Summary
Rich Starbuck is a Software Engineer III with 11 years of experience building user-centric products at scale, currently contributing to Google after prior roles leading Drive Android features and full-stack Retail Media platform work at Criteo. He combines a deep appreciation for elegant technical solutions with a strong focus on how software impacts real users, honed through frequent customer-facing agile practices. Rich has led cross-team migrations and deprecations, driven sync and data-model simplifications, and owned mobile-first APIs—demonstrating both product leadership and hands-on implementation. His early fascination with computing and broad creative background in web, graphic, and 3D design inform a pragmatic but creative approach to engineering and UX.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, 3.76/4.00, Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, 3.76/4.00 at University of Michigan
Associate’s Degree, General Studies, Math and Natural Science, 3.77/4.00, Associate’s Degree, General Studies, Math and Natural Science, 3.77/4.00 at Washtenaw Community College