Summary
Sean Mccullough is a seasoned software engineering leader with more than 15 years of experience delivering scalable, secure web and mobile applications. As Director of Engineering at Airtable and formerly guiding Trello's end-user experiences at Atlassian, he leads large, cross-functional teams to ship high-impact products and reduce customer churn. He has led up to 60 engineers across multiple sub-teams and spearheaded high-visibility initiatives such as migrating Bitbucket Cloud to the cloud and launching Compass, while aligning Trello with Atlassian's broader product strategy. Sean excels at applying lean and agile methodologies, coaching engineers, and building strategic partnerships with product, design, data science, marketing, and senior leadership. He began Atlassian's U.S. presence as Mountain View head of engineering and has a diverse background across Facebook, Groupon, and fintech teams, underscored by a BA in Latin and Philosophy from Loyola University Chicago. Based in Berkeley, California, he remains focused on turning ambitious product visions into reliable, customer-centric delivery.
15 years of coding experience