# Spotlight on SIG etcd

DevFeed: [Spotlight on SIG etcd](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/spotlight-on-sig-etcd-17586.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.kubernetes.dev/blog/2025/03/04/sig-etcd-spotlight/>)

Author: The Kubernetes Authors

Published: 2025-03-04T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Kubernetes Contributors Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/kubernetes-contributors-blog.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintainers.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed-systems.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintainers.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [tech-lead](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech-lead.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

A Kubernetes community spotlight interviews SIG etcd leaders and maintainers about their roles, paths into Kubernetes and etcd, and contributions to the open-source ecosystem.

## Source excerpt

In this SIG etcd spotlight we talked with James Blair , Marek Siarkowicz , Wenjia Zhang , and Benjamin Wang to learn a bit more about this Kubernetes Special Interest Group. Introducing SIG etcd Frederico: Hello, thank you for the time! Let's start with some introductions, could you tell us a bit about yourself, your role and how you got involved in Kubernetes. Benjamin: Hello, I am Benjamin. I am a SIG etcd Tech Lead and one of the etcd maintainers. I work for VMware, which is part of the Broadcom group. I got involved in Kubernetes & etcd & CSI (Container Storage Interface ) because of work and also a big passion for open source. I have been working on Kubernetes & etcd (and also CSI) since 2020. James: Hey team, I'm James, a co-chair for SIG etcd and etcd maintainer. I work at Red Hat as a Specialist Architect helping people adopt cloud native technology. I got involved with the Kubernetes ecosystem in 2019. Around the end of 2022 I noticed how the etcd community and project needed help so started contributing as often as I could. There is a saying in our community that "you come for the technology, and stay for the people": for me this is absolutely real, it's been a wonderful journey so far and I'm excited to support our community moving forward. Marek: Hey everyone, I'm Marek, the SIG etcd lead. At Google, I lead the GKE etcd team, ensuring a stable and reliable experience for all GKE users. My Kubernetes journey began with SIG Instrumentation , where I created and led the Kubernetes Structured Logging effort . I'm still the main project lead for Kubernetes Metrics Server , providing crucial signals for autoscaling in Kubernetes. I started working on etcd 3 years ago, right around the 3.5 release. We faced some challenges, but I'm thrilled to see etcd now the most scalable and reliable it's ever been, with the highest contribution numbers in the project's history. I'm passionate about distributed systems, extreme programming, and testing. Wenjia: Hi there, my