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# Ethan Lee

**Headline:** Professional profile
**Location:** Pittsburgh, PA, USA

## About

Ethan Lee is a Carnegie Mellon University student pursuing a master’s degree in distributed systems. Ethan is interested in solving problems at scale across distributed systems and backend infrastructure, with hands-on experience in Go, Kubernetes, Helm, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, networking, and cloud infrastructure. He interned on UKG’s cloud infrastructure team, where he worked with hybrid cloud environments and Kubernetes. Ethan also built a production TLS certificate monitoring tool in Go that remains in use by the team, demonstrating ownership from problem definition through delivery. His experience includes tackling hybrid-cloud observability challenges, working through failures involving MongoDB services, and developing a creative solution to a complex protocol challenge. Ethan looks for end-to-end ownership of projects while also valuing mentorship and close collaboration with a team. He is open to both startups and larger companies, as well as remote and in-person work arrangements.

## Highlights

- Built a production TLS certificate monitoring tool in Go that is still used by the team.
- Interned at UKG on a cloud infrastructure team, working with hybrid cloud environments and Kubernetes.
- Developed hands-on experience with Go, Kubernetes, Helm, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, networking, and cloud infrastructure.
- Pursuing a master’s degree in distributed systems at Carnegie Mellon University.
- Worked on hybrid-cloud observability challenges at scale.
- Learned from failures involving MongoDB services.
- Developed a creative solution for a complex protocol challenge.
- Seeks end-to-end ownership of projects from start to finish while valuing mentorship and team collaboration.

## FAQ

### Where is Ethan studying, and what degree is he pursuing?

Ethan is a Carnegie Mellon University student pursuing a master’s degree in distributed systems.

### What kinds of problems does Ethan want to work on?

Ethan is interested in solving problems at scale, distributed systems, and backend infrastructure.

### What technologies and areas has Ethan worked with?

Ethan has hands-on experience with Go, Kubernetes, Helm, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, networking, and cloud infrastructure.

### What did Ethan do at UKG?

Ethan interned at UKG on a cloud infrastructure team. His work included hybrid cloud environments and Kubernetes.

### What production project did Ethan build?

Ethan built a production TLS certificate monitoring tool in Go. The team still uses the tool.

### What does end-to-end project ownership mean to Ethan?

Ethan wants ownership from the start of a project through its completion, including defining and delivering the work end to end.

### What work environment does Ethan value?

Ethan values mentorship and collaboration with his team alongside having full ownership of projects.

### What observability work has Ethan explored?

Ethan has worked on hybrid-cloud observability challenges at scale, including work involving OpenTelemetry and Grafana.

### What technical challenges has Ethan learned from?

Ethan has learned from failures involving MongoDB services and has worked on a creative solution for a complex protocol challenge.

### Does Ethan prefer a startup or a larger company?

Ethan does not have a preference between startups and larger companies.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethantlee

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