Summary
Justin Redd is a senior engineering leader based in Portland, Oregon, with 12 years of formal experience orchestrating the intersection of user needs, business goals, and application architecture. He has progressed from hands-on web and Java development to managing technical services and engineering teams at companies like Chef, Kong, and now PTFS, specializing in customer implementation and support. Justin excels at aligning source control layout, testing strategies, release processes, and cross-functional communication to create efficient, resilient organizations that reliably deliver software. Known for blending operational concerns with product thinking, he focuses on pragmatic systems that scale without sacrificing developer velocity. An experienced people manager and systems thinker, he brings a background that spans enterprise retail (Nike) to platform companies, making him especially effective at translating complex technical constraints into customer-facing value.
12 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Carleton College