Summary
Ethan Ruoff is a Senior Software Engineer in Boston with 11 years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems and a strong academic foundation (MS in Computer Science from Columbia, BS in CS and Business). He has driven high-impact projects at Dow Jones—optimizing GraphQL federated supergraphs, presenting Rover Runner at GraphQL Summit, and architecting a decentralized real-time delivery pipeline—and led cloud data-ingestion automation at Vanguard handling millions of daily data points. Comfortable across the stack, Ethan pairs systems-level thinking (Rust coprocessors, WebSockets, ZeroMQ) with developer ergonomics (a TypeScript VS Code extension to test subgraphs) to accelerate teams and cut operational costs. Outside engineering he brings a creative lens—photography and learning unusual instruments—that complements his work in generative AI pipelines and product-focused solutions.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Briarcliff Highschool
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Business Administration with a Minor in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, 3.85, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science and Business Administration with a Minor in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, 3.85 at Muhlenberg College
Study Abroad for Computer Science and Entrepreneurship, Study Abroad for Computer Science and Entrepreneurship at DIS - Copenhagen, Denmark
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.93, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 3.93 at Columbia Engineering