I'm Leah R. Tucker
I am a steadfast problem-solver, driven by relentless curiosity and a deep-seated joy in overcoming complex technical puzzles.
About Me
Tech puzzles? They're my kind of fun.
With a relentless curiosity for new tech and challenges guiding my career, my professional trajectory has been anything but linear. I’ve held various roles, including Principal Product Manager at Sabre, Staff Writer at Stripe, and Software Integration Engineer. Throughout my career, the ability to quickly teach myself new technologies has been crucial to my success, including mastery of tools like ChatGPT, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, FastAPI, Pydantic, and PostgreSQL. First, I figure “it” out, then I rally technical communities behind a common vision, and we help others do the same by writing about it.
Currently, I’m taking on technical challenges at AWS, crafting Containers and Kubernetes resources on AWS.
Work Experience
Cultivating Developer Communities
Creating developer communities is about forming inclusive spaces, acknowledging meaningful contributions, and nurturing leadership. It’s a strategic blend of promoting collaboration and shared learning, all to spark innovation.
Rolling Out Developer Portals
Deploying developer portals demands aligning diverse stakeholder requirements with user expectations. It requires thoughtful planning and a solid strategy, ensuring a user-friendly platform that serves as an effective hub for developer communication and collaboration.
Orchestrating Software Integration
Software integration, an occasional hat I wear as a consultant, is the strategic process of integrating third-party software and systems with internal data resources. It’s about ensuring seamless data exchange and communication, ultimately enhancing operational efficiency.
Crafting Technical Content
Technical writing, a skill honed during my tenure at Stripe, AWS, and Sabre, is about transforming complex technical information into accessible, web-friendly content. The ultimate goal is to deliver intricate subjects to the target audience in a way that’s comprehensive and digestible.
Professional Highlights
Stripe
Promoted within four months to a Staff Writer from a Senior Technical Writer, I served various teams and projects as a community manager, developer, and writer, including the Developer User Experience team.
AWS
As a Programmer Writer, I contributed to numerous products as a community manager, developer, and writer, including Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow.
Sabre
Starting as a Principal Technical Writer, I defined documentation standards for Sabre’s inaugural REST API team. I later transitioned to the role of Principal Technical Product Manager, leading the launch of Sabre Dev Studio, the company’s next-generation API developer portal.
Hewlett-Packard
In my early career as a Web Developer, I wore dual hats as a developer and writer, crafting documentation for web development and content standards.