Summary
Aaron Fry is a senior software engineering leader based in Berkeley, California, with 13 years of experience delivering and managing complex web applications. He currently serves as Senior Software Engineering Manager at SwoopMe, guiding high‑tech product teams and backend architecture while championing open-source technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Perl, PHP, and JavaScript. Aaron has a proven track record across startups and established companies, from leading Netsprout’s Web 2.0 SaaS projects to shaping scalable Rails-based platforms at Habit, Daily Kos, and beyond. He brings a rare sustainability-first perspective to tech, aiming to align software delivery with cleaner and more sustainable business ideas, informed by his permaculture and biomimicry studies. His leadership spans both hands-on coding and strategic program management, with experience running cross-functional teams and delivering on tight deadlines. Outside of coding, he combines client-facing project governance with a long history of building and integrating complex web systems for organizations like The Webby Awards and ONA.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Regenerative Design Institute