Summary
Aziz Harrington is a Senior Backend Engineer with 13 years building scalable web applications, currently driving backend systems at SpotHero in Chicago. He combines deep Ruby on Rails and Python experience with practical TDD and mentoring skills, having progressed through multiple senior roles at SpotHero and prior engineering positions at ActiveCampaign, Yello, and Zoro US. Aziz has hands-on e-commerce and CMS experience—supporting a million-SKU Django platform and multivariate testing systems—and a track record of shipping reliable microservices. Fluent in pragmatic engineering and team coaching, he brings a business-minded perspective from a BBA in Marketing and international experience living and studying in China and Japan. Notably, he pairs backend expertise with front-end familiarity (React), enabling effective full-stack collaboration beyond typical backend responsibilities.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's of Business Administration, Marketing, Bachelor's of Business Administration, Marketing at Western Michigan University - Haworth College of Business
Chinese, Language, Chinese, Language at Beijing Language and Culture University
Chinese, Japanese