Sean Mccleary is a seasoned senior software engineer and founder with over two decades of hands-on experience building and leading backend systems for startups and large enterprises from Portland, OR. He specializes in Ruby and Rails (18 years) with deep expertise in databases, Linux, Docker, and modern JS frameworks, and has recently expanded into Elixir and React. Sean has a track record of shipping high-impact platform work—designing scheduling and auth systems, upgrading large codebases for security and performance, and building fast authentication and integration services. He combines product-minded engineering (he founded and ran a consumer app company) with operations-savvy execution, having owned deployments, CI, and dev environments across many teams. Known for moving ideas into production quickly, he’s comfortable both leading teams and rolling up his sleeves to solve tough architectural and integration challenges.
17 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Fine/Studio Arts, General, Bachelor of Science - BS, Fine/Studio Arts, General at University of Oregon
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