Douglas Skinner
Associate Director, Software & Infrastructure Engineering
Easley, South Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolDouglas Skinner is an engineering leader and technical architect with 9 years of experience building cloud-native, high-throughput systems and leading cross-functional teams. Currently Associate Director of Software & Infrastructure Engineering at Parexel AI Labs, he set technical direction for application, infrastructure, and platform services while delivering AI/NLP-driven tools used by 20,000+ internal users. He has a track record modernizing stacks—introducing TypeScript/Next.js, migrating SSO and identity systems, and architecting scalable APIs that handle thousands of requests per second. Douglas pairs hands-on engineering (from low-level AWS/TLS work to microservices and plugins for enterprise AI) with talent development and process design to boost velocity and reliability. He’s known for turning complex compliance and security constraints into pragmatic engineering roadmaps that align with product goals. Based in South Carolina, he blends startup-style execution with enterprise governance to deliver measurable cost and operational improvements.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at University of NottinghamBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at University at Albany, SUNY
Stackoverflow
47reputation
3kreached
3answers
3questions
Github Skills (64)
encrypt10
acme-protocol10
ssl10
python10
letsencrypt10
acme10
certificate10
certbot10
ssl-certificate10
act10
nextjs9
sam9
browser9
aws9
aws-sam9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
doug-skinner/markdowner
Jun 2020 - Dec 2022
A simple command line tool to download a website as markdown
Contributions:36 commits, 10 PRs, 20 pushes in 2 years 6 months
command-line-tooldownloadermarkdowncli
doug-skinner/converter
Apr 2018 - May 2020
Contributions:22 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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