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Jacob Coffee

Infrastructure Engineer · Birmingham, AL

Updated Jan 2026

# experience

Managed infrastructure for PyPI.org and others, serving 160 petabytes/month and 7 billion daily requests
Collaborated and led initiatives in developer tooling, CPython runtimes, and other third-party vendor software
Deployed observability with Kubernetes clusters used throughout the organization and CPython core team
Managed essential libraries, ensuring safe dependency management and minimal issues in the build system and CI
Developed multi-platform TypeScript and Python applications consumed by thousands of on-site users

Core maintainer of Litestar, an async Python web framework with 5.5M+ monthly downloads
Contribute to Advanced Alchemy, Polyfactory, and other ecosystem libraries
Architected plugin systems, middleware, and developer tooling used by thousands of projects
Managed CI/CD pipelines, documentation infrastructure, and release automation

Managed petabyte-scale storage systems and computational infrastructure effectively, ensuring seamless operations
Architected full-stack applications serving the development teams, increasing efficiency and reducing regressions
Maintained distributed systems using Ansible and Terraform, enhancing system reliability and efficiency
Supported Ubuntu/RHEL servers using VMware, Containers, and IaC, resulting in optimized server performance

Automated routine tasks using Python, PowerShell, and Ansible reducing downtime
Developed Flask dashboard application for Pathologists, reducing patient specimen redraw, increasing efficiency
Managed networks via Cisco ISE, Infoblox IPAM, Velocloud Orchestrator, and Meraki dashboard