Summary
Bob Bonifield is a Senior Software Engineer with 16 years of experience building backend systems and leading teams across startups and large organizations. Currently at Amazon Advertising, he focuses on measurement and ad-tech APIs that power performance reporting for external partners. Comfortable toggling between managerial and individual-contributor roles, he brings peer leadership, process design, and a product-minded perspective that prioritizes meaningful outcomes over vanity features. His technical roots span Ruby, JavaScript/TypeScript, Docker, and AWS, and he has led core services and delivery teams from principal and director-level positions. Known for enabling others to be successful, he excels at creating systems and processes that scale team productivity as well as code. Based in Boulder, Colorado, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a collaborative, big-picture approach to product and platform work.
16 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
University of Kansas
Video Game Programming, Video Game Programming at University of Advancing Technology
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Wichita State University