Summary
Adam Keys is a staff software engineer and experienced people leader with 18 years building and scaling SaaS web applications and over seven years managing cross-functional engineering teams. He has driven predictable delivery cycles, coached engineers into promotions, and led initiatives that converted product and support collaboration into significant revenue and customer growth. Adam combines hands-on technical work—from platform performance improvements and data integrations to billing migrations—with systems thinking that prioritizes measurable outcomes and consistent shipping. Known for reducing technical debt and extracting core services from monoliths, he has helped startups and scale-ups achieve smoother operations and higher retention. Based in Portland, Oregon, he favors written collaboration, autonomous teams, and iterative coaching—treating leadership as continuous editing to raise team capacity and technical quality.
18 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts Computer Science at Southern Methodist University