Neal Coleman
Sr Software Engineer at Netflix
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNeal Coleman is a senior software engineer based in Minneapolis with 11 years of experience building and leading engineering teams at large consumer-focused companies, currently at Netflix. He progressed through multiple technical and leadership roles at Target, where he moved from associate program hire to lead engineer, demonstrating strong delivery and people leadership in complex retail systems. Neal is goal-oriented, learns quickly, and seeks leadership opportunities, pairing a practical coaching mindset with hands-on engineering. His background spans web analytics and customer-facing technical roles from early retail and telecom positions, giving him uncommon empathy for product usability and operational realities. Trained in both chemistry and computer science, he brings analytical rigor and cross-disciplinary thinking to software problems.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Associate's Degree, Computer Science, Associate's Degree, Computer Science at North Hennepin Community CollegeBachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Metropolitan State UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemistry, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemistry at University of Minnesota-Duluth
Github Skills (139)
github10
package-management10
fits10
automation10
automation-framework10
elm10
api10
azure-devops10
pipeline10
yaml10
golang10
cisco10
application10
cli10
dependency-manager10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
go-vela/vela-makisu
Aug 2020 - Mar 2022
Docker Plugin using Makisu for Vela (Target's official Pipeline Automation Framework)
Contributions:2 releases, 11 reviews, 6 PRs in 1 year 6 months
golangdocker-imagepipelinegolang-applicationdocker
target/jenkins-docker-master
Feb 2019 - Sep 2020
Dockerfile for Jenkins master
Contributions:4 releases, 3 reviews, 4 commits in 1 year 7 months
jenkinsdockerfilejenkins-pluginmasterdocker
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