Rick Earley is a veteran software engineering leader with 13 years of professional engineering and management experience, currently serving as Vice President of Software Engineering at SEQSTER in Melbourne, Florida. He combines hands-on PHP development and architecture (Laravel, CodeIgniter) with cloud-native operations across AWS and Kubernetes to deliver multi-tenant SaaS platforms and B2B integrations. Rick has a proven track record building and scaling distributed, cross-functional teams, implementing CI/CD and Agile processes, and driving client-facing technical solutions. His background spans embedded/IoT integrations, RESTful API design (OpenAPI/Swagger), and early-career network and IT operations from Army service to enterprise environments. Known for mentoring engineers and translating complex requirements into pragmatic, auditable systems, he often bridges product, DevOps, and security concerns in regulated domains. Outside the org chart, he still ships code—retaining an active senior PHP developer skillset while leading at the executive level.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts - AA, Business Administration and Management, General, Associate of Arts - AA, Business Administration and Management, General at Eastern Florida State College
High School Diploma, Computer Science, High School Diploma, Computer Science at Melbourne Senior High School
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Rick Earley - Vice President Of Software Engineering at SEQSTER