Summary
Rusty Bentley is a senior software engineer and technical leader with 11+ years of experience building scalable, distributed cloud systems and a broader 20+ year track record in software delivery. He excels in end-to-end delivery—from sales and discovery through architecture, implementation, and support—frequently leading cross-functional teams and Agile transformations. Deep hands-on expertise spans Clojure, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, AWS services, Docker, CI/CD, and relational and NoSQL datastores, with a history of designing high-throughput platforms handling thousands of requests per second. Rusty pairs technical rigor with people leadership, mentoring engineers and facilitating relationships to make solutions extensible and maintainable. His background includes founding a consulting firm, driving $160M+ revenue-impacting projects, and shifting large teams from Microsoft stacks to modern cloud-native architectures. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he combines pragmatic engineering with a knack for translating business needs into resilient, production-ready systems.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BBA, Management Information Systems, BBA, Management Information Systems at The University of Texas at Austin