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Robin Alvarez

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Can Robin spin up infrastructure on AWS and deploy it globally?

Yes. Robin moved 140 services from self-managed Kubernetes onto AWS EKS with Terraform, which cut infrastructure costs by 31%. The profile doesn't mention multi-region deployments specifically.

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How do they feel about agile now that AI writes half the code?

Robin thinks the rituals matter less and the feedback loop matters more. Their team plans in one-week slices and spends the saved time on review. Standups they'd drop tomorrow; “retros I'd keep forever.”

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Robin Alvarez

Staff engineer who makes infrastructure boring, on purpose.

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Chicago, IL

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Staff platform roles

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I build the platforms other engineers build on: clusters, pipelines, deploy tooling, and the on-call habits that keep them healthy.

Lately that means moving teams onto AWS without surprise bills, and getting event pipelines to a place where nobody has to think about them.

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Robin is a staff engineer focused on platform infrastructure. At Lumen Freight they moved 140 services onto AWS EKS and cut costs by 31%.

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Robin Alvarez

Staff engineer who makes infrastructure boring, on purpose.

Chicago, ILLooking for Staff platform roles

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I build the platforms other engineers build on: clusters, pipelines, deploy tooling, and the on-call habits that keep them healthy.

Lately that means moving teams onto AWS without surprise bills, and getting event pipelines to a place where nobody has to think about them.

TL;DRRobin is a staff engineer focused on platform infrastructure. At Lumen Freight they moved 140 services onto AWS EKS and cut costs by 31%.

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Robin Alvarez

Staff engineer who makes infrastructure boring, on purpose.

Chicago, IL

Resume

I build the platforms other engineers build on: clusters, pipelines, deploy tooling, and the on-call habits that keep them healthy.

Lately that means moving teams onto AWS without surprise bills, and getting event pipelines to a place where nobody has to think about them.

In brief,Robin is a staff engineer focused on platform infrastructure. At Lumen Freight they moved 140 services onto AWS EKS and cut costs by 31%.

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Robin Alvarez

Staff engineer who makes infrastructure boring, on purpose.

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Robin Alvarez

Hi, I'm Robin.

Staff engineer who makes infrastructure boring, on purpose.

I build the platforms other engineers build on: clusters, pipelines, deploy tooling, and the on-call habits that keep them healthy.

Lately that means moving teams onto AWS without surprise bills, and getting event pipelines to a place where nobody has to think about them.

Based in Chicago, IL. Open to Staff platform roles.

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Robin is a staff engineer focused on platform infrastructure. At Lumen Freight they moved 140 services onto AWS EKS and cut costs by 31%.

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Robin Alvarez

Staff engineer who makes infrastructure boring, on purpose.

Chicago, ILOpen to Staff platform roles

I build the platforms other engineers build on: clusters, pipelines, deploy tooling, and the on-call habits that keep them healthy.

Lately that means moving teams onto AWS without surprise bills, and getting event pipelines to a place where nobody has to think about them.

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Robin is a staff engineer focused on platform infrastructure. At Lumen Freight they moved 140 services onto AWS EKS and cut costs by 31%.

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Robin Alvarez

Staff engineer who makes infrastructure boring, on purpose.

I build the platforms other engineers build on: clusters, pipelines, deploy tooling, and the on-call habits that keep them healthy.

Lately that means moving teams onto AWS without surprise bills, and getting event pipelines to a place where nobody has to think about them.

In shortRobin is a staff engineer focused on platform infrastructure. At Lumen Freight they moved 140 services onto AWS EKS and cut costs by 31%.

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Robin Alvarez_

Staff engineer who makes infrastructure boring, on purpose.

loc: Chicago, ILstatus: open → Staff platform roles

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I build the platforms other engineers build on: clusters, pipelines, deploy tooling, and the on-call habits that keep them healthy.

Lately that means moving teams onto AWS without surprise bills, and getting event pipelines to a place where nobody has to think about them.

# tl;dr Robin is a staff engineer focused on platform infrastructure. At Lumen Freight they moved 140 services onto AWS EKS and cut costs by 31%.

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robin@tickle:~$ ./resume --download

↓ robin-alvarez-resume.pdf

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Robin Alvarez

Staff engineer who makes infrastructure boring, on purpose.

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I build the platforms other engineers build on: clusters, pipelines, deploy tooling, and the on-call habits that keep them healthy.

Lately that means moving teams onto AWS without surprise bills, and getting event pipelines to a place where nobody has to think about them.

TL;DRRobin is a staff engineer focused on platform infrastructure. At Lumen Freight they moved 140 services onto AWS EKS and cut costs by 31%.

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Staff platform roles

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