Summary
I am an experienced technical leader and people manager with more than 20 years of experience in software development. My experience has taught me the value of iterative development and the importance of a test first approach.
Work Experience
Stitch Fix, Inc.
Engineering Manager
August 2016 — July 2019
San Francisco CA
and New York NY (remote)
- Managed the engineering group responsible for the UK launch (first country outside the US).
- Hired internal and external candidates to grow the team from 2 to 11 reports.
- Scaled up by splitting responsibilities among three sub teams, each headed by a team lead.
- Kept the team focused and stakeholders informed through the introduction of a simple weekly status report and burn down chart.
- Launched the more than 18-month, highly cross-functional project on time.
- Spent one quarter leading initiatives to help the company’s engineering culture scale.
- Led the development of a revised career ladder and rubric for Engineering.
- Facilitated the bottom-up creation of a set of Engineering Principles.
- Created the first Engineering Bootcamp for recent hires.
- Led the consumer web team (responsible for stitchfix.com).
- Addressed an overwhelmed and backlogged team by growing quickly, from an initial 2 engineers to 9, over a four month period.
- Improved predictability by instituting regular iterations, planning meetings, and retrospectives.
- Sped up onboarding by creating a process for introducing new members to the team.
Principal Software Engineer
July 2015 — August 2016
San Francisco CA
- Acted as technical lead, manager, and product owner for the development of buying tools for Merchandising.
- Managed a team of three direct reports.
- Addressed stalled projects by introducing new product and project management techniques.
- Delivered an updated set of PO writing and assortment reporting tools.
- Led initial development and launch of a supplier portal.
Comcast Corporation
Engineering Manager
July 2014 — July 2015
Sunnyvale CA
- Managed a cross-functional team of 6 direct reports using a Scrum methodology.
- Successfully delivered My Family Finder, a family locator application.
- Coordinated the efforts of 16 team members on the project.
- Led concurrent development of iOS, Android, and X1 (TV) applications.
- Improved quality and timelines of deliveries by focusing additional team efforts on testing and code review.
Senior Software Engineer
September 2012 — July 2014
Sunnyvale CA
- Built the EcoSaver reporting functionality for the Xfinity Home web portal.
- Led development of a rules engine for use with home automation devices.
Mission Critical Labs, Inc.
Founder
2005 — September 2012
San Francisco CA
- Founded a consultancy focused on web development.
- Worked as both an individual contributor and leader of a small engineering team.
- Oversaw all aspects of the business and its operations.
- Built and maintained strong client relationships.
- Launched multiple large e-commerce sites, as well as several streaming video and interactive product customization solutions.
- Successfully delivered hundreds of projects for companies including Macy’s, Speck, ITVS, Life360, Good Housekeeping, Pepsi Bottling Group, and Rickshaw Bagworks.
Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP
Software Engineer
2003 — 2005
San Francisco CA
- Led development of the firm's portfolio monitoring application.
Nightfire Software, Inc.
Senior Software Engineer
2000 — 2002
Oakland CA
- Proposed and led creation of a framework for implementing user interfaces.
Evolving Systems, Inc.
Programmer II
1998 — 2000
Englewood CO
- Designed and implemented components of telecom-related software, including a call routing engine.
KN Energy, Inc.
AP Technical Specialist
1995 — 1998
Lakewood CO
- Wrote custom data import programs and database reports.
Skills
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Programming Languages:
C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Ruby
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Other Technologies:
CSS, Bison, Elasticsearch, Flex, HTML, Memchached, MongoDB, MySQL, Node.js, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Rails, Rspec, SQL, Unix/Linux
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Languages Spoken:
English, Spanish, French
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GitHub:
github.com/jeffreyhunter77
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Code Examples:
github.com/jeffreyhunter77/memcached-mock — A mock of memcached for unit testing
github.com/missioncritical/criticali — A small MVC framework developed internally at Mission Critical Labs for use on client projects
Education
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Spanish
2000