Summary
Andrea Ross is a seasoned software development manager and engineering leader with 16 years of experience building high-performing teams and developer platforms. Currently leading multiple teams at Solace to evolve their Event Broker platform, she focuses on making development delightful through improved tooling, CI/CD, and developer experience. Previously she led engineering productivity at SurveyMonkey, architecting shared services across CI/CD, DevOps, and cloud-native practices, and built Shopify's Dev Degree—an industry-leading work-integrated learning program. Andrea blends hands-on engineering, organizational design, and stakeholder governance to help teams be more creative, resilient, and aligned around sustainable outcomes. She also runs RnL Solar, applying her pragmatic, systems-thinking approach to simplify renewable energy adoption for customers. Known for moving between technical depth and large-scale program delivery, she brings a rare combination of product, people, and ecosystem-building experience.
16 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer