Seth Tippetts
Senior Principal Software Engineer at Shutterfly
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSeth Tippetts is a Senior Principal Software Engineer in New York with 11 years of experience building full-stack web and native applications, APIs, and data systems. He specializes in decentralizing the web, event-driven architectures, and data design, and has led teams to adopt GraphQL, React/Next.js, and modern CI/CD practices to reduce defects and boost productivity. Seth has driven cross-functional initiatives from green-field prototypes at Ancestry to event hubs on NATS at Adobe Workfront and verifiable credential patterns at Evernym, blending hands-on engineering with architecture and mentorship. He’s comfortable across the stack—from AWS-backed platform APIs and DynamoDB to React Native mobile apps—and often introduces new technologies and workflows that stick. An attentive leader, he combines technical depth with a talent for improving team culture and remote collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Utah
English
Github Skills (57)
graphql-js9
wrench9
graphql9
browser9
reference-implementation9
stitch9
graphql-schema9
react9
graphql-tools9
nextjs8
typescript8
graphql-api8
javascript8
compiler7
nodejs6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mostcowbell/express-waterline
Sep 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:39 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
mostcowbell/object-formatter
Mar 2015 - Nov 2017
Contributions:32 commits, 1 PR, 30 pushes in 2 years 8 months
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