Senior Platform Reliability Engineer · Team Lead
Heiswayi Nrird*
I build and operate the platform infrastructure that ships semiconductor tools at scale — reliability engineering, CI/CD systems, and technical leadership across engineering teams. Over more than a decade that craft has expanded: today I work with agentic AI in the loop and design intelligence into the systems I build.
Now
Leading platform reliability and engineering operations for semiconductor software tooling. Driving CI/CD infrastructure, system stability, and technical direction across teams — increasingly with AI‑assisted workflows in the development loop — while keeping a steady focus on scalable, maintainable systems.
How I Work Now
Much of my work has moved from writing code line by line to directing it — describing intent, setting constraints, and reviewing what comes back. Agentic AI handles more of the mechanical work; my job is clarity, judgement, and taste. Less time typing, more time deciding what is worth building and how it should behave.
I also build with AI, not only through it: designing AI‑enabled features and exploring local‑first, self‑hosted assistants that keep capability close to the people who use them.
Experience
Technical Focus
Independent Work
Founder of stdnotes.app, a local‑first notes workspace built for quick capture and longer writing. Alongside that I build small, single‑purpose tools — many of them local‑first — maintain open‑source utilities, design Eleventy and Jekyll themes, and occasionally publish photography. Recognised as an Arctic Code Vault contributor for open‑source work archived by GitHub.
About This Site
A personal space for writing — thoughts on engineering, design, and the occasional reflection. Updated when there is something worth saying, never on a schedule.
Built with Eleventy on Node.js, styled with Sass, source‑controlled on GitHub, and deployed via Cloudflare Pages. DNS managed through Cloudflare.
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