Ryan Pendergast is a Principal Software Engineer with 15+ years building high-scale, full-stack systems across mobile, web, backend, OTT and voice platforms, currently at Roblox following Guilded's acquisition. He co-created the JAWS framework (now Serverless) and maintains a strong AWS/HTTP pedigree proven by enterprise-grade, multi-tenant platforms that supported millions of users and tens of millions of pushes per day. A top 1% StackOverflow contributor and active open-source maintainer, Ryan combines hands-on coding (NativeScript, React Native, Angular/React, Alexa, Roku) with architecture and security expertise recognized by Auth0’s Security Researcher Hall of Fame. He’s also a serial founder and CTO who automates complex release lifecycles and drives product-technical strategy, while volunteering as a mentor and nonprofit board VP—bringing both entrepreneurial grit and community-minded leadership to engineering teams.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Okemos High School
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Michigan State University
aws-blueprint REST API example using AWS SAM and NestJS
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Ryan Pendergast - Principal Software Engineer at Roblox