Michael Carruth
Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering (Amazon Ads)
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Carruth is a senior software engineering leader with more than two decades of experience building high-scale distributed systems across Amazon and Microsoft, now leading efforts at Amazon Ads to create AI agents that help advertisers perform at Amazon scale. He has a track record of turning operational pain into durable platforms—scaling messaging systems to 100M+ concurrent connections, rescuing failed launches, and driving multi-billion-dollar ad platform growth. Michael blends hands-on engineering depth from C++ systems work to cloud-scale architectures with strong product instincts, reframing business cases and automating processes that cut costs and improve availability. He is especially effective at growing technical leaders and shipping cross-functional solutions—launching retail kiosks in 15 countries, automating S&OP to halve out-of-stock rates, and unlocking 25%+ YoY advertiser spend growth. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he pairs strategic vision with practical execution, routinely bridging hardware, retail, and ad-tech domains.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Auburn University
Github Skills (4)
photo9
flickr9
photo-gallery8
google-photos6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
mcarruth/flogr
Jul 2014 - May 2020
Flogr - your flickr photos in a customizable photo gallery you host on your website.
Contributions:54 commits, 4 PRs, 41 pushes in 5 years 10 months
google-photoshostphoto-gallerycustomizableflickr-photos
mcarruth/flickr-portfolio
Jan 2025 - Jan 2025
Contributions:1 branch in 1 day
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