Jordan Ranz
Engineering Manager at Netflix
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJordan Ranz is an engineering manager and seasoned software leader with a decade of experience building front-end and full-stack systems at scale, currently leading teams at Netflix from Los Angeles. He progressed through multiple senior engineering roles at Amazon and AWS, where he focused on developer tooling, serverless integrations, and UX improvements for cloud frameworks. Jordan is an active open-source contributor to AWS Amplify, improving documentation and adding XR (Sumerian) support to the Amplify CLI—work that bridges cloud infrastructure, frontend integration, and developer experience. He combines hands-on coding with people leadership, shipping features that simplify complex cloud workflows while mentoring engineers to do the same. Known for making developer-facing interfaces clearer and more usable, he brings practical product empathy to technical strategy and delivery.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Eastside Catholic SchoolBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Western Washington University
Github Skills (19)
javascript10
openxr10
fullstack-development10
ui-design10
full-stack10
uid10
aws10
front-end-development10
aws-amplify10
react10
documentation10
cli10
authentication9
user-authentication9
cloud-infrastructure9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
aws-amplify/docs
Sep 2018 - Aug 2020
AWS Amplify Framework Documentation
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:336 commits, 154 PRs, 260 pushes in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Jordan primarily contributed to the documentation of the AWS Amplify Framework. Their commits focused on updating and adding documentation for various UI components and features, including adding content around formFields customization and custom component examples. The user also made styling changes to the search results and component display within the documentation. These contributions indicate a focus on improving the usability and clarity of the framework's documentation.
amplify-frameworkaws-lambdaserverlessaws-amplifygraphql
aws-amplify/amplify-cli
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
The AWS Amplify CLI is a toolchain for simplifying serverless web and mobile development.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:42 commits, 10 PRs, 3 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Jordan made several contributions focused on the XR (Extended Reality) category within the Amplify CLI, indicating a focus on full-stack development. The user implemented and modified code related to the addition, configuration, and removal of Sumerian scenes, which involved interactions with the cloud backend and the frontend. The changes touched upon infrastructure setup, cloud resource configuration, and frontend integration, as well as improving scene config parsing.
amplify-cliaws-lambdaserverlessnotificationsstorage
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