Summary
Miles O'Connell is a seasoned engineering leader who specializes in building and securing large-scale distributed systems. As Senior Director of Engineering at Sprout Social, he leads cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable social analytics platforms in the San Francisco Bay Area. His background spans fintech and security, with leadership roles at Twitter's Security Tech Engineering, Braintree, and PayPal, where he focused on engineering management and systems resilience. He started as a software engineer at StackMob and has a track record of transforming complex requirements into auditable, production-grade solutions. Miles holds a CS/AI/ML/Economics-focused education from Claremont McKenna College, grounding his approach in both technical depth and business impact. He combines hands-on technical fluency with strategic leadership, coordinating across product, security, and infrastructure to ship secure systems at scale.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Economics, Computer Science, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Economics at Claremont McKenna College
Commonwealth High School