Summary
Wade Cobb is a Senior Software Architect based in Charlotte, NC, with a multi-decade career bridging hands-on development, architecture, and team leadership across enterprise and embedded systems. He has led large migrations, created company-wide development standards, and architected web and POS solutions for banks, restaurant systems, and retail, often combining Microsoft stacks with open-source technologies like Node.js and Golang. Known for orchestrating toolchain and process improvements—JIRA, Confluence, CI pipelines and SCM integrations—he pairs technical depth with practical project management (PMP-certified). Wade’s background uniquely spans low-level embedded work (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Windows CE) to modern web and mobile platforms, enabling pragmatic end-to-end solutions. He frequently translates research and prototypes into production products, having overseen a 4-million-line code migration and numerous integrations. His long tenure shows a pattern of turning complex legacy systems into maintainable, web-centric architectures while mentoring engineering teams.
7 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
Chemistry and Computer Science, Chemistry and Computer Science at Rochester Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science (BS), Secondary Education and Teaching, Bachelor of Science (BS), Secondary Education and Teaching at Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Chemistry, Chemistry at University of Rochester
Chemistry, Chemistry at St. John Fisher College