Sean Hudgston is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience building cloud-native systems and leading teams, currently at System1 after a long tenure as a team lead at IBM Cloudant. He is a Python specialist with a pragmatic focus on Clean Architecture, and actively expands his toolkit with systems languages like Rust and Go. Sean brings hands-on Kubernetes experience, Scrum mastery, and a track record of mentoring engineers to improve delivery and code quality. His background spans both product and operations-facing roles across mid-size and enterprise environments, giving him a practical perspective on reliability and scalability. Based in Town of Salina, New York, he pairs disciplined engineering with a constant curiosity for new languages and tooling. Notably, he combines leadership responsibilities with individual contributor depth, moving between architecture decisions and shipping production code.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at SUNY Oneonta
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Sean Hudgston - Senior Software Engineer at System1