Professional Summary
Sebastian Van Hemelrijck
Senior Support Engineer / Bay Area, CA
I have spent most of my career in support engineering roles where the real job is bigger than answering tickets. It is about reading systems carefully, staying calm when incidents escalate, and creating enough clarity that the right people can move quickly for the right reasons.
That has led me into root-cause analysis, observability, cloud tooling, automation, and cross-functional problem solving. I enjoy being close to the technical details, but I care just as much about the quality of the handoff, the precision of the communication, and whether the fix actually holds up after the urgency is gone.
At Unily, I support Fortune 100 clients through production issues, incident coordination, and full-stack debugging. Earlier roles at Direct Commerce, Jotform, and Ritam Technologies gave me range across APIs, front-end troubleshooting, automation, SQL, reporting, and release support. I am now leaning further into cloud, reliability, advanced support, and long-term technical leadership.
I want the site and future support surfaces to expand into multilingual presentation over time, starting with Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese for Hong Kong audiences so the experience can feel more accessible across different contexts.
Direction
I am moving deeper into cloud systems, SRE-oriented support, and technical leadership while staying grounded in hands-on troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and the kind of cross-functional execution that keeps technical work practical under real pressure. That path also includes multilingual site support over time and selective consulting or 1099 work where clear ownership and operational depth are genuinely valued.
Outside Work
Outside of work, 35mm photography and vintage restoration keep me close to craft, structure, and detail. I am drawn to quieter frames from places like Japan and the Oregon Coast, and to older machines like the Mercedes W124, Land Cruiser FJ80, and vintage motorcycles for the engineering behind them.