Hugh Cole-baker is a Staff Site Reliability Engineer based in Edinburgh with 15 years of experience building and operating scalable, production-critical systems. He progressed from web developer and early DevOps at FanDuel—where he introduced Puppet-based configuration management and a Python-driven rolling deploy system—to technical lead roles shaping data pipelines and warehouses using Luigi. At Aiven he applies deep SRE practices across cloud-native infrastructure, combining hands-on tooling with operational leadership. He holds a first-class Computer Science degree from the University of Edinburgh and is known for turning developer-facing automation into durable, team-friendly platforms that survive rapid growth and high traffic.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, 1st, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science, 1st at The University of Edinburgh
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