# Lorenc Dedaj

> Software Engineer

Location: New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/lorenc

I am a full-stack software engineer with a strong focus on DevOps, CI/CD automation, and cloud infrastructure, specializing in building end-to-end systems that span application logic, backend APIs, containerization, and production deployments. Experienced in designing secure, identity-based deployment workflows, automating GitHub Actions pipelines, and implementing reliable deployment, rollback, and history tracking mechanisms.

Brings a systems-oriented approach to engineering, with a focus on infrastructure automation, deployment safety, and reducing operational overhead for engineering teams. Known for translating complex infrastructure and deployment requirements into scalable, maintainable tooling through clear architectural design and cross-functional collaboration.

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer | AutoDeploy | Open Source @ OSLabs
Jan 2025 – Present
- Designed a reusable CI/CD generation engine that programmatically scaffolds and deploys cloud-native pipelines to GCP, abstracting environment configuration, artifact management, and deployment logic into standardized workflows to ensure secure, repeatable, scalable releases across teams.

- Engineered secure, cloud-native deployment workflows using OIDC-based authentication between GitHub Actions and GCP, eliminating long-lived service account keys and enforcing short-lived, verifiable credentials to improve deployment security.

-Architected a modular Node.js/Express backend to orchestrate GCP deployment workflows, separating request handling, AI-driven pipeline generation (via MCP + OpenAI), and Cloud Run execution logic to support extensibility across additional cloud providers and deployment targets.

- Containerized frontend and backend services with Docker and automated image builds and pushes to GCP Artifact Registry, deploying services to Cloud Run through GitHub-triggered pipelines to ensure consistent runtime environments and reliable, zero-downtime releases.

### Photographer @ Freelance (Self employed)
Jan 2023 – Jan 2026


## Education
### Computer Software Engineering
Codesmith
Jan 2025 – Jan 2026

### Cisco Networking Academy IT Essentials PC Hardware and Software
Cisco Networking Academy
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008

### Cisco Networking Academy CCN1 Networking for Home and Small Business
Cisco Networking Academy
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008

### Cisco Networking Academy CCNA2 Networking for Small to Medium Business or ISP
Cisco Networking Academy
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lorenc-dedaj

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Last updated: 2026-04-01