Andrew Mitchell
VP Of Engineering at Tailscale
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Mitchell is a seasoned engineering leader with 12 years of experience building and scaling developer-facing and security-conscious platforms from startup to enterprise. Currently VP of Engineering at Tailscale, he previously led Terraform, Packer, Waypoint, and Vagrant at HashiCorp, bringing deep expertise in cloud infrastructure and developer tooling. His background includes VP and director roles at security- and compliance-focused companies, where he combined product strategy, customer-facing technical engagements, and hands-on architecture to deliver HIPAA-grade systems. Andrew is comfortable moving between small, high-velocity teams and large organizations, having driven modern tooling adoption and hiring initiatives at American Express. He holds a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from Harvey Mudd College and is known for blending pragmatic engineering processes with a strong emphasis on security and operational reliability. A practical problem-solver, he often pairs technical leadership with direct involvement in product and sales conversations to align engineering outcomes with customer needs.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS Mathematics and Computer Science, BS Mathematics and Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College
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Github Skills (25)
truevault10
partial9
risk-assessment8
pci8
licensing7
terraform7
sdk7
ruby-on-rails6
php6
rails-migrations6
devise6
validation6
ruby6
build-configuration6
netlify6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
alamottemitchell/recruiterbox-shortcuts
Sep 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
Kinetic/kinetic-protocol
May 2014 - Jun 2014
Contributions:18 commits in 1 month
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