Software Development Engineering

Steven Dyer

617-***-**** ********@*****.*** Boston, MA

Software Engineering Leader, Manager, Builder

Extensive experience in building innovative software products and managing global engineering teams. Proven track record in transformative roles in a variety of industries. Adept at streamlining processes, reducing costs, and enhancing productivity.

Key Expertise & Core Accomplishments

Software Development

Team Leadership

Agile Methodologies

Project Management

CI/CD Implementation

SDLC Management

Cost Reduction Strategies

Mobile App Development

Mentoring & Communication

•Successfully transitioned a tech project that was stalled for 2 years, enabling new revenue streams.

•Transformed a monolithic 18-month release cycle into a 30-day cadence, significantly improving delivery speed.

•Established effective communication processes between engineering and C-suite, reducing release delays.

•Created new engineering teams at multiple startups, instituting communication and development processes.

Professional Experience

Principal 2023 - present

KTG LLC - Boston MA

Focus on architecture, design, coding, delivery.

•Independent software projects.

Principal Consultant - Application Development 2022 - 2023

Cleartelligence - Boston, MA

Led a full-stack development team, instituted processes that enhanced communication and efficiency.

•Introduced streamlined CI/CD, TDD, and QA processes, improving development efficiency.

•Produced successful designs for prospective clients, securing the contracts.

Software Development Manager 2018 - 2022

ReversingLabs - Cambridge, MA

Managed software development teams at cybersecurity startup during it’s series B growth phase.

•Completed a critical tech transition within 11 months, enabling new features.

•Implemented agile Kanban and CI/CD processes, enhancing efficiency on all teams.

Director of Engineering - Big Data Division 2014 - 2017

Lightcast - Boston, MA

Transformed release cycle and managed large overseas development teams.

•Reduced release cycle from 18 months to 30 days, streamlining the SDLC and improving velocity.

•Architected and built next-gen ETL platform, completing it within 12 months.

Associate Director of Engineering 2013 - 2014

Wayfair - Boston, MA

Oversaw development teams for major storefronts, enhancing user management tools.

•Produced first-ever customer account management system.

•Designed and implemented real-time user tracking tools.

Chief Technology Officer 2009 - 2013

Charity Partners - Boston, MA

First technical executive at a Series A startup, building teams and platforms.

•Developed a new platform from an alpha prototype in 7 months.

•Migrated hosting to AWS, reducing hosting costs by 60%.

Solutions Architect 2007 - 2009

Yahoo! (Maven Networks) - Cambridge, MA

Created the Professional Services group and optimized development teams.

•Implemented an interactive video player, allowing users to specify items of interest.

•Streamlined communications with overseas development team.

Senior Engineering Manager 2002 - 2007

Softscape - Wayland, MA

Turned around a large government account and improved development processes.

•Increased design cycle speed by 400%, saving a critical account.

•Created data scrubbing tools, reducing post-release bug reports by 33%.

Senior Director of Engineering 2001 - 2002

LingoMotors - Cambridge, MA

Led development in an early machine learning startup.

•Reorganized the development team and introduced processes to improve throughput.

•Reduced release cycle from 16 weeks to 8 weeks, enhancing product delivery times.

Vice President - Development 1999 - 2001

Jenzabar - Cambridge, MA

Established the engineering group at an education startup, driving growth.

•Grew the engineering team to 25 team members, introducing communication and development processes.

•Integrated multiple external engineering teams after they were acquired.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

•Minor in Business Administration

•Entrepreneur Certificate

Technical Skills

•Swift

•Python

•Java

•SQL databases

•AWS

•iOS Development

•REST APIs

•Docker

•React

•Git

•CI/CD

•SDLC

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