Austin Vaday is a Staff Software Engineer based in Los Angeles with 11 years of experience building high-performance mobile and backend systems at scale. Currently leading Platform Engineering for Identity Mobile at Snap, he architects lightweight, cross-platform libraries and dynamic configuration systems that support 200+ features and 1,000+ developers, enabling safe A/B testing and preventing configuration-driven outages. His background includes designing global tools and microservices at Amazon, founding and shipping a Swift-based social app, and early engineering work for NASA—demonstrating a rare blend of consumer product, cloud, and mission-critical systems experience. A lifelong learner and accessibility advocate, he channels personal motivation into ASL initiatives at Snap and builds infrastructure that helps developers move fast without compromising reliability.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Irvine Valley College
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Saddleback College
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Austin Vaday - Staff Software Engineer at Snap Inc.