Stephen Erickson
Director Of Engineering Subscriptions at The Washington Post
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolStephen Erickson is a seasoned engineering leader with 16 years of experience, currently directing Subscriptions engineering at The Washington Post where he runs a cross-functional team owning the full stack from AWS microservices to React front-ends for print and digital products. He progressed through individual contributor and management roles at The Post, pairing hands-on technical judgment with product-focused delivery across Web and mobile platforms. His background includes full-stack and DevOps contributions at startups and large contracts, and open-source work improving tools like RootTools and the Jenkins Amazon ECS plugin—evidence of practical expertise in build systems, container orchestration, and Android tooling. Stephen combines operational rigor with a user-centric approach to subscription systems, balancing scalability, reliability, and conversion-driven features. Based in Washington, D.C., he brings both long-term platform stewardship and a penchant for incremental engineering improvements that reduce friction across B2B and B2C operations.
16 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Associates, Business, Associates, Business at Ashford University
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Github Skills (21)
amazon-ecs10
back-end-development10
java10
javas10
aws10
android10
jenkins10
jenkins-ci10
dockers9
continuous-integration9
configuration-management9
docker9
gradlew8
gradle8
react6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Stericson/RootTools
Jan 2014 - Feb 2021
RootTools Library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 1 review, 45 commits in 7 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily contributed to improving the RootTools library, a project for Android developers working with root access. Their work focused on fixing logging issues, increasing command execution limits, and updating to the latest Gradle version. Additionally, the user implemented features related to managing the application of RootTools.
jenkinsci/amazon-ecs-plugin
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Amazon EC2 Container Service Plugin for Jenkins
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:16 reviews, 41 commits, 37 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Stephen primarily focused on enhancing the configuration and functionality of the Jenkins plugin for Amazon ECS. They modified the plugin's agent management by updating terminology, setting default values, and introducing features such as maximum agent limits. Additionally, they made changes to the UI configuration and corrected a typo to ensure the plugin's proper operation. This suggests involvement in both backend logic and some degree of user interface configuration, alongside infrastructure considerations.
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