Edward Bridges is a pragmatic engineering leader with 13 years of experience building and scaling high-performing software and mobile teams, now serving as Head of Engineering in New York. He has led large cross-functional organizations at Squarespace and Aetion, shipping consumer mobile products and regulatory-grade epidemiological analytics on massive longitudinal datasets using Java, Scala, R, Spark/Databricks and AWS. Known for blending hands-on architecture and coding with people-first management, he has a track record of integrating acquired teams, improving app store ratings, and instituting empowered team models that boost morale and delivery. His background spans finance and government systems through earlier engineering and architecture roles, giving him a rare fluency in compliance, risk-aware design, and production reliability. Collected studies in software engineering, accounting/finance, and humanities inform a balanced perspective that values technical rigor, user outcomes, and team well-being.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
SCPS Accounting and Finance, SCPS Accounting and Finance at New York University
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Columbia University
BA Philosophy English Literature Painting, BA Philosophy English Literature Painting at Stony Brook University
Contributions:1 release, 33 commits, 8 pushes in 11 months
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