Summary
Ryan Kite is a Senior Software Engineer and technical lead with 8+ years building full-stack, cloud-native systems that drive measurable e-commerce outcomes. Currently leading Zoro’s SEO product team, he architects agentic AI pipelines on GCP (Vertex AI, Cloud Run) with Django-admin workflows, Vue.js frontends, and MongoDB-backed microservices to boost organic traffic and conversion. He has deep experience optimizing performance and cost across AWS and GCP—designing observability with Datadog, containerized recommendation services, and caching strategies that scaled traffic by hundreds of percent. A hands-on engineer and product thinker, he’s shipped SPAs, desktop agents, and automation that directly grew trials and reseller revenue. Unexpectedly, his background spans creative tooling too (3D modeling/animation and interactive design), giving him a practical edge in UX-driven engineering.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Software Development, Bachelors Software Development at Bellevue University
Interactive Design Graphic design | Web languages, Interactive Design Graphic design | Web languages at Lake Washington Institute of Technology
3D Modeling & Animation, 3D Modeling & Animation at Mesmer Animation Labs
Web Technologist AAS-IT Software Web Development and Design, Web Technologist AAS-IT Software Web Development and Design at Yakima Valley College
English