Howard Engelhart is a Principal Software Development Engineer with 13 years of leadership experience building platforms, teams, and high-throughput systems across startups and enterprise environments. He has led and scaled engineering organizations from zero to dozens of engineers, architecting video, trading, and cloud-native platforms using Node.js, React, AWS services, and automated CI/CD. As a former CTO and co-founder, he blends hands-on development with strategic product and operational oversight, and currently shapes large-scale engineering work at Yahoo from New Jersey. Beyond tech leadership, he’s a charismatic ukulele player—an unexpected creative outlet that reflects his collaborative, creative approach to problem solving.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's English Literature, Bachelor's English Literature at Rutgers University
Contributions:1 release, 7 commits, 3 pushes in 3 years 5 months
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Howard Engelhart - Principal Software Development Engineer at Yahoo