Distinguished Software Engineer
CurrentDistinguished Software Engineer (Mar 2018 - Present)Principal Engineer (Aug 2016 - Mar 2018)Senior Software Engineer (Mar 2014 - Aug 2016)Contractor (Mar 2012 - Mar 2014)* Co-developed and co-led the Architecture Steering Committee alongside the Chief Architect, establishing organizational standards and creating a collaborative forum for senior IC engineers from across the tech organization to influence and shape technical direction.* Designed and implemented a service-level tiering framework to categorize systems, services, and applications by business criticality. Established expectations across tiers, with recurring automated checks, self-certification, and regular gap analysis and remediation cycles to continuously enhance uptime and resiliency for high-impact, customer-facing functionality.* Championed, implemented, and evangelized Shutterstock’s adoption of the Backstage internal developer portal, establishing a centralized service catalog to enhance discoverability, clarify ownership, and drive continuous improvement across key initiatives.* Designed the architecture and led teams in implementing large-scale systems at Shutterstock, including core e-commerce platforms and enterprise customer support systems, with a focus on order processing, payment handling, invoicing and fulfillment services.* Developed and maintained core libraries used across Shutterstock’s services, standardizing interfaces for shared infrastructure including Vault, Kafka, RabbitMQ, and OpenTelemetry.* Planned and lead migration of commerce and subscription functionality from a legacy monolith to a SOA-based platform, laying a foundation for future offerings.
