Summary
Cesar Bodden is a seasoned engineering leader with 14 years of experience building and scaling secure, highly available infrastructure across cloud and data center environments. As Director of Engineering, Security & Privacy at Etsy and formerly a senior director for federal and commercial customers, he combines SRE, DevSecOps, and compliance expertise (ISO, HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC, FedRAMP) to deliver measurable business results. He excels at building high-performance, multi-timezone teams and aligning technical roadmaps with executive priorities to drive operational excellence and cost efficiency. Cesar has repeatedly led disaster recovery, capacity planning, and data governance initiatives that enabled rapid growth while maintaining regulatory posture. Known for hands-on technical depth—from hardware hacking to cloud architecture—he bridges the gap between security audits and practical engineering solutions. Based in New York, he pairs strategic vision with a taste for pizza and a pragmatic approach to scaling complex systems.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer