BUILDING CHAMPIONSHIP INFRASTRUCTURE

Robert Walters • Cloud Engineer @ Yahoo! Sports

Building the AWS cloud systems that power Yahoo Sports and Fantasy Football for millions of fans. Zero downtime. Just wins.

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STARTING LINEUP

AWS Cloud

Lambda and API Gateway
EC2 and ALB
CloudWatch
RDS and DynamoDB

Containers

Kubernetes
Docker
EKS/ECS
Orchestration

DevOps

Terraform
CI/CD Pipelines
GitOps
Automation

Python Prometheus Grafana Jenkins PostgreSQL Redis

CHAMPIONSHIP RUNS

Cloud Engineer

Y! Yahoo Sports

2024-Present

Building and maintaining the cloud infrastructure that keeps Yahoo Sports running when millions of fans are checking scores, updating fantasy lineups, and trash-talking in real-time. AI-powered sports data systems, serverless architecture, and zero-tolerance reliability.

AWS Architecture Terraform AI/ML Infrastructure Production Engineering

Cloud Engineer

DraftKings

2022-2023

Engineered cloud infrastructure for daily fantasy sports at massive scale. Built systems that handled millions of lineups during peak NFL and NBA seasons, ensuring every contest started on time and every player got paid instantly.

AWS EKS Kubernetes High Availability Real-time Systems

Cloud Engineer

Peloton

2017-2022

Built cloud infrastructure supporting Peloton's connected fitness platform. Scaled systems to handle millions of live and on-demand workouts, ensuring seamless experiences for riders and runners worldwide.

AWS Infrastructure Microservices Live Streaming IoT Platform

University of Arizona

Bear Down! 🐻⬇️

B.S. Computer Science • Class of 2017

2013-2017

Where I learned to build systems that scale. From desert heat to cloud infrastructure.

READY TO WIN?

Need someone who can build infrastructure that performs under pressure? Who treats downtime like a fumble in the red zone? Let's talk.

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robertwalters@arizona.edu