Summary
Andrew Rota is a hands-on engineering leader with 14+ years building frontend platform and design system infrastructure for large organizations, currently leading Frontend Platform at Vanta. He has over a decade of management experience running and scaling multi-team organizations (20+ engineers, managers and staff engineers) and has driven company-wide UI migrations and architecture decisions at Wayfair, Upwork, and HubSpot. Deeply versed in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Vue, Web Components, and cloud-native tooling, he pairs system design and DevOps sensibilities with CISSP-level security expertise to ship resilient, performant web applications. Notably, he founded Wayfair’s Storefront Platforms and led its React/SSR adoption, and has repeatedly led cross-functional redesigns and global, fully remote teams. Based in Boston, he blends strategic architecture advisory experience with day-to-day engineering craft.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA), Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) at Boston College