Austin Vaday
Building Something New at Stealth Startup
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolAustin 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
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Irvine Valley CollegeComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Saddleback CollegeUniversity of California, Los Angeles
English, American Sign Language
Github Skills (18)
python9
kubernetes8
amazon-web-services7
aws-sdk-ios6
swift5
aws-sdk5
java5
alertview5
fundamentals5
objective-c4
language-learning4
system-design4
web-development4
computer-science4
uilabel3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
AustinVaday/CS1D-Class-Project-1
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:40 commits, 29 pushes, 3 comments in 1 month
AustinVaday/watchmetalk
Feb 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 comment in 1 year 10 months
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