I’m Aimee Knight, a former figure skater turned Software Engineer. My tech journey began in 2012 when managing a company CMS sparked my curiosity. Currently, I serve as an Architect for CDW’s Google Cloud Practice where I drive Google Cloud adoption through emerging services evaluation and ensure solution architecture best practices across client engagements. With over a decade in the software delivery lifecycle, I’ve worked across frontend/backend development, infrastructure architecture, DevOps, and site reliability.
Prior to my current role, I was Senior Site Reliability Manager at Paramount Global, leading Kubernetes cluster migrations and managing multi-regional architecture for two Super Bowl broadcasts. My career spans startups in education, construction, and banking, plus roles at Warner Brothers Discovery and NPM, Inc. (acquired by GitHub). I hold a Bachelor’s in Communication Management from UAB (Summa Cum Laude) and attended the Nashville Software School. I’m a Google Cloud Developer Expert focused on Application Modernization, certified in Generative AI on Google Cloud, and an International Keynote Speaker.
In the past I helped organized DevOpsDays Nashville and CharmCityJS, was a panelist on the JavaScript Jabber and Angular Air podcasts, and volunteered for Baltimore NodeSchool. As a former bootcamper with a competitive sports background, I enjoy mentoring students and junior developers. I’m available for mentorship and consulting, including volunteer opportunities for suitable projects. Let’s connect!
Interviews and Meetups:
- JavaScript Jabber: Careers for Junior Developers
- The Web Platform Podcast: Learning React
- CodeNewbie: From Skates To Code
- Get Up And Code: Figure Skating and Software Development With Aimee Knight
- AFTK: Aimee Knight’s Journey From Figure Skater to Software Engineer
- Team Treehouse Success Stories with Aimee Knight
- I Look Like An Engineer: Figure Skater Turns Software Engineer
- JavaScript Air: For the Beginners
- Nashville Women Programmers Q&A with Aimee Knight
- 6 Best Practices for Building a Developer Community
- Building Programmers with Aimee Knight
- Women in the tech industry in the portrait: Aimee Knight
- My JS Story with Aimee Knight
- Working with Junior Developers - SurviveJS Interview with Aimee Knight
- Chattanooga Area .NET User Group: Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable with Aimee Knight
- Nation JS 2016
- 2 Frugal Dudes: Listener Case Study with Aimee Knight
- State Local Government Developers Network Q&A
- Nash JS
- Complete Developer Podcast
- Fixate On Code
- Front End Happy Hour
- Shop Talk Show
- Microsoft Channel 9 Interview: Five Things Junior Developers Need to Know
- Changelog: When to use JavaScript over CSS
- Microsoft Channel 9 Interview: Five Things Developers Need to Know About CSS
- Modern Web Podcast: The state of CSS in 2018
- The Web Platform Podcast: CSS In-Depth
- JS Party: CSS in JS
- Franklin Developer Lunch and Learn
- Second Career Devs: From Figure Skater to Full Stack Developer
- IT Career Energizer
- Developer On Fire
- 6 Figure Dev: Pit of Success for JavaScript
- DevJourney Podcast: Discipline of Figure Skating to DevOps and Architecture
- 8 on K8s Interview
- How to Systematically Debug Your CSS Just Like You Would Your JavaScript
- Lift & Transform with Google Cloud VMware Engine & CDW
- Meeting Expectations Through Site Reliability Engineering
Conference Talks:
- Angular Connect 2015
- Nodevember 2015
- JS Remote Conf 2016
- Nation JS 2016
- Revolution Conf 2016
- Codestock 2017
- Revolution Conf 2017
- Newbie Remote Conf 2017
- International JavaScript Conference 2017
- Nodevember Keynote 2017
- NG-BE 2017
- Improving Your Apps - Performance and Debugging Workshop 2018
- ngATL Conference 2018
- Lambda Squared 2018
- International JavaScript Conference 2018
- O’Reilly Fluent Conference 2018
- Southeast PHP 2018
- No Fluff Just Stuff
- Codestock Keynote 2019
- Prairie Dev Con 2019
- DevOpsDays 2019
- Code on the Beach Keynote 2019
- Music City Code 2019
- Future Sync Conference 2020
- JavaScript Remote Conference 2020
- Technology Roundtable: Breaking Into the IT Industry 2020
- Google Next 2025: Unlocking Cloud Potential for Innovation and Growth