We believe that software is one of the most important and creative technologies in human history because one application can impact billions of lives. We also believe that it’s still way too hard to deliver.
We want our customers to spend far less time managing infrastructure so they can focus on making the world a better place in their own unique way.
Caitlin is a developer tooling dork who obsesses over her customers' successes. Her work lands somewhere in the venn diagram of internal tooling, DevOps, and infrastructure engineering. She comes from Microsoft and ngrok, and will talk your head off about engineering process.
Outside of work, she is a librarian, a sommelier, and the luckiest fiancée alive.
At Gruntwork, Caitlyn serves as the bookkeeper. With over 20 years in accounting experience, Caitlyn has worked across various business types.
Off work hours, she likes the road trip and work on her side project as a soap maker.
Chris is a mindful sales leader at Gruntwork, tasked with expanding the customer community. He harmonizes the art of sales with mindfulness, fostering genuine connections and sustainable growth through his "Surprisingly Helpful Sales" method.
Outside work, he organizes community for Plum Village, co-hosts Deer Park Monastery's Mindful Music Festival, and cherishes time with his family.
I specialize in helping companies in the telecommunications and financial sectors modernize their existing software infrastructure.
With a strong focus on cloud migration, including AWS, GCP, and private cloud solutions, I help organizations to adopt microservices, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and modern CI/CD pipelines. This approach helps streamline operations, reduce costs, and enhance scalability.
Additionally, I actively contribute to open-source projects.
Eben is a UX designer with a computer science degree who tackles every design problem from both creative and analytical perspectives. He's not afraid to dive into code to prototype new ideas, or tweak a tiny detail until it's just right.
Prior to Gruntwork, Eben served as Director of Design at Oblong. He's also a hiker, boulderer, and board game enthusiast who dabbles in game design himself.
Eric Johannsen is an experienced engineering leader with a strong background in software development, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud solutions for AWS. He combines technical expertise with proven leadership to deliver reliable and scalable systems while fostering high-performing, collaborative teams.
As co-author of C# 8.0 in a Nutshell, Eric balances hands-on technical contributions with mentorship and process optimization, driving business success through efficient engineering practices. Fluent in German, he also holds a commercial pilot's license and enjoys contributing to his community as a high school baseball umpire.
George is an experienced technologist with a strong background in AWS technologies, including load balancers, networking, monitoring, and containerization.
Passionate about problem-solving and innovation, George thrives in collaborative environments, working with talented teams to build and create meaningful and impactful solutions.
Meet Grunty, the visionary DevOps yeti on a mission to revolutionize the software industry.
With a passion for simplicity and accessibility, Grunty champions the ethos of making software easier to understand, build, and deploy, believing in a world where technological innovation is within everyone's reach.
Hi, I'm James. I have over 9 years of experience in the software industry, with a strong interest in DevOps and infrastructure. I help maintain various infrastructure modules, including databases, messaging systems, and Lambda functions, and I enjoy assisting customers in successfully setting up their infrastructure.
Josh is the author of "A Comprehensive Guide to Building Scalable Web Apps on AWS," which garnered 500+ upvotes on Hacker News and millions of views. He has presented on AWS and DevOps at numerous conferences and meetups, and built apps on AWS for 100,000+ users.
In the early days of Gruntwork, he directly wrote large portions of the product. Today, he serves as CEO and also leads product.
Previously, he founded Omedix (now PulseCheck), a healthcare IT company that served over 4,200 providers and 500,000 patient-users.
I am an active developer, AWS architect, and technology consultant. I design and implement robust systems, focusing on creating concise, maintainable architectures and optimizing resource allocation.
Outside of work, I enjoy climbing ranks in competitive online shooters and cruising around neighborhoods on the longboard with my wife. As an anime fan, I'm always eager to discuss the latest releases.
Laurel is an experienced sales representative with a background in genetics and a passion for connecting businesses with innovative solutions. She combines analytical precision with a collaborative approach by challenging teams to discover innovative solutions for their needs.
Before joining Gruntwork, Laurel honed her skills in cybersecurity sales, mentoring teams and building strategic partnerships.
When she’s not at work, Laurel enjoys running and attempting to improve her golf game.
Levko is a highly skilled Golang Developer with a proven track record of developing and implementing efficient applications.
When he’s not writing lines of code, Levko's scaling rock walls, running trails, getting lost in a good book.
Lewis is a Software Engineer with a passion for writing code that solves hard problems.
Prior to Gruntwork Lewis worked on a variety of backend web software with a focus on scalability and security.
When not digging into some code you'll find him skiing, climbing, or just enjoying the outdoors in the Canadian Rockies.
As Gruntwork's Principal Solutions Engineer, Lucas bridges the gap between technical solutions and business needs. He drives scalable processes, delivers tailored proofs of value, and builds strong customer relationships, ensuring smooth transitions from pre-sales to post-sales. Lucas has been instrumental in crafting demos, streamlining engagement models, and showcasing the impact of Gruntwork's solutions.
A passionate problem-solver, he thrives on simplifying complex cloud infrastructure challenges with tools like Terraform / OpenTofu and Terragrunt. Outside of work, Lucas enjoys gardening native Ontario plants, exploring creative home projects, writing his novel and expanding his technical knowledge. His dedication to both innovation and customer success is at the heart of his contributions to Gruntwork’s mission.
Matei Marius Micu is a Systems and Site Reliability Engineer with expertise in cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes adoption, and automation. He focuses on scaling services and enabling developers to build reliable and efficient systems.
Monica has worked in Finance for 20+ years. Her career spans investment banking, corporate financial planning, and small business financial management.
At Gruntwork, she oversees financial and accounting functions and works closely with management on financial strategy and planning.
In addition to building sophisticated (but usable) financial models, she also enjoys traveling, volunteering in community organizations, and has recently taken up tennis.
Ore's desire to understand how electronics and computers work led to a university degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering and a brief career in Telecommunications.
Prior to Gruntwork, Ore worked as a Full Stack web developer developing applications for making Internet services easily accessible and affordable in Nairobi, Kenya.
Outside of work, Ore enjoys console gaming, basketball and soccer.
Ryan is a Subject Matter Expert specializing in AWS Cloud, container technologies, and the Kubernetes ecosystem.
With extensive experience as a seasoned DevOps engineer and architect, he excels in infrastructure management, solutions architecture, and automation. His deep understanding of EKS and container technologies enables him to provide innovative insights and contributions to the Gruntwork library and product suite, enhancing the development and deployment of robust infrastructure solutions.
Jim is the author of three books published by O’Reilly: Fundamentals of DevOps and Software Delivery, Terraform: Up & Running, and Hello, Startup. He has more than a decade of experience building infrastructure and products that serve hundreds of millions of users at LinkedIn, TripAdvisor, Cisco Systems, and Thomson Financial.
Yousif is a Software Engineer with experience building cheap, scalable and performant cloud systems.
Prior to joining Gruntwork, Yousif was the lead DevOps Engineer for PBS KIDS, where he ensured that millions of kids across the US had reliable access to top quality, fun and educational content for free. Yousif is passionate about teaching, learning, and the elimination of toil.
In his spare time, Yousif enjoys traveling with his wife, spending time with his dogs and playing games with friends.
A passionate learner, leader, and executive, Zach is one of the rare CTOs who has cultivated extensive, nuanced, and proven expertise that spans industries while serving numerous startups and scaled organizations, including Microsoft, Google, Dama Financial, Savvy Insurance and Lottery.com. Driven by his belief that hiring well, building a collaborative culture, and encouraging teams to reimagine what is possible leads to transformative results, Zach is committed to helping establish creative environments that technologists can actually enjoy working in while developing and delivering world-class software.
Most recently, he has poured his expert insights into his first book, The Startup CTO Handbook, which cleverly guides current and aspiring tech leaders through the often overlooked challenges of building tech startups (from hiring and firing to performance management, navigating tech debt, and making technical decisions as a team). In 2018, Zach founded Advance The World, a non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire youth with an interest in science, technology engineering, and mathematics (STEM) via thrilling experiences that expose students to the science behind airplanes and race cars by placing them inside those same vehicles. He has been invited as a guest for high-profile tech-world podcasts, including a discussion of his book on DevInterrupted, and has published articles that explore the hidden truths of technology development. His first Toptal article, "The Six Commandments of Good Code: Write Code That Stands the Test of Time" earned 100,000 hits.
Zach received his Bachelors of Science & Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the first undergraduate ever to develop, lecture, and grade a net-new course curriculum (CIS-399 | Special Topics in Linux: Computer Science in a Modern Unix/Linux Environment) before graduation. He served as captain of the Penn Electric Racing team and President of STWing. An avid reader and multi-passionate professional, Zach speaks English, French, and Mandarin, regularly releases reading lists and book reports via his website (zachgoldberg.com), and holds both a private pilot’s license with an instrument rating and an amateur competitive race car driver’s license.
