Planet Blacksburg
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Andrew Mager
Sr. Software Engineer at @Uber in Chicago. Formerly at @Postmates, @SmartThings, @Spotify, @Ning, @CBS Interactive, and @ESPN.
Sr. Software Engineer at @Uber in Chicago. Formerly at @Postmates, @SmartThings, @Spotify, @Ning, @CBS Interactive, and @ESPN.
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Senior Software Engineer
- Design, implement and test software (Golang, Scala, Python/Django, Elixir, React, GraphQL) for the Postmates Seller & Buyer teams.
- Standup, service, and maintain... more infrastructure with Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes.
- Build useful monitoring/instrumentation/messaging tools with BigQuery, Prometheus, mParticle, and Braze.
- Use Google Dataflow and Apache BEAM to build data pipelines.
- Champion open source initiatives and internal hackathons
Developer Advocate
Integrate with the product and BD team work with people that are building on the world's best on-demand Delivery API
Developer marketing: Outreach, education, dev experience, events (hackathons & meetups)
Work with the Partner Team to prioritize and implement features from the partner community
Write and test software (front-end marketing, API features/endpoints, etc) for the Postmates platform
Maintain and review officially and community-supported client libraries and showcase them
- Standup, service, and maintain... more infrastructure with Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes.
- Build useful monitoring/instrumentation/messaging tools with BigQuery, Prometheus, mParticle, and Braze.
- Use Google Dataflow and Apache BEAM to build data pipelines.
- Champion open source initiatives and internal hackathons
Developer Advocate
Integrate with the product and BD team work with people that are building on the world's best on-demand Delivery API
Developer marketing: Outreach, education, dev experience, events (hackathons & meetups)
Work with the Partner Team to prioritize and implement features from the partner community
Write and test software (front-end marketing, API features/endpoints, etc) for the Postmates platform
Maintain and review officially and community-supported client libraries and showcase them
Exit
Engineer Advocate
SmartThings unites the physical and online worlds to bring intelligence, control, automation, and fun to everyday objects.
- Educating and empowering hackers at local,... more national, and international developer events, mixers, and conferences.
- Writing production-quality code and contributing to SmartThings SmartApp and device catalogs.
- Participating in the SmartApp review process to help usher community innovation onto the platform.
- Creating technical content for publication on the SmartThings blog, developer website and other channels to show developers how to implement specific solutions or use new technologies.
- Gathering and socializing product feedback that will inform product, engineering, and marketing decision making.
- Supporting our developers on forums, social media, and everywhere in between.
SmartThings was acquired by Samsung in August 2014.
- Educating and empowering hackers at local,... more national, and international developer events, mixers, and conferences.
- Writing production-quality code and contributing to SmartThings SmartApp and device catalogs.
- Participating in the SmartApp review process to help usher community innovation onto the platform.
- Creating technical content for publication on the SmartThings blog, developer website and other channels to show developers how to implement specific solutions or use new technologies.
- Gathering and socializing product feedback that will inform product, engineering, and marketing decision making.
- Supporting our developers on forums, social media, and everywhere in between.
SmartThings was acquired by Samsung in August 2014.
Global Hacker Advocate
- Created and fostered a developer community from scratch; established communication
channels through social media, a developer website, and support forums.
- Communicated... more feedback from the developer community back to the product team to help
prioritize new APIs. Built a developer marketing plan and executed it.
- Organized and participated in over 75 hackathons, developer meetups, mixers, conferences, and keynotes; everything related to the music and tech scene. Became the main organizer of Music Hack Day worldwide.
- Served as the main contact for business development for hundreds of companies and
startups.
- Designed and built an SMS app for the events team to communicate with fans at SxSW.
- Built a huge network in the music industry with record labels, artists, digital agencies, and
managers.
- Explain the technical stuff to the business guys, and vice versa.
channels through social media, a developer website, and support forums.
- Communicated... more feedback from the developer community back to the product team to help
prioritize new APIs. Built a developer marketing plan and executed it.
- Organized and participated in over 75 hackathons, developer meetups, mixers, conferences, and keynotes; everything related to the music and tech scene. Became the main organizer of Music Hack Day worldwide.
- Served as the main contact for business development for hundreds of companies and
startups.
- Designed and built an SMS app for the events team to communicate with fans at SxSW.
- Built a huge network in the music industry with record labels, artists, digital agencies, and
managers.
- Explain the technical stuff to the business guys, and vice versa.
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SimpleGeo
Engineer Advocate
- Run, develop, interact with, and influence community of over 20,000+ developers.
- Write tutorials, blog posts, tweets, and other documentation about the SimpleGeo API.
-... more Actively reach out to developers if they have questions. Help them through problems, and
communicate feedback to our product team.
- Hustle on product ideas and make sure they get prioritized.
- Refactor and update our code clients in Python, Javascript, PHP, and Ruby.
- Manage all community events and hack days
- Write tutorials, blog posts, tweets, and other documentation about the SimpleGeo API.
-... more Actively reach out to developers if they have questions. Help them through problems, and
communicate feedback to our product team.
- Hustle on product ideas and make sure they get prioritized.
- Refactor and update our code clients in Python, Javascript, PHP, and Ruby.
- Manage all community events and hack days
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Ning
Web Engineer
- Worked on the product and design team, created mockups, fixed bugs, and optimized code.
- Researched competitors and analyzed the trends in the market, particularly related... more to UX and
design.
- Learned the Scrum philosophy and “mastered” three concurrent engineering teams.
- Researched competitors and analyzed the trends in the market, particularly related... more to UX and
design.
- Learned the Scrum philosophy and “mastered” three concurrent engineering teams.
CBS
Associate Technical Producer/ Frontend Engineer
- Converted beautiful designs into semantic markup for MoneyWatch, BNET, ZDNet, and
TechRepublic.
- Worked with CBS Corp. business development team to foster an entrepreneurial... more environment.
- Lead code designer for SmartPlanet.
- Utilized CSS, HTML, PHP, and Javascript superpowers to create layouts that work in all
browsers using vi, Firebug, and Photoshop.
- Implemented a social media strategy using Twitter for MoneyWatch writers and help develop
Facebook apps for the business unit.
- Set up events and invite speakers to lecture us about interesting ideas.
- Recruited and represented the company at college job fairs
TechRepublic.
- Worked with CBS Corp. business development team to foster an entrepreneurial... more environment.
- Lead code designer for SmartPlanet.
- Utilized CSS, HTML, PHP, and Javascript superpowers to create layouts that work in all
browsers using vi, Firebug, and Photoshop.
- Implemented a social media strategy using Twitter for MoneyWatch writers and help develop
Facebook apps for the business unit.
- Set up events and invite speakers to lecture us about interesting ideas.
- Recruited and represented the company at college job fairs
ESPN
Software Engineering Intern
- Worked with CBS Corp. business development team to foster an entrepreneurial environment.
- Lead code designer for SmartPlanet.
- Utilized CSS, HTML, PHP, and Javascript... more superpowers to create layouts that work in all
browsers using vi, Firebug, and Photoshop.
- Implemented a social media strategy using Twitter for MoneyWatch writers and help develop
Facebook apps for the business unit.
- Set up events and invite speakers to lecture us about interesting ideas.
- Recruited and represented the company at college job fairs
- Lead code designer for SmartPlanet.
- Utilized CSS, HTML, PHP, and Javascript... more superpowers to create layouts that work in all
browsers using vi, Firebug, and Photoshop.
- Implemented a social media strategy using Twitter for MoneyWatch writers and help develop
Facebook apps for the business unit.
- Set up events and invite speakers to lecture us about interesting ideas.
- Recruited and represented the company at college job fairs
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