Summary
Andrew C is an engineering manager and self-taught software engineer with 12 years of experience building backend systems and leading teams across startups and scale-ups in the Bay Area. Comfortable in C++ and Python, he has progressed from hands-on freelance work—automating data extraction, digitizing century-old records, and building 24/7 web apps—to managing backend and security engineering teams at companies like Plutoshift, Kandji, and Luxury Presence. He has a long-running curiosity for language design, having implemented a cross-platform, C++17-based scripting language that is Turing-complete and optimized to outperform Python in some benchmarks. Known for pragmatic problem-solving and mentoring, he pairs low-level performance expertise with production-grade architecture and operational reliability. Based in San Rafael, he brings an uncommon blend of deep systems craftsmanship and real-world product delivery.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at College of Marin
Redwood High School, TUHSD
English, akkadian, sumerian, hittite, German