Ted Callahan is an engineering manager in Seattle with nine years of software and leadership experience bridging backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and product-driven teams. He has a track record of turning risky projects into reliable deliveries—mentoring largely inexperienced teams, negotiating scope to meet contractual deadlines, and shipping a 100% IaC GraphQL backend and performance improvements that sped an iOS home screen 10x. Comfortable across languages and domains—from Clojure tax engines and event-sourced Web3 payments to Python AWS microservices—he pairs hands-on coding with pragmatic architecture choices. Ted also founded and scaled an open mentorship program that has matched dozens of mentees, reflecting his emphasis on developer growth and community building. His background in mechanical engineering and early program engineering roles gives him a practical systems-thinking approach that informs both design and operational decisions.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Mechanical Engineering at University of Washington
Engineering, Engineering at United States Military Academy at West Point
Contributions:33 PRs, 109 pushes, 20 branches in 5 months
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