Summary
Brian Lutz is a software engineering leader with 10 years of experience building and operating backend systems across neo-banking, e-commerce, loan origination, accounts payable, and automotive commerce. Currently Vice President of Software Engineering at Chase International, he leads Identification and Verification efforts and previously advanced search, CI/CD, and data migration tooling at Rivian using Python, AWS Lambdas, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch and Terraform. He brings a polyglot background in Java, Python, Ruby and JavaScript, with hands-on experience implementing rules engines, event-driven architectures, and automation that reduce manual friction for business users. Known for pragmatic design work—like a Changeset Management Service that empowered non-engineers to publish pricing safely—he combines technical depth with product-minded delivery. Based in New York, he pairs enterprise-scale leadership with a track record of reducing operational toil and accelerating time-to-publish for critical customer-facing data.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Kent State University
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science at The Ohio State University