Graduate Andy Soiron to backend maintainer

Trainee maintainer issue: #10167 (closed)

Overview

Hey GitLab backend maintainers, I'm Andy, Senior Backend Engineer on ~"group::ecosystem". I'm a GitLab team member since November 2019. I got 111 MRs merged on GitLab and started my trainee maintainer training 7 months ago. Since then, I did 74 backend reviews, 51 of the MRs got merged as-is after my review (69%). I'm also a database trainee maintainer.

Examples of reviews

Here are a few interesting reviews:

• gitlab-org/gitlab!66466 (merged) (Database and validation suggestions)
• gitlab-org/gitlab!60828 (merged) (Rapid action, architectural discussion about internal API)
• gitlab-org/gitlab!61399 (merged) (Mostly asking questions to get a better understanding)
• gitlab-org/gitlab!54778 (merged) (Adding a new gem)

Things to improve

• I can improve my knowledge about EE architecture. Here is an example where I missed suggesting some changes.
• As a maintainer, I would need to ask more question if a change is unclear to me to get a better understanding because there is no other review after me.

@gitlab-org/maintainers/rails-backend please chime in below with your thoughts, and approve this MR if you agree.

Developer checklist

• Before this MR is merged
  • Mention @gitlab-org/maintainers/rails-backend, if not done (this issue template should do this automatically)
  • Assign this issue to your manager
• After this MR is merged
  • Request a maintainer from the #backend_maintainers Slack channel to add you as an Owner to gitlab-org/maintainers/rails-backend
  • Consider adding 'backend maintainer' to your Slack notification keywords

Manager checklist

• Before this MR is merged
  • The MR has been open for 5 working days
  • More than half of the existing maintainers approve the MR
  • There are no blocking concerns raised (if there are, please follow https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/workflow/code-review/#how-to-become-a-project-maintainer)
• After this MR is merged
  • Announce the good news in the relevant channels listed in https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/#keeping-yourself-informed