Brian Beggs
Director Of Engineering at 2U
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Beggs is a Director of Engineering with 16 years of experience building high-performing, cross-functional teams and delivering scalable, customer-centric platforms. He has a strong track record at edX leading data and platform transformations—driving a move to a data-mesh ELT architecture, managing a 4PB data lake, and cutting quarterly close time from weeks to days—while also improving developer velocity through continuous delivery and devstack improvements. Equally comfortable in backend, database and DevOps work, he has contributed to the open-source Open edX ecosystem by improving database indexing, deployment automation, and developer environments. A hands-on leader and mentor, he prioritizes psychological safety, iterative MVP practices, and close partnership with product and UX to turn complex requirements into measurable outcomes. Based in Brookline, MA, he blends deep technical breadth with pragmatic operational improvements that scale across millions of users.
16 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science Computer Science Information Science, Bachelors of Science Computer Science Information Science at University of Pittsburgh
Github Skills (26)
docker10
python10
back-end-development10
django10
configuration-management10
bash10
docker-compose10
indexing10
dockers10
cicd10
mongodb-database10
indexer10
gocd10
ansible10
infrastructure-as-code10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/openedx-platform
Aug 2015 - Nov 2022
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:57 reviews, 97 commits, 250 PRs in 7 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Brian focused on enhancing the edx-platform backend by adding commands and functionalities related to database indexing. Their contributions included implementing Django commands to create MongoDB indexes, directly modifying code to ensure indexes, and configuring indexes within different parts of the system. The user also addressed updates for a testing framework and made corrections to existing files.
lmsopenedxbackend-service
openedx-unsupported/devstack
Jun 2017 - Oct 2020
Get up and running quickly to develop or extend Open edX services
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer & Technical Writer
DevOps Engineer & Technical WriterContributions:1 review, 45 commits, 70 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Brian primarily focused on improving the Devstack environment. They implemented database optimizations and updates to the database initialization process. Additionally, they updated and added documentation, including troubleshooting tips, and added scripts to provision the forum service. The user also made updates to the testing setup and added utilities for the environment.
openedxdockeredx-servicesedx
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