Summary
Tyler Hillsman is a senior engineering leader with 11 years of experience driving mobile and web product delivery, currently serving as Senior Director of Engineering at Outdoorsy in Kansas City. He progressed from hands-on roles—iOS and front-end development, UX design, and entrepreneurship running his own web design studio—to strategic leadership overseeing mobile platforms and cross-functional teams. Tyler blends product-minded engineering with marketing and UX roots, enabling pragmatic decisions that balance user experience, technical debt, and business outcomes. His background includes building mobile teams and shipping apps at scale, and an MBA that informs his focus on operational maturity and measurable outcomes. Colleagues describe him as a builder who still values craft-level attention to UX and front-end detail despite leading at scale.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master Business Administration, Master Business Administration at Missouri State University