Justin Paulson
Sr. Director, Software Engineering at Aha!
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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Top SchoolJustin Paulson is a seasoned software engineering leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling remote engineering teams and delivering robust SaaS products, now serving as Sr. Director of Software Engineering at Aha!. He blends an electrical and computer engineering background with practical product and team leadership across roles from hands-on developer to director, guiding cross-functional teams through discovery-to-delivery toolchains. Known for clear written and verbal communication, he focuses on organizing processes that enable predictable delivery at scale while preserving creativity and technical quality. Based in Tulsa, OK, Justin has progressed through technical leadership roles in LegalShield, ConsumerAffairs, and energy and tooling companies, bringing domain versatility and operational rigor. A pragmatic problem-solver, he often pairs systems thinking with a maker’s curiosity—leveraging engineering fundamentals from his ECE roots to inform software architecture and team structure decisions.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Illinois Institute of TechnologyComputer Science and Philosophy, Computer Science and Philosophy at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of Missouri
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Github Skills (66)
libgit210
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
justinpaulson/rant
Dec 2014 - Dec 2016
Contributions:61 commits, 48 pushes in 2 years
justinpaulson/advent
Nov 2021 - Jan 2025
Contributions:62 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 2 months
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