Summary
Dustin Harmon is a Principal Engineer with 13 years of hands-on experience building and leading cloud-native and Ruby on Rails systems, currently shaping platform engineering at McKinsey & Company. He has progressed from solo developer to technical lead and director roles, overseeing cross-functional teams responsible for content ingestion, conditioning, and large-scale cloud migrations. Known for pragmatic architecture, relentless troubleshooting, and a test-driven approach, he bridges legacy integrations with modern deployment and refactoring practices. Based in Kalispell, Montana, Dustin combines deep systems integration know-how from media and security domains with a steady focus on delivery and maintainability. A lifelong tinkerer, he treats software as never finished—constantly iterating toward cleaner, more reliable solutions.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Montana State University-Bozeman