Ian Childress
Software Engineering Manager, ElastiCache at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolIan Childress is a seasoned software engineering leader with 11+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems, currently managing the data plane team for AWS ElastiCache and MemoryDB. He blends hands-on Go development and API design with proven operational rigor, having driven dramatic release-velocity and security improvements across Amazon Linux and MSK. As a former founder who scaled a cryptocurrency exchange into a top-10 global venue, he brings entrepreneurial instinct to product and reliability problems. Ian has deep experience in cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud), Docker, microservices, and building durable storage and search integrations at massive scale. He’s comfortable shifting between individual contributor work and strategic management, often contributing to open-source efforts like Valkey while optimizing them for managed services. Based in Seattle, he pairs practical engineering chops with a track record of accelerating delivery and operational excellence in both startups and hyperscale environments.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Hillsborough Community College
Stackoverflow
21reputation
1kreached
1answer
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Github Skills (82)
aws-sdk10
middleware9
sdk9
golang9
aws9
router9
api8
ganache8
docker8
web-animations8
server8
mongodb8
forum8
sublime-text7
socket-io7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
polyverse-security/dcli
Aug 2018 - Sep 2019
dcli is a package for writing command line apps with a focus on self discovery of commands
Contributions:26 commits, 3 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year
golangdclidiscoverycommand-linecli
ianchildress/polydocker
Aug 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:15 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
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