Spencer Kiser
Senior Manager Of Application Development
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolSpencer Kiser is a seasoned engineering leader based in New York who has spent two decades modernizing digital experiences for major museums, currently serving as Senior Manager of Application Development at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He led development of Codex, a microservice ecosystem powering the Met’s collection, public APIs, IIIF image server, and other flagship products, championing open-source stacks (Golang, Postgres, Python) to cut licensing costs and improve sustainability. Spencer blends hands-on engineering with product-minded delivery—instituting test- and documentation-driven development and agile practices to keep cross-disciplinary stakeholders aligned. His background spans mobile and web platforms at MoMA and Met, plus teaching and audio engineering—an unusual mix that informs thoughtful, media-rich user experiences. Colleagues rely on him to translate scholarly content into robust, developer-friendly APIs that serve both internal teams and a global audience.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MPS, Interactive Telecommunications, MPS, Interactive Telecommunications at New York UniversityB.A., Germanistik, B.A., Germanistik at Heidelberg UniversityCertificate, Audio Engineering, Certificate, Audio Engineering at The New SchoolBA, German Language and Literature, BA, German Language and Literature at Boston University
English, German, Chinese
Github Skills (1)
open-access10
Github contributions (4)
spencerk/machine_learning
Dec 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:4 pushes in 1 year 4 months
metmuseum/openaccess
Feb 2017 - Apr 2021
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Open Access Initiative
Contributions:1 review, 13 commits, 1 PR in 4 years 3 months
artopen-accessinitiativemetropolitan-museummuseum
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