Jefry Cruz
Engineering Manager at SAS
Cary, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJefry Cruz is an engineering manager with 11 years of hands-on software and leadership experience, currently leading backend engineering at Givebutter from Cary, NC. He has a strong track record of driving product impact—launching features that increased engagement by up to 40% and building donation platforms that processed over $1M—while promoting engineering velocity through CI/CD and architectural migrations. Comfortable across TypeScript, Node.js, AWS, Laravel and modern front-end stacks, he blends technical depth with people-first management, mentoring engineers to promotions and hiring contributors who ramp quickly. Notably, he’s applied generative AI (Claude) and queueing systems to automate content and reporting workflows, demonstrating a practical bent for integrating emerging tech into product metrics. Colleagues describe him as a clear communicator who pairs measurable goals with empowerment to create high-performing teams.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Business Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Business Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services at Borough of Manhattan Community College
Spanish, English
Github Skills (6)
php10
laravel10
project-management10
web-development-project6
css3
web-development2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
canvasowl/hex
Oct 2014 - Jul 2019
Contributions:16 commits, 2 pushes in 4 years 10 months
Punyweblab/punyweblab
Nov 2014 - Jul 2015
Contributions:14 commits in 8 months
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