Richard Bolt
Senior Director Of Engineering at SoFi
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Bolt is a seasoned technology leader and Senior Director of Engineering with 15 years of experience, currently leading engineering at SoFi from Salt Lake City. A Kiwi by origin with a BE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Auckland, he combines strong architectural vision with a people-first approach to build high-performing software teams. His career spans hands-on engineering, IT management, and entrepreneurship — including running his own consultancy and long-term roles at Texmate — giving him a rare mix of product delivery and operational depth. Known for focusing on customer value and scalable architecture, he brings a pragmatic engineering mindset shaped by both startup and corporate environments. Quietly, his background in mechanical engineering informs a systems-thinking approach to software design and reliability.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BE, Mechanical Engineering, BE, Mechanical Engineering at The University of Auckland
Github Skills (52)
api8
ambassador8
paths8
envoyproxy7
api-gateway7
gateway7
docker7
kong6
azure6
aws-ecs6
proxy6
kubernetes6
amazon5
cloud-native5
heroku-deployment5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
richardbolt/grunt-cssurlrev
Jul 2013 - Apr 2016
Contributions:8 commits, 2 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 years 9 months
gruntcss-filescsspathsasset
richardbolt/grunt-filerev-assets
Jul 2013 - Apr 2016
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 2 years 9 months
gruntjson-filepathsassetrecord
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