Summary
Andrew Baber is a software engineer and product-minded technical leader who blends a hospitality background with a track record of architecting and shipping reliable systems. With a decade of experience across startups and large-scale platforms, he has driven infrastructure decommissioning, cost savings, and cross-team collaboration at Grubhub and LevelUp, including a $520k/year savings from migrating off the LevelUp platform. He currently engineers at Groma, focusing on scalable solutions that connect people with the food they love, drawing on hands-on experience in API design, integrations, and platform reliability. Known for leading teams through complex migrations and partnering with Site Reliability, Security, and Platform groups to improve stability and monitoring. His unique path—from culinary education to technical leadership—gives him a user-centric lens on product and systems design. Based in Marblehead, Massachusetts, he combines practical execution with strategic thinking to deliver robust, customer-focused software.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
The Paideia School
Bachelor of Science, Hospitality Administration, Bachelor of Science, Hospitality Administration at Boston University
Italian, French