Rod Machen Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

Vacation Rental Differentiators Team - Shopping Org- Engineering lead for 12-engineer delivery team that works across the Expedia stack- Run A/B tests for feature delivery, working with Product and Analytics - Improve Agile processes alongside Program managerDeveloper Experience Acceleration Team- Frontline manager for a team with 20+ engineers; now mentoring 3 managers who have joined the team- Work with leadership and engineers to drive SRE principles, reliability, and automation- Conduct one-on-ones, quarterly reviews, and goal setting for my directs, in furtherance of their careers- Work with product and stakeholders to identify and prioritize features and initiatives- Lead the effort to surface DORA and other metrics to drive efficiency and improved productivity- Lead our Agile efforts in the absence of dedicated resources, prioritizing demos, retros, and standup- Work in the open source space as an early adopter of Backstage by Spotify, driving contributions

Seattle, Wa, Us

Member of Developer Experience team, creating a developer portal for all of Expedia group based on Spotify's Backstage initiative.- Lead the team's efforts on TechDocs, a docs-as-code approach to documentation.- Worked with React, Apollo, GraphQL, and Node, as well as various testing libraries.- Lead Agile ceremonies for the team's Scrum work.Previously, worked on platform initiatives for Vrbo and Expedia Group. Member of a Velocity Team tasked with improving the company's Innersource and Open Source contributions.- Main focus is on frontend work that uses React, Apollo, Node/Hapi.js, and Less.- Also contribute Java code to our backend service.- Unit and integration tests throughout.- Agile Scrum methodology for software development.Previously, developer on the Agile Productivity Tools team at Vrbo, creating internal apps for company-wide consumption. As a member of this team, I interacted with stakeholders to understand custom needs while participating in a full Scrum methodology.- Created UI's using React, Redux, and Apollo GraphQL with a Node orchestration layer that used Hapi- Wrote CSS using Less with BEM methodology- Wrote production Java code for services that served our frontend apps- Created GraphQL endpoints and managed schema- Created queries to a PostgreSQL database- Wrote unit and integration tests for both frontend and backend apps

Seattle, Wa, Us

Worked on SEO Landing Pages for the HomeAway brand, a project to guide customers to the most relevant listings by way of specially crafted destination and region pages.- Added features to Node.js orchestration app using Hapi.js- Updated legacy Backbone and Handlebars code to add new features- Wrote tests using Mocha and Chai- Kept documentation up to date- Worked with other departments on special projects

Austin, Tx, Us

Contribute writing and photography to the food section. Have also contributed to screens, books, and sports.

Oakland, Ca, Us

- Wrote white papers, customer stories, and blog articles- Interfaced with marketing and engineering teams- Interviewed npm customers- Met deadlines and worked with an editor on revisions

Melbourne, Au

- Built a Node library and HTTP service for adding external integrations system-wide to the platform- Integrations backend was used in production to allow ecommerce interactions for our users- Worked with frontend team to define routes and responses for best user experience- Connected a PostgreSQL database to the service, complete with multiple tables and migrations- Built an HTTP service for converting GitLab actions into Jira issue transitions- Wrote tests for every piece of functionality, mainly using Tap and Sinon- Used a Git-based workflow for code review, with continuous integration- Followed a company-wide style guide for consistent syntax, and wrote the docs for it- Participated in a robust Agile/Scrum methodology: two week sprints, retrospectives, daily standups

Austin, Tx, Us

- Migrated large MEAN app from third-party to in house; documented processes and code- Added analytics to complex Angular app; wrote Node scripts & MongoDB queries for reports- Worked in an emerging Agile/Scrum methodology; deal with emergencies after hours- Communicated directly with clients to resolve issues; create customer-specific configurations- Moved corporate website hosting and domains to AWS; added Jekyll generator, templating, & blog- Worked directly with executives, sales, admin, data analysts, consultants; conducted interviews

Round Rock, Tx, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Journalism

Advanced Software Engineering Immersive Program, Computer Software Engineering

Teaching Certificate, English/Language Arts Teacher Education