTube TV and YouTube Originals operations.
  • Heavily focused on improving internal technical proficiency and eliminating tech debt wherever possible. Modernized entire organization's internal access management architecture, developed reusable Python libraries, and reduced noise from alerting systems
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  Google

  Strategic Cloud Engineer

  Mar 2018 - Oct 2019

  • Customer-facing tech lead for multiple large customers migrating to Google Cloud. Drive adoption for customers in multi-year, high-spend commitments through Google Cloud architecture solutions matched to their unique technical requirements, focusing on op
  • Leading 18 month migration of fitness tracking company's infrastructure from legacy, physical datacenter to Google Cloud (mostly Compute Engine). Largely focused on 500+ TB, 200+ node MySQL cluster with accompanying Memcached cluster with realtime invalid
  • Custom development of Google Cloud Storage access management system for social media company written in Python to map Hadoop-based access model into Google Cloud IAM permissions.
  • Architected custom MySQL failover solution for fintech company to significantly reduce downtime for planned and unplanned outages, proposing both automated and low-touch implementation options.
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  Meta

  Production Engineering Manager

  May 2016 - Jan 2018

  • Supported a team of 8 engineers ensuring the operational success of Tupperware, Facebook's internal container-based deployment platform. Lead internal incident (SEV) review process. Double team size within one year. Organize multiple user forum events, sh
  • Acted as technical lead of team developing external APIs, command-line tools and automation. Create team roadmaps, provide ongoing project support, and mentor partner team engineers as well as a new manager. Individual development of multiple Python proje
  • Bootstraped 2 new teams through recruiting efforts and onboarding plans. Work with partner managers to ensure sufficient Production Engineering support.
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  Acquia

  Director, Cloud Engineering

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2016

  Leader in content management systems, named fastest growing private company in US multiple years. Joined as a Series A startup with ~50 employees, left as a Director-level lead post-Series E with 600+ employees.

  • Serve as Agile product owner and manager for 3 engineering teams, consisting of 15+ engineers worldwide, spanning HQ in Boston, US remote, APAC, and an offshore team in Hungary, building the Acquia Cloud hosting platform. Boosted team velocity by 150% wit
  • Inherited monolithic, traditional architecture aligned with conventional Operations team built for 24x7, worldwide coverage. Established cross-functional platform team to continue feature development, while still improving platform quality and release cad
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  Acquia

  Technical Team Lead, Professional Services

  Apr 2010 - Dec 2014

  • Manage a team of 10+ architects and consultants, including Jr.-level Management, distributed throughout the East Coast. Tripled team size within one year, leading technical interview process and new hire forecasting through massive growth period.
  • Develop and lead Infrastructure and Performance practice, including creating packaged offerings and providing mentorship to other consultants and pre-sales. Accountable for consulting engagements while ensuring NPS satisfaction rating of >97%
  • Provide extensive community exposure to Acquia and Drupal through 25+ online webinars and presentations at conferences and group meetups.