Steve Abrams

Steve Abrams is an experienced engineering professional currently serving as the Engineering Manager for Foundations at GitLab, where responsibilities include leading a team of SREs focused on core infrastructure and networking for GitLab's SaaS platform offerings. Steve has held various roles at GitLab, including Interim Engineering Manager and Senior Backend Engineer, achieving significant improvements in security release processes and contributing to team automation strategies. Prior to GitLab, Steve worked as a Software Developer at Rogue Pod LLC and a Software Engineer at AppThis LLC, gaining expertise in various technologies such as Ruby, Rails, PostgreSQL, and AWS. Steve's career also includes a background as a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer at A.R. Wilfley & Sons, where significant database improvements were implemented. Steve holds a BSME in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado Denver and has completed a Full Stack Web Development program at Galvanize Inc.