Summary
Emanuel Miller is a Principal Performance Engineer based in San Francisco with 12 years of experience tuning and scaling complex web platforms across startups and enterprise teams. He brings hands-on expertise across a broad tech stack—from JVM and scripting languages (Java, Python, Ruby, Elixir) to databases, messaging systems, and orchestration tools—paired with production performance tooling and CI/CD practice. Emanuel has progressed from senior engineering roles at Yahoo!, SunRun and Disney Interactive to founding engineering and CTO responsibilities, and now leads performance at PayNearMe, blending deep technical troubleshooting with architectural guidance. Known for rapid learning and an obsessive curiosity ("insert whatever you want here and I'll learn it"), he excels at turning operational pain points into repeatable, automated solutions that improve reliability and throughput.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer