Summary
Paul Hulett is a senior software engineering manager with over a decade of experience leading cross-functional teams to design, ship, and modernize scalable web and API-driven systems. He has led initiatives from founding Square’s App Marketplace and Sandbox to re-architecting large monoliths into federated React frontends and Graph-based integrations, consistently delivering on time and under budget. Paul pairs product-minded architecture with operational rigor—introducing CI/CD, monitoring, KPI-driven reporting, and automated workflows across organizations. His background spans startups to enterprise, including leading post-acquisition integrations and moving legacy desktop workflows to server-managed, web-native platforms. A former Marine with a Cognitive Science degree from UC Berkeley, he brings disciplined leadership and an uncommon focus on user-centered reliability. He’s also pushed AI automation into developer and support lifecycles, surfacing a high ceiling for efficiency gains in business operations.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Cognitive Science, Cognitive Science at University of California, Berkeley