Scott Buchanan
Engineering Manager, Catalog & Inventory Web
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Buchanan is an engineering manager with 12 years of experience leading cross-functional teams to build catalog, inventory, and commerce integrations at Square and prior e‑commerce companies. He combines frontend leadership for customer-facing catalog UIs with a deep operational understanding of core backend catalog services, launching integrations with Google Local Shopping and Meta. Previously a Head of Engineering, he scaled teams and product offerings connecting Magento to ERP systems, demonstrating both tactical delivery and strategic product thinking. Scott is hands-on with documentation and technical clarity—his GitHub contributions include improving explanations of complex topics like the TLS handshake—reflecting a penchant for making hard system-level problems understandable. Based in the NYC area, he pairs technical breadth across web, integrations, and operations with leadership shaped by agency and enterprise environments.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Biology (major) Psychology (minor) Computer Science (additional coursework), B.S. Biology (major) Psychology (minor) Computer Science (additional coursework) at Bob Jones UniversityM.Div. Leadership Urban Studies, M.Div. Leadership Urban Studies at Missio Seminary
Stackoverflow
1,213reputation
217kreached
15answers
14questions
Github Skills (12)
documentation10
http-protocol8
elasticsearch6
accessibility6
html6
css6
apt-get6
shell6
google-chrome6
vagrant6
sourcemaps6
wai-aria6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
alex/what-happens-when
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
An attempt to answer the age old interview question "What happens when you type google.com into your browser and press enter?"
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:6 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Scott primarily focused on refining and clarifying the documentation within the repository, "what-happens-when." Their commits demonstrate a dedication to improving the clarity and accuracy of the existing content. Specifically, the user corrected grammatical errors, streamlined sentence structures, and provided more detailed explanations of technical concepts, particularly related to the TLS handshake process. These changes enhanced the overall readability and understanding of the project's documentation.
answerquestionagebrowserjavascript
scottsb/phillyschoolbudget
Feb 2014 - Oct 2015
Contributions:63 commits, 1 push in 1 year 7 months
budgetphillyvisualization
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