Scott Lively is a civic-focused software engineer with 13 years of experience building and leading engineering teams across startups and established companies from Cerner to LegalZoom and Skylight. He combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership roles—including Head of Software and Distinguished Engineer—bridging product, customer engagement, and deep technical execution. Based in Eugene, Oregon, Scott has repeatedly moved between principal-level individual contribution and people leadership, delivering reliable systems in both consumer and civic domains. He’s comfortable translating stakeholder needs into technical strategy and mentoring engineers through complex projects and organizational growth. A Missouri S&T computer science graduate, Scott brings a pragmatic, customer-aware approach to architecture and delivery that often surfaces latent product opportunities.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Computer Science, 3.0 GPA, Bachelors of Science, Computer Science, 3.0 GPA at University of Missouri-Rolla
Contributions:3 PRs, 1 push, 3 branches in 1 year 3 months
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