Summary
Carrick Rogers is a seasoned engineering leader with 12 years of experience building and scaling SaaS platforms, currently serving as Head of Engineering at Saris AI. He grew Ontra’s engineering org from single teams into a multi-product, multi-team organization that helped drive roughly 3× revenue growth while launching AI-driven automation to shorten time-to-value for customers. Carrick blends hands-on technical chops (Rails, Python, cloud infra, search and data pipelines) with strong operating rigor—introducing QE, incident response, and rapid iteration practices that improved stability and predictability. He has deep experience managing both legacy transitions and high-growth product launches across fintech, digital libraries, and healthcare-adjacent systems, and he’s comfortable owning end-to-end delivery from architecture to customer-facing integrations. Based in Kensington, CA, he’s known for developing engineering managers and low-attrition teams while translating cross-functional strategy into measurable business outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Government, Bachelor's degree, Political Science and Government at University of Michigan