Scott Rigby

Hi, I'm Scott

Artist, engineer & dad. Collaborating on a different kind of world. Into collective art, activism, therapy, and open source nerdy stuff.

Actively seeking my next role

Formerly Developer Experience Engineer @Weaveworks, Senior  DevOps Engineer @Codecademy, and Principal Engineer Technical Team Lead for TV networks @NBCUniversal, I’m a highly technical and innovative engineering IC and thought leader. My previous corporate roles have helped me better understand how to foster and measure up-to-date technology and end-user engagement as part of a company's global business strategy. The independent developer community and computing foundation roles keep me in constant contact with wider open-source contributor and end-user communities, their needs and challenges, and what’s on the horizon.

Top priorities
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Over the past 16 years, I've been:

★ Leading teams and mentoring individual engineers

★ Actively involved in developer relations for software communities

★ Developing and maintaining widely used, critical open-source software projects

In recent years, I've focused on:

★ Working with developers to improve their daily work experiences

★ Collaborating on creating content - presentations, docs, demos, tutorials, onboarding guides, and community updates

★ Organizing and speaking - including keynoting - at Cloud Native events, meetups and global conferences

When in leadership positions, I work to ensure:

★ Roles, responsibilities, accountability, and priorities are all clear before proceeding

★ Known risks are communicated appropriately to stakeholders, discussed as a team, and weighed and accepted by an assigned product owner

★ Cross-team communication and collaboration are encouraged

★ Individuals are supported to address problems early in a blame-free environment, and lessons learned are applied moving forwardwith 

The Bottom Line
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My strongest areas are team leadership, communication, and technical innovation. I strive to guide by example and smooth the path for engineers to achieve their highest potential, succeed as a team, and feel proud of our collective efforts.

Weaveworks (Remote) 2020 - 2023

• Developer Experience Engineer
• Maintain projects in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation: Helm, Flux, OpenGitOps. Create content, demos, speak publicly, review pull requests, and work with the community to prioritize new features.

Codecademy (New York) 2018 - 2020

• Senior DevOps Engineer
• Lead migration of Codecademy services and products to Kubernetes

NBCUniversal (New York) 2013 - 2018

• Principal Software Engineer
• Technical team lead for digital - CMS, services, migrations - for TV networks

University of Pennsylvania. Bachelor School of Arts and Sciences. 1998-2001