About Kelsea

Kelsea Blackwell is a resilient leader, engineer, and passionate developer advocate with a focus on reliability and empathy-driven solutions. She combines technical expertise with a commitment to building systems that empower and serve people, while also championing the needs and success of the developer community.

Kelsea’s extensive background spans multiple industries, including healthcare technology, financial services, and managed services & cloud hosting. She specializes in reliability, chaos engineering, and incident recovery across cloud environments. Fluent in Rust and Python, she has a proven track record of implementing impactful changes that enhance system stability and foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams.

Her commitment to developer advocacy is driven by the belief that empowered developers create stronger, more reliable systems. She’s passionate about creating tools, documentation, and support structures that help engineers succeed, promoting a culture of continuous learning and growth.

Outside of work, Kelsea enjoys exploring cloud architecture trends, playing the guitar, 3D modeling and 3D printing, reading about space exploration, and hiking through Earth’s natural beauty.