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Employee Spotlight: Sean Lee

Updated: Aug 8


Text: "Employee Spotlight." To the right is a photo of Liftoff's Sean Lee.

Every month, we like to shine the spotlight on our team members who make the biggest difference for our subscribers. This month, we interviewed Sean Lee, a DevOps Assistant here at Liftoff! Sean may be new here, but he’s already such a valuable asset to Team Liftoff! Let’s learn more about Sean and the skills he brings to our team.


Liftoff: Sean, what brought you to Liftoff?


Sean: I can’t believe it has already been 4 months since I joined Liftoff. Time flies when you’re having fun! My position here at Liftoff as a DevOps Assistant is my first real breakthrough into the IT world. Before Liftoff, I taught basic coding to kids and teens for a bit at iD Tech and did some translating/interpreting at SK Battery America.


Liftoff: What’s your role here? What do you enjoy most about being a part of Team Liftoff?


Sean: As a DevOps Assistant, my current duties consist of whatever Caleb throws my way! To be a bit more serious, my focus over the past couple of months has been on working toward PCI compliance. Liftoff is moving to become PCI Level 1 compliant, and there are quite a few requirements that must be met. I also got a taste of working with CI/CD pipelines not too long ago. My greatest enjoyment in working here is learning about industry-related tools and knowledge. With every passing day, I feel that I’m growing as a professional.


Liftoff: What’s your favorite part of the Liftoff platform?


Sean: Full transparency here. I’m not a developer who makes features for Liftoff, nor am I someone who demos the product, so, in my four months here, I haven’t had the chance to learn too much about the customer-facing end of our product just yet. But overall, I love that this company is 100% on the cloud, which is very cool, and we have a well-established system to deal with problems and incidents!


Liftoff: What has been the most pivotal moment in your life so far?


Sean: The pivotal moment in my life was when I decided to earn my AWS Solutions Architect – Associate certification. Previously, I’d chosen to be a Computer Science major, not out of passion, but out of familiarity, and my lack of enthusiasm showed in my performance. I even lost my HOPE scholarship for a semester.


Pursuing this certification marked a major turning point; it required weeks of dedicated study and broke a cycle of indifference and poor performance. Securing the certification boosted my confidence and reignited a “can-do” spirit.


This drive led to valuable projects and further certifications on my resume, catching the attention of Caleb and Michael, which brought me here to Liftoff!


Liftoff: Enough about work. What makes you happy, Sean?


Sean: Well, I’ve been a video game and anime nerd for as long as I can remember. Painting miniatures is also something I picked up a couple of years ago.


As for something a little more active, I’ve ended my hiatus and started going to the gym again, lifting weights. This has also led me to my latest obsession with Pickleball. I definitely didn’t think I’d be so into it when I first tried it – I was just bitter over my gym’s monthly fee and looked for something to convince me to keep paying for it. Safe to say that I found it!


Liftoff: Thank you for sitting down with us, Sean! It’s been great to get to know you better. Do you have anything else you would like to share?


Sean: Though I may be behind the curtain, so to speak, every project I contribute to is done with our customers in mind. I’m proud to be part of a team that prioritizes delivering the highest quality experience possible!

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