Summary
Gregory Lee is a seasoned Software Engineering Manager with 15+ years in engineering leadership and over a decade of hands-on development, currently leading platform work at TradeCentric in the Greater Chicago area. He specializes in building low-latency, high-frequency APIs and architecting SaaS and cloud solutions, having implemented sub-millisecond messaging systems in C++/Java and productionized automation with Python and AWS services. Gregory founded and scaled a cross-functional SDLC, drove PagerDuty-based incident management and Tableau analytics, and led his department to SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 compliance within two years. He has deep experience managing onshore and offshore teams, moving organizations from waterfall to Agile, and mentoring engineers through promoted career growth. Notably, he pairs technical rigor with operational discipline—writing scripts to automate evidence collection and incident analytics to close the loop between engineering, security, and leadership.
11 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Northern Illinois University