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Seattle, Washington, Us

Head of Engineering @ Stealth Mode Startup

San Francisco, California, Us

- Led a group of 30+, managing principal engineers and engineering managers in the Tableau Core Services group. Responsible for the development and operation of several Tier 1 services in Tableau Cloud, encompassing storage (relational and non-relational), APIs, messaging, and Tableau's background job platform- Implemented operational readiness reviews and designated operational champions to encourage knowledge sharing and proactively address any operational gaps. Conducted weekly operational reviews to monitor service health and discuss customer impacting events - Developed a technical roadmap for scaling the group’s areas of Tableau Cloud by 10x, empowering teams to autonomously drive towards those goals - Drove effort to re-architect several monolithic services, to improve scalability and productivityCollaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure transparency on large, cross-team projects, resolve any misalignment or friction, and balance product, engineering, and security priorities

San Francisco, California, Us

- Led the Background Platform team, which owns and operates a critical Tier 1 service in Tableau Online, and delivered the same to on-premise deployments- Introduced a culture of operational excellence to the team, establishing monitoring and alerting, developing SLOs and SLAs, and implementing a dedicated on-call rotation to ensure our customers have the best experience possible- Intense focus on helping the team grow and succeed, empowering engineers to meet their potential through direct mentorship and by creating an environment of trust, respect, and autonomy- Drove improvements to quality and predictability by prioritizing test automation and maintenance, implementing healthy agile practices to ensure work was well understood and well tested, and encouraging end to end ownership of work

Seattle, Wa, Us

Led the Background Platform team. Role continued after the acquisition by Salesforce

Seattle, Wa, Us

- Led the Product Engineering group, managing engineers and engineering managers. The group included feature teams, a QA team, a core infrastructure team, and a data engineering team- Worked with product and operations leaders and executives to create a path forward for engineering to modernize and future-proof our products and services by moving towards containerized microservices connected via service mesh - Worked with InfoSec and IT leaders to enable SOC2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR compliance while maintaining a high level of engineering efficiency- Fostered a culture of collaboration, passion for learning & excellence, and a desire to ship great products

Seattle, Wa, Us

- Led 3 agile teams, focused on tackling major architectural improvements to existing code, building a cutting-edge data platform, and delivering Yapta’s first automated reticketing product - an innovative product offering built on top of our FareIQ product, which grew our client list from 200 to 6000 in less than 18 months- Mentored engineers of all levels, ensuring they had a clear understanding of expectations and how to take the next step in their professional growth- Worked closely with Product team to develop estimates, make delivery commitments, and align engineering resources to effectively deliver on business goals. - Interfaced with external partners at multiple massive, multi-national travel management companies to deliver best-in-class price tracking and automated reticketing solutions to companies around the globe- Collaborated with the rest of the management team to keep Yapta Engineering focused and effective as we grew from a team of 4 to a team of 20+, with particular care towards cultivating a passionate, empowered, and collaborative culture

Seattle, Wa, Us

- Worked with a small team to bring hotel price-tracking product from an early MVP to a tent-pole product for the company- Drove effort to move critical systems to Java-based service-oriented architecture hosted on auto-scaling groups, away from monolithic legacy Python apps. This drastically improved reliability, performance, and ease of iteration- Evangelized & led initiative to convert the organizations to full DevOps, improving our reliability and scalability through robust monitoring, infrastructure automation, and adoption of AWS technologies to reduce operational overhead- Led effort to improve sysops and bizops metrics by integrating SumoLogic and CloudWatch, vastly improving insight into and understanding of both system and product health

Redmond, Wa, Us

- Worked in small agile teams, designing, architecting, and building new products & maintaining existing tools and services written in both C# and Scala, deployed both to traditional Windows-based datacenter and in AWS to Linux instances- Advocated for a move towards DevOps, working closely with Ops team to design an AWS infrastructure that would meet both Ops and Dev teams’ requirements, with a focus on making deployments easy and fast- Mentored engineers on Scala, C#, and AWS best practices, as well as evangelizing the benefits of TDD to both design and quality