Guilherme Salazar
About Guilherme Salazar
Guilherme Salazar is a Senior Software Engineer at Kong Inc., specializing in Kong Gateway. He has contributed to various projects, including the Kuma Service Mesh and Kong Enterprise features, and has a background in Computer Science from Universidade Federal de Goiás.
Work at Kong
Guilherme Salazar has been employed at Kong Inc. as a Senior Software Engineer focused on Kong Gateway since 2017. His role involves significant contributions to the development of core features for Kong Enterprise, including Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Workspaces. He has also played a key part in creating plugins such as HTTP Proxy Cache, Request Validator, and Response Transformer. Salazar contributed to the implementation of FIPS 140-2 support for the Kong API Gateway and developed the first license validation module and license generation API for Kong Enterprise. Additionally, he maintained tooling and served as a release engineer for multiple Kong Enterprise releases.
Previous Experience
Before joining Kong, Guilherme Salazar worked at Appbase.io as a Backend Engineer for nine months from 2016 to 2017. He also held a position at Macrosoftwares as a Programmer for one year from 2014 to 2015. His early career included an internship at Zenedge, which was acquired by Oracle, from 2015 to 2016, and participation in Google Summer of Code in 2015, where he worked with LabLua for five months. These roles provided him with a diverse range of experiences in software engineering and development.
Education and Expertise
Guilherme Salazar earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Universidade Federal de Goiás, where he studied from 2011 to 2016. He also attended the University of South Carolina for one year, focusing on Computer Science as a non-degree student from 2012 to 2013. His educational background has equipped him with a strong foundation in software engineering principles and practices.
Contributions to Kuma Service Mesh
Salazar collaborated with the Office of the CTO on the first release of the Kuma Service Mesh, which is now recognized as a CNCF Sandbox project. His involvement in this project highlights his expertise in service mesh technologies and his ability to contribute to significant open-source initiatives.
Achievements in Automation and Release Engineering
Guilherme Salazar automated Kong Enterprise's first artifact delivery pipeline, which significantly reduced the build and release time of all supported packages and Docker images to under 10 minutes. He also maintained tooling and performed the role of release engineer for a total of six Kong Enterprise releases, along with several customer-specific builds. His efforts in these areas have streamlined processes and enhanced efficiency within the development team.