Summary
Trevor Redfern is a creative technology leader and co-founder with 13 years of senior engineering and executive experience building scalable SaaS and payments platforms. He has a track record of turning legacy systems into resilient, cloud-ready architectures—scaling infrastructure to support tens of thousands of customers and billions in settled transactions while maintaining high availability. As a hands-on manager he has built remote-first, multi-sprint engineering organizations from scratch and coached teams in agile practices, continuous delivery, and technical debt reduction. His leadership blends operational rigor (24/7 support and PCI compliance programs) with a focus on culture, diversity, and community involvement that keeps teams healthy and productive. Based in New York, Trevor pairs deep systems and backend expertise with an entrepreneurial mindset evident in founding Short Leg Studio after senior roles at Etsy and PayTrace.
13 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer