Joel E Salas

Joel E Salas is an accomplished Director of Engineering at Yelp, overseeing the Compute Platform organization and leading six engineering teams focused on key areas such as observability and compute infrastructure since February 2018. Notable achievements include the successful migration from self-hosted Kubernetes to fully managed EKS, enhancing scalability and operational efficiency for over 2 billion responses daily. Joel's previous experience includes managerial roles at Nordstromrack.com | HauteLook, where responsibilities ranged from leading the Platform team to overseeing production reliability efforts. With a technical background that includes improving infrastructure automation, deploying e-commerce software, and managing systems across multiple countries, Joel brings a comprehensive understanding of engineering management and system reliability. Educated at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, Joel has built a diverse career spanning various companies and roles in the technology sector.