Summary
Ryan Marks is a technical project manager and engineering leader with over a decade of hands-on experience building scalable web platforms and a broader 20+ year background in software and web development. He has led engineering teams at The Recruit Lab and Pantheon, shipping user-focused systems that integrate Laravel, Vue, PostgreSQL, CI/CD, REST APIs, and AWS Lambda to solve real business problems like lead generation and ATS/job board integrations. Known for translating complex business needs into actionable roadmaps, he blends product-minded strategy with operational rigor and best practices in devops and platform engineering. Based in Tuscaloosa and trained in Management Information Systems at The University of Alabama, he pairs deep technical knowledge with cross-functional collaboration. Colleagues rely on him to prioritize user value and measurable outcomes while mentoring teams to improve delivery cadence and code quality. An appetite for continuous learning and a history of evolving roles from developer to director-level make him pragmatic about trade-offs and focused on long-term scalability.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Management Information Systems, Management Information Systems at The University of Alabama