Cedric Howe
Senior Engineering Manager at Alma
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolCedric Howe is a seasoned engineering leader with 15 years of experience building consumer-facing web and payments platforms, currently leading client acquisition engineering at Spring Health after similar roles at Alma and Etsy. He has a strong track record managing multi-team organizations, shipping checkout and payments features at scale (BNPL, Google Pay, gift cards, coupons) and optimizing conversion across markets. Cedric blends hands-on product and technical leadership—earlier roles include staff engineering and platform management at Kickstarter and Mapzen—so he’s comfortable moving between architecture, data pipelines, and product delivery. He’s led cross-functional initiatives that span billing, analytics, and UX improvements, and has experience stepping into org-level leadership during transitions. Based in New York, he brings a rare combination of long-term product stewardship and practical payments expertise that reduces time-to-market for revenue-critical features. A comparative literature BA by training, he pairs humanities-rooted communication skills with deep technical judgement.
15 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BA Comparative Literature, BA Comparative Literature at Trinity College-HartfordHigh School Studio Art, High School Studio Art at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (45)
counter-cache10
authentication10
form-fields10
counter10
factor10
security9
sms9
auth8
ruby8
hardware8
2factor8
routes7
bogus7
elasticsearch6
sign-in-with-apple6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cedric/custom_counter_cache
Feb 2011 - May 2018
Custom counter_cache functionality that supports conditions and multiple models.
Contributions:130 commits, 27 PRs, 64 pushes in 7 years 3 months
counter-cachecachecounterconditions
cedric/ssl_routes
Nov 2010 - May 2014
Contributions:76 commits, 2 branches in 3 years 6 months
sslrailsrails-routesrubyroutes
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