Ray Adkins
VP Of Software Architecture And Engineering at Trader Interactive
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRay Adkins is a veteran software engineering leader with 13+ years of experience designing and operating high-traffic, API-driven platforms for online marketplaces. As VP of Software Architecture and Engineering at Trader Interactive he leads cross-functional teams across engineering, data, DBAs and operations to deliver mobile-first, secure, and cost-optimized systems that serve millions of monthly users. He blends hands-on systems and API architecture expertise (RDBMS/NoSQL, ETL, cloud, DevOps) with pragmatic Agile delivery and a focus on automation, observability, and partner integrations. Ray prioritizes people and mission outcomes—advocating for staying on the cutting edge without risking stability—and has a track record of turning emerging technologies into measurable product and operational improvements. Based in Norfolk, VA, he’s known for running stable, scalable platforms for niche verticals (powersports, RV, commercial trucks) while keeping an eye on market and operational intelligence to drive business value.
14 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
ECPI College of Technology
Github Skills (10)
function-call9
php-library8
filter8
rest-api6
php6
nodejs-client6
rest6
image5
image-processing5
filtering4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
raybot/imported-example
Oct 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
traderinteractive/memoize-php
Sep 2014 - May 2015
A PHP library for memoizing repeated function calls.
Contributions:2 releases, 3 commits, 2 PRs in 7 months
function-callphp-library
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