Malachy Mcconnell
Senior Software Engineer at Harvard University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMalachy McConnell is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years’ experience building scalable, API-first and event-driven systems, currently architecting digital learning platforms on AWS for Harvard University. He specializes in infrastructure-as-code (Pulumi/Terraform), GitHub automation, Go and NodeJS, and mixes serverless and container-based patterns to deliver resilient, production-grade services. Equally comfortable with Kubernetes, CDN/Edge routing and backend automation, he focuses on aligning technical design with business strategy to maximize reliability and scale. His background spans enterprise digital experience and large e-commerce (Magento) as well as two decades of startup and R&D work in optics, nanotechnology and product management, bringing a rare blend of scientific rigor and hands-on engineering. A physics graduate with an MS in applied mathematics, he often applies quantitative thinking to system design and optimization.
12 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Physics at Herriot Watt UniversityManagement studies, Management studies at The Open UniversityMaster of Science (MS) Applied Mathematics, Master of Science (MS) Applied Mathematics at University of ReadingDiploma Marketing, Diploma Marketing at CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing
Github Skills (13)
fastly9
magento9
ecommerce9
acquia9
hmac9
drupal-module9
php9
postman9
adobe8
drupal8
api-client8
affiliates7
ruby5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
malachy-mcconnell/magento2
Apr 2017 - Jul 2023
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
authorshiproyaltysubmitcontributor-license-agreementprepare
acquia/commerce-manager-magento
Apr 2018 - Jan 2022
A Magento 2.x module which connects Magento eCommerce stores to Acquia's Commerce Connector Service so that site builders can easily and rapidly integrate and build out digital commerce experiences in Drupal.
Contributions:1 release, 64 PRs, 48 pushes in 3 years 9 months
acquiadrupalecommercemagento
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