Dean Putney
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Glowforge
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDean Putney is a Senior Software Engineering Manager with 16 years of experience building and leading product-focused engineering teams, currently driving software at Glowforge in Seattle. He joined Glowforge as the first software engineer and scaled its software organization from hands-on engineering to senior management, blending technical delivery with people leadership. Dean pairs strong backend experience—evidenced by contributions to the popular Huginn project, where he implemented robust Tumblr publishing agents—with a designer’s sensibility cultivated through photography, museum exhibitions, and a top-selling Kickstarter. His background includes rebuilding large web platforms (Boing Boing) and designing interactive forecasting games for the Institute for the Future, showing a knack for combining creative product work with reliable infrastructure. Known for shipping pragmatic solutions and mentoring engineers, he thrives at the intersection of craft, systems, and user-focused design.
16 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Information Systems, Bachelor of Science, Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University
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Github Skills (19)
apim10
develop10
ruby10
agent10
api10
tumblr10
automation9
automations9
json8
debugging7
debug7
html6
asp-net6
php6
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
huginn/huginn
Sep 2014 - Oct 2014
Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 2 comments in 6 days
Contributions summary:Dean primarily contributed to the development of the Tumblr publishing agent. They implemented the core logic for publishing different types of posts (text, photo, quote, etc.) to Tumblr, integrating with the Tumblr API. Additionally, the user incorporated error handling and event creation to track the success of publishing attempts. The code also includes dependency checks and options validation, ensuring correct agent configuration and functionality.
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deanputney/blog
Aug 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:33 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 7 months
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