Ricky Catron
Engineering Manager at 84.51˚
Hampstead, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRicky Catron is an engineering manager with 11 years of experience building and leading teams that deliver internal SaaS and ad-platform capabilities, currently shaping core functionality for the Kroger Ad Platform at 84.51˚. He blends hands-on full‑stack experience in Angular, React, Node.js and Python with a proven track record of architecting microservices, event-driven pipelines, and reusable shared components. Ricky has repeatedly moved greenfield projects to production—guiding interns and engineers through mentorship, code reviews, and roadmap planning while improving developer velocity via shared libraries and testing standards. He brings deep domain experience from Capital One and earlier roles at Squarespace and Toast, with practical strengths in dynamic form generation, API permissions, and ETL automation. Notably, he pairs technical leadership with a background in web and mobile computing and a habit of proposing pragmatic architectural improvements that accelerate delivery. Based in Hampstead, MD, he’s as comfortable in code reviews and pair programming as he is aligning cross-functional stakeholders to product outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Web and Mobile Computing Minor in Communications, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Web and Mobile Computing Minor in Communications at Rochester Institute of Technology
English
Github Skills (17)
google-sheets9
python8
formatting8
dataframe8
google8
pandas7
data-analytics6
ueberauth6
data-science6
phoenix-framework4
elixir3
react3
oauth3
authentication2
javascript2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sl33t/todoapp
Sep 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:118 commits, 4 PRs, 99 pushes in 1 year 6 months
todoappphoenix-frameworkphoenixelixir
sl33t/portfolio
Nov 2015 - Apr 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 238 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 5 months
javascriptreact
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