Summary
Troy Salem is a versatile software engineer and technology leader with 8 years of experience building full-stack applications and cloud-native infrastructure from Michigan. He has moved between hands-on engineering roles and executive leadership—most recently as VP of Engineering at multiple startups before returning to an individual contributor role at N3XT—bringing a pragmatic blend of architecture, delivery, and team-building skills. Troy excels at translating complex product requirements into reliable systems and improving development processes to accelerate delivery and quality. His background spans web and game-focused engineering, distributed systems, and cross-functional collaboration across product, design, and ops. A puzzle enthusiast active on GitHub as cr0wn_gh0ul, he pairs curiosity-driven problem solving with a track record of scaling teams and systems in fast-moving environments.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer