Software Engineer
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Jul 2023 - Present
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Building District | ex-Snap, ex-Amazon
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Building District | ex-Snap, ex-Amazon
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Rik Brown previously worked as Software Engineer at District and Software Engineer at Snap Inc.. Rik Brown holds Bsc (Hons) First Class, Computer Science from University Of Nottingham.
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I like building cool stuff.
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Software Engineer
Tech lead for the Client SDKs used to perform high-volume telemetry collection from Snapchat apps, devices and websites, including metrics used for business and financial reporting like DAUs. Worked closely with platform teams to deliver highly efficient, privacy-aware, metrics with minimal device and network footprint.Highlights of my time at Snap.
Jun 2019 - Jul 2023
Senior Software Development Engineer
Amazon Go | Infrastructure & ScalingLed the infra team. Designed, evangelized for, and helped implement the architecture that enabled Amazon Go to scale reliably beyond its initial proof-of-concept store. Built many SDKs and tools in Java/Kotlin/Ruby to enable developers to rapidly scale their services.
Mar 2016 - Jun 2019
Senior Software Development Engineer
Amazon Video | Discovery & PersonalizationBuilt out the core platform and API components behind Amazon Videos's storefront, smart lists and recommendations. Led the tech work for the cross-platform launch of "Channels", giving customers a way to ditch cable by adding HBO, Showtime, Starz and more to Amazon Video.
Apr 2015 - Mar 2016
Software Development Engineer
Amazon Video | Digital Rights Management/Content AccessOwned the web services which managed video rights and policies, including PlayReady, FairPlay and Widevine DRM; geographical restrictions; concurrency restrictions and others. Redesigned Amazon's DRM platform to support future devices and content protection schemes. In particular, built Amazon's.
May 2014 - Apr 2015
Software Development Engineer
Amazon Video | Client APIs/ServicesDeveloped APIs supporting and enabling authentication, authorization and configuration of connected devices including Kindle Fire, Fire TV, Xbox One, PS4, Fire Phone, Wii U and others. As part of the migration of subsidiary LOVEFiLM's multi-million customers in Europe to the global Amazon Video service, I owned.
Jan 2012 - May 2014
Software Developer
Designed and developed VPS (Virtual Private Server) platform, also adopted by sister company, 123-Reg. Full stack development based on Perl and Javascript.
Jun 2011 - Jan 2012
Freelance System Administrator/Software Developer
Freelance
Spent a year abroad after graduating, traveling and working. Worked with several remote clients on full-stack development work including a ground-up build of a healthcare auditing system (Perl/Template Toolkit/jQuery/MySQL/Memcached).
Jul 2010 - May 2011
System Administrator (Intern)
Internship. Created a cPanel deployment automation system that saved many hours of second-line support time. Designed/implemented a tape-storage backup solution using Amanda. Day-to-day maintenance and build of servers, managing mail queues and monitoring server security.
Jun 2008 - Jul 2009
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University Of Nottingham
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Rik Brown works for District.
What is Rik Brown's role at District?
Rik Brown is listed as Building District | ex-Snap, ex-Amazon at District.
Where is Rik Brown based?
Rik Brown is based in Brooklyn, New York, United States while working with District.
What companies has Rik Brown worked for?
Rik Brown has worked for District, Snap Inc., Amazon, Heart Internet Ltd, and Freelance.
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Rik Brown holds Bsc (Hons) First Class, Computer Science from University Of Nottingham.
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