Summary
Ken Simeon is a seasoned engineering leader and Director of Quality Engineering with 20+ years of experience modernizing SDLCs and scaling global teams to deliver reliable, customer-focused products. He combines hands-on technical contributions—from Python and VueJS code reviews to building automation frameworks and data migrations—with strategic leadership that accelerates release cadence and reduces production defects. At RippleMatch he drove SDLC standardization, observability, and AI/LLM-powered services that materially improved recruiter throughput and applicant engagement, while boosting developer feedback loops 4x. Ken is adept at improving developer experience through containerized workflows, self-service Kubernetes environments, and integrated CI/CD tooling that made teams more autonomous and productive. He pairs a collaborative, shift-left mentality with a data-driven approach to quality, often stepping into code and incident triage to unblock teams. Based in New York with a BA in Psychology, he brings rare cross-functional empathy that helps align engineering, product, and customer outcomes.
8 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology at University of San Diego