Andrew Burleson is a seasoned engineering leader with 14 years of experience delivering scalable, customer-focused software across fintech, SaaS, and urban planning domains. As Head of Engineering, Banking at Mercury, he oversees Banking, Payments, and Treasury platforms, combining product-driven tech leadership with hands-on execution. He previously co-founded CoSell as CTO, where he architected a lightweight Ruby + Inertia + Svelte toolkit to accelerate UI development, and led Statuspage's multi-team engineering effort at Atlassian, fostering a culture of continuous improvement. A rare blend of design, development, and real estate development backgrounds, including an MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech (2016) and an MS in Land and Real Estate Development from Texas A&M (2006), he brings a systems-thinking approach to building scalable software and urbanist tools. He also serves as board chair at Strong Towns, reflecting a deep commitment to cities and civic technology beyond his day job. Based in Denver, he leverages his cross-disciplinary experience to ship reliable systems while mentoring teams to grow and thrive.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Environmental Design, Architectural Studies, Bachelor of Environmental Design, Architectural Studies at Texas A&M University
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