Ian Mckenzie
Software Development Engineer II at Amazon
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIan Mckenzie is a software engineer with 10 years of experience who currently builds scalable systems at Amazon (AWS EC2), having driven a performance overhaul that cut a company-wide payroll calculation from ~4 days to 1.5 hours. He blends production-grade backend engineering in Go and Python with quantitative trading experience, having built execution systems, DeFi strategies, and real-time P&L and risk tooling at hedge and crypto firms. At Amazon he also led cross-team integrations and operational improvements around CI/CD, testing, and security, demonstrating both delivery and ownership of run-time reliability. His open-source work includes backend contributions to niche but impactful projects (e.g., Go-based Stash and OpenBCI Python), reflecting a pragmatic focus on data integrity, testability, and hardware-adjacent tooling.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, B.Comm. with Major in Finance, Minor in Applied Mathematics, Bachelor’s Degree, B.Comm. with Major in Finance, Minor in Applied Mathematics at University of Calgary
English, Spanish
Github Skills (18)
openbci10
sqlite10
python10
anonymity10
data-masking10
anonymize10
go10
golang10
serial-communication10
unit-testing9
wpgraphql9
organizer9
wordpress-graphql9
database-design9
graphql9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
openbci-archive/OpenBCI_Python
Oct 2018 - Jan 2019
The Python software library designed to work with OpenBCI hardware.
Role in this project:
Software Engineer
Software EngineerContributions:27 commits, 7 PRs, 18 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Ian's contributions primarily involved code formatting improvements and the addition of tests for the OpenBCI Cyton board within the `openbci_python` repository. They made changes to the `cyton.py` and `ganglion.py` files, indicating their involvement in the core functionality of the library. The addition of tests in `test_cyton.py` signifies a focus on improving code quality and ensuring the proper functioning of the library.
library-softwarepythonopenbcihardware
stashapp/stash
Oct 2023 - Jan 2025
An organizer for your porn, written in Go. Documentation: https://docs.stashapp.cc
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 11 PRs, 15 comments in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Ian's contributions primarily involve back-end development tasks within the Go-based "stashapp/stash" repository. Their work includes modifying build flags for niche operating systems, implementing anonymization features to truncate data within specific database tables, and utilizing existing constants for table names, demonstrating a focus on data integrity and code efficiency. Additionally, the user implemented functionality for resetting scene activity, including resume and duration. These modifications suggest a strong understanding of the application's data model and back-end logic.
golangorganizego-documentationvideographql
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