Summary
Eli Byers is a Senior Software Development Engineer with 10 years of experience building cloud systems and full-stack and iOS applications at scale, currently driving work at Amazon Lab126. He has designed and owned services for secure networking and authorization for products supporting billions of devices, and led teams to accelerate CI/CD through automated network testing. Comfortable across Python, JavaScript, Go, Swift, Java and C, Eli blends systems engineering with hands-on app development and a background in AI and Human-Computer Interaction from UCSC. Previously a CTO and sole mobile architect for multiple startups, he launched SaaS and consumer apps while also mentoring hundreds of engineers as a coding-bootcamp instructor. That mix of teaching and product delivery informs his pragmatic leadership—he often chooses to create systems that scale rather than just coach others to do so. Based in San Jose, he’s driven by using technology to benefit people and the planet.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Cognitive Science at UCSC Baskin School of Engineering
University of California Santa Cruz
English, spanish (un poco)