Summary
Clayton Schnars is a senior software engineer with a decade of experience building large-scale, cloud-native distributed systems and a Master's in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. He has led platform and infrastructure efforts at UKG, designing asynchronous, event-driven microservices and CQRS-based workflow engines on Java/Spring Boot with Kafka, Kubernetes and GCP. At Ticketmaster he continues to apply this expertise to high-availability systems, while earlier roles at American Express and Spincore blended full-stack API work, ML-focused services, and embedded systems testing. Known for translating complex technical requirements into actionable designs, he balances hands-on implementation with stakeholder communication and cross-functional leadership. Colleagues describe him as an engineer who stays ahead of trends—actively adopting containerized architectures and automation to reduce operational friction.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at University of Florida
English