Ryan Canfield is a Seattle-based senior engineering manager with 11 years of experience leading frontend teams and shaping engineering practices across fast-moving product organizations. He combines a design-first background (BFA in Design and Visual Communication) with hands-on frontend engineering expertise—driving reusable component libraries, design systems, and measurable UX improvements like a 44% traffic uplift. At ASMBL he scaled and coached multi-team engineering orgs, established code standards and career development programs, and serves as the bridge between engineering needs and company leadership. Known for pragmatic architecture decisions early in projects, Ryan has repeatedly authored core portions of codebases and internal packages that improved team velocity and maintainability. He’s passionate about sustainable best practices, mentoring, and prototyping, with a track record of turning UX vision into production-ready code.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts Design and Visual Communication, Bachelor of Fine Arts Design and Visual Communication at Collins College
Associate of Occupational Studies Information Technology, Associate of Occupational Studies Information Technology at Bryant & Stratton College
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