Erran Carey

Erran presenting on building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into DevSecOps at Black Tech Fest 2023 in London.

Erran winning a runner-up prize at a Northern Irish tech awards ceremony in 2020. 🥴

Erran on stage (second from left) with GitLab team members at Black Tech Feat 2023 in London.

👋🏽 Good to find BTT again. I’m Erran. Ex-people manager/ex-Principal Backend Engineer.

Current: Staff Fullstack Engineer at GitLab and co-leading the Black@GitLab group.

Bluesky starter pack of Black Tech people part 2, showcasing various Black profile pictures and organizations in tech

Part 2 for Black Tech People start pack is now out since the first one got full!

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Thanks for dropping these. Mind adding me in Aveta? 🙏🏽

I missed Black Tech Twitter for real though 👏🏽

Going forward I’m excited to connect with folks on here. #AddToBlackSky 6/6

This year I stepped up as a co-lead for the Black @ GitLab group and it’s given me so many opportunities to share game, make introductions, and speak on being Black in tech to so many people. 5/6

GitLab team members on stage at Black Tech Fest London 2023

Erran Carey presenting at Black Tech Fest 2023 on stage.

In 2023 I spoke on a GitLab panel “Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into DevSecOps”.

Attending again this year and hearing so many amazing speakers presenting was refreshing. I really enjoyed growing my LinkedIn network too. 4/6

GitLab squashed my reservations leaving this community by scheduling an interview with a Black@GitLab member.

He was excited to get to know me and he laid out a list of people to connect with before joining who would help me expand my network internally or otherwise. 3/6

At my last job at a company kickoff a bunch of us got together in person and started a private channel for Black and Latinx employees.

We hosted cookout calls monthly often featuring internal or guest speakers educating folks on financial or career development. 2/6

How do y’all build your network or community? For me it’s been mostly internal to companies since I dropped Twitter. 1/6

Erran Carey with wife Annie and son Kai standing on sand at his wedding on a beach with water in the background in 2020. Erran is wearing a charcoal gray suit holding Kai in a light grey jacket and burgundy trousers with brown shoes. Annie is wearing a beautiful white wedding gown and holding a wedding bouquet.

2021 Erran, Annie, Kai, and a near-newborn Mateo taking a family photo against a plain background. All wearing blue jeans and white shirts. Mateo is snuggled in an aqua colored baby wrap.

Younger brother Mateo smiling on the left with brown eyes and light brown Afro hair in a motor vehicle water suit to avoid getting wet outside. Older brother Kai in a Marvel hoodie smiling with blue eyes and light brown soft curly-wavy hair.

Great Erran you’re a geek but what do you do outside of tech?
• In 2015 I moved to Belfast
• In 2016 I met Annie.
• In 2017 Kai was born.
• In 2020 we got married.
• In 2021 we had Mateo.
• In 2025 we look forward to welcoming another addition to the Belfast Carey’s.

I look forward to seeing what I build in 2025 - presumably some integrations between our AI powered and security testing offerings. 6/6

Over 2023-2024 I’ve continued to enjoy the work I’ve been doing on GitLab Editor Extensions including integration of AI code suggestions and Duo chat into different IDEs. 5/6

In 2022 a recruiter from GitLab reached out and left a good impression. As I went through the interview process I knew I wanted to take on the challenge of incubating a new product focused on Breach and Attack Simulation for GitLab. 4/6

In 2020 after realising people management wasn’t for me I came full circle and moved into a Principal Engineer role on their Offensive Security product team. 3/6

I joined Rapid7 as an Exploit Research Intern in high school. I built my career there over 10.5 years and various roles. 2/6

👋🏽 Hello world. I’m Erran and I’ve been in tech for almost 13 years now. 1/6